Zoa Bugs

[martinmcnally]

Looks like I got some zoa bugs. Ugh, a few colonies have been closed up for a few days so decided to blast them with the turkey baster. Seen lots of about 3-5mm bugs coming out. Looks like little nudibranches (no idea on that spelling haha). One has little glowing green things on its back. At first I though I was blasting away zoas but then I realized they were all still there.

Any ideas?

[Nano]

Originally Posted by martinmcnally

Looks like I got some zoa bugs. Ugh, a few colonies have been closed up for a few days so decided to blast them with the turkey baster. Seen lots of about 3-5mm bugs coming out. Looks like little nudibranches (no idea on that spelling haha). One has little glowing green things on its back. At first I though I was blasting away zoas but then I realized they were all still there.

Any ideas?

I had a few nudis.. pain in the necks munched down half of my green zoos. you can get them off but watch for eggs! some one a little more experienced might explain it better but I did a iodine dip and havent seen any since so my fingers are crossed!

[daniella3d]

You should dip those colonies in 1/3 peroxyde 3% and 2/3 tank water for a few miniutes. Let it fizz and they will all come off dead.

Do that to all your colonies that are affected.

Nudibranches that are eating zoanthids are usualy white, so it's hard to tell without a pic what it is.

Originally Posted by martinmcnally

Looks like I got some zoa bugs. Ugh, a few colonies have been closed up for a few days so decided to blast them with the turkey baster. Seen lots of about 3-5mm bugs coming out. Looks like little nudibranches (no idea on that spelling haha). One has little glowing green things on its back. At first I though I was blasting away zoas but then I realized they were all still there.

Any ideas?

[fishytime]

Weekly dips in any of the store bought dips for three ish weeks should ensure that you get any hatchers

[no_bs]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Nudibranches that are eating zoanthids are usualy white

Funny, have never seen white ones. Only these.


Dipps are good, but not 100%. A Yellow and a halicouris wrasses are what saved our zoo's. Been over a year now and no nudi's.

[Seamazter]

I love my yellow wrasse, he even takes out those zoa snails (sundial)

[no_bs]

Originally Posted by Seamazter

I love my yellow wrasse, he even takes out those zoa snails (sundial)

Yeah awesome sight. Only ever got to see our halicoris take down a sundial once. What voracious feeder they are.

[daniella3d]

You're right, I was mixing them up with monti eating nudi. They are more brownish although I never had any so never saw one in person.

I guess the dip does not kill the eggs. Fish are usualy a hit or miss kind of thing. For exemple, my mandarins never ate any flatworms even though some people report theirs were eating flatworms. My copperband never eat any aiptasia at all..not even the smaller ones. So buying a fish just for the purpose of eating something might not be best as it might not touch the thing at all.

I had a yellow wrasse and also a checkerboard and none ate the snail or worms. They did not do a good job on amphipods either because they were burried in the sand at night while the amphipods were out munching on zoanthids.

Originally Posted by no_bs

Funny, have never seen white ones. Only these.
Dipps are good, but not 100%. A Yellow and a halicouris wrasses are what saved our zoo's. Been over a year now and no nudi's.

[martinmcnally]

Originally Posted by no_bs

Funny, have never seen white ones. Only these.


Dipps are good, but not 100%. A Yellow and a halicouris wrasses are what saved our zoo's. Been over a year now and no nudi's.

This is exactly what they are. Picked up a yellow wrasse today. You can see which colony they are attaching because it all closes up even if there is just one in there. So I go in with the turkey baser and suck it out of there. Removed about 30 so far.

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by no_bs

Funny, have never seen white ones. Only these.

What exactly are those and how big are they?