Should I use my 56 zoa colonies as food?

[Snappy]

Levi I recommend you pull out all the zoas and swith to sps. Just kidding. Fish are very hit & miss so be aware the a variety of fish that is said to work well in one tank may or may not work in yours. I think the "light" or "shell" tricks sound like the best plans of attack.

[no_bs]

Our first salt tank that we rescued was infested with the little buggers. 3 years later we have none in the DT. Thanks in part to pepermints and a racoon buterfly. There are a few in the sump, but i use them as nutrient export. The shell trick only worked for the manjos for us. The apatasia are hardy things. Sometimes if they are not fully eaten they will hide till they feel there is no danger, then they rear there ugly heads and multiply again. Patience is a vertu. You will win the battle.

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Snappy

Levi I recommend you pull out all the zoas and swith to sps. Just kidding. Fish are very hit & miss so be aware the a variety of fish that is said to work well in one tank may or may not work in yours. I think the "light" or "shell" tricks sound like the best plans of attack.

So far I'm really enjoying this copperband *Knock on wood*, he seems to be doing what I bought him for and has completely ignored all my other coral. That being said its only been 2 days and If I got rid of all my zoas I would have to become SPSElite and I don't think I have that mastered yet .

Our first salt tank that we rescued was infested with the little buggers. 3 years later we have none in the DT. Thanks in part to pepermints and a racoon buterfly. There are a few in the sump, but i use them as nutrient export. The shell trick only worked for the manjos for us. The apatasia are hardy things. Sometimes if they are not fully eaten they will hide till they feel there is no danger, then they rear there ugly heads and multiply again. Patience is a vertu. You will win the battle.

Did you raccoon pick @ anything else in the tank? Maybe I should just not feed for a week and see If I can starve my peppermints into hunting.

[no_bs]

Your not going to like this, but the buterfly went after our zoas once he finished of with the apatasia. I hated to dismantle all the rock work to catch him, but off to the FOWLR he went. Did his job there then got taken down by our octopus. So now i live with them, when they get to big i hit them with app-x. Works realy well, but it has to be done is still water. They don't seem to come back after the treatment.

[Snappy]

Check this link
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...ghlight=majano

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Snappy

Check this link
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...ghlight=majano

That's a very... interesting thread. I will stick to my Copperband, much less chance of electrocuting myself and my reef.

[zum14]

Hows the pest situation going? Id love to get a copperband, not so much for its pest eating but there just an awesome fish. Tanks just not big enough.

[Zoaelite]

Little guy hasn't touched any of the zoas, has nipped at a few of the smaller aptasias but no mojenos and is eating frozen. Wonderful fish to have in the tank, curious if anything he swims right up to me while I'm moving things around in the tank and gets along with everyone very well.