Damn Pods Destroying Zoas

[Bugsy]

I to have a pod issue, my only big issue is that my tank is 3 gal pico. I have 1 porcelain crab, 1 pom pom crab, 1 ring cowrie.

These guys are vultures when it comes to food. I only feed my porcelain crab and pom pom every other day and drop in a couple pellets for him. If he does not see them those pods grab them and off they go with them...

I don't have any fish due to the size of my tank, I have noticed them out and about on my new rock with the yellow polyps. These polyps are not as extended as they were when I first brought them home. I think these guys are real pests, I don't see any of those missing I think they really irriate them though.

Since my feeding is very low and I still have so many of them how would you rid them of a tank this size?

[reefgirl189]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

I to have a pod issue, my only big issue is that my tank is 3 gal pico. I have 1 porcelain crab, 1 pom pom crab, 1 ring cowrie.

These guys are vultures when it comes to food. I only feed my porcelain crab and pom pom every other day and drop in a couple pellets for him. If he does not see them those pods grab them and off they go with them...

I don't have any fish due to the size of my tank, I have noticed them out and about on my new rock with the yellow polyps. These polyps are not as extended as they were when I first brought them home. I think these guys are real pests, I don't see any of those missing I think they really irriate them though.

Since my feeding is very low and I still have so many of them how would you rid them of a tank this size?

Because your tank is so small may I suggest manual extraction?? Take the rock out and shake it off vigorously in a bucket of seawater. It might not get all of them but it will get a few.