Zoa eating spider?

Amphiprion said:
I suppose that could be a common mistake. I am just so used to seeing Pycnogonids and the nudibranchs on other things that I can readily tell the difference. The pycnogonids are easily taken care of, however, the nudibranchs are more difficult to get rid of.
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Oh I know the difference. A new colony I have been QTing just got a dip and had over 20 nudis on it and at least 15 egg spirals. Grrrr.
 
salty420 said:
it looked pretty much like this (from what i remember, just saw it a second)...
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=3394
now i'm worried! i think it fell off the frag as i put it in the tank. i left the frags on the sand so they'd open and i could see what was what. the next day i epoxied them onto the rocks. SO, i have no idea where it might be in the tank. i did e-mail the seller and asked him about it and he had no idea what i was talking about :| they are all glued on now i'm not really wanting to dip them but if i have to i have to. :( i didn't even know about this risk (bad hitch hiker), didn't even know i should dip them... man i mad now.
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Personally I'd unattach them and dip the suckers. Chances are the pest is fairly close to it or on it.
 
salty420 said:
well i picked up some more zoas at a new basement op i found and so i dipped everything. i MAY have seen the spider, i got something out of the older zoas so im hoping thats what it was. did get about 5 sundial snails (i think) off the new ones too!
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Isn't it amazing how good those things can hide for being so vividly marked?
 
Do you see any more of them on your frags? If it's just one ....... well I can't remember if they are asexual or not so keep your eyes open. If you do start seeing signs of damage I'd dip my corals/zoo's that are affected if not don't worry about it. There wouldn't be a lot you could do with out taking your tank apart anyway . Just for future reference a q.t. tank is one of the best buys you will every make mate! I hope this helps and keep us posted we will give you more aggresive advice if you need it.
cheers
Max
 
I did not know Nudi's would eat Zoa's either,until I went to ZoaID a while back.I always thought they were herbivores.
 
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