I had my blue LEDs on and I notice these these things moving looks like Lil sluges but with neon green thorns on them ... I know these are bad pictures but my zero edge makes it hard to take pics with the water coming out the tank lol
What is this ?!
- Thread starter selkoner
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- Staten Island
could be zoa eating nudis
- Location
- New Jersey
1+ i agree with you did you dip in your coral?
Definitely zoa eatibg Nudis.
That us why those zoas in the pic are all closed up. They take on the color of the zoa they were last eating.
You will need to pick out allthat you see and then start dipping ALL of your zoas untik they are gone for good. They will eat your zoas until there are none left.
I've used Lugol's for the dip and it worked well. Do follow the directions.
That us why those zoas in the pic are all closed up. They take on the color of the zoa they were last eating.
You will need to pick out allthat you see and then start dipping ALL of your zoas untik they are gone for good. They will eat your zoas until there are none left.
I've used Lugol's for the dip and it worked well. Do follow the directions.
Yes you can pick them off with your fingers but that won't really help to solve the issue. (do get rid of the ones you can see)
The ones that are 1/4" long are adults..and those adults have babies..that you won't even see because they are so small..and there are eggs too.
You have a battle on your hands with multiple dips over the course of easily a month to find the ones that aren't necessarily hanging out on the zoas when you dip them.
The dip will not kill the eggs (I should have mentioned this in my earlier post) ..those will need to be scraped off..or better yet sacrifice that particular zoa by removing it entirely from your tank. You will find the eggs in a circular pattern on the side of the zoas and you will need to examine every zoa for them
The ones that are 1/4" long are adults..and those adults have babies..that you won't even see because they are so small..and there are eggs too.
You have a battle on your hands with multiple dips over the course of easily a month to find the ones that aren't necessarily hanging out on the zoas when you dip them.
The dip will not kill the eggs (I should have mentioned this in my earlier post) ..those will need to be scraped off..or better yet sacrifice that particular zoa by removing it entirely from your tank. You will find the eggs in a circular pattern on the side of the zoas and you will need to examine every zoa for them
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yup those things suck... multiple daily/weekly dips will help eradicate them... as long as you have enough patience to deal with them.
I've encountered them before and it took 3 weeks to get them gone and flushed...
using a mixture of Coral RX and FW exit..
I've encountered them before and it took 3 weeks to get them gone and flushed...
using a mixture of Coral RX and FW exit..
Yeah... just because you can't see them... doesnt mean they arent there.
They could be hatchlings and one frag can carry many many eggs...
So... it's your choice.
5 one day... 3 the next... 6 the following week... zoa colony death within a month. you get the idea. also keep in mind they are hermaphrodites... and reach maturity quickly.
They could be hatchlings and one frag can carry many many eggs...
So... it's your choice.
5 one day... 3 the next... 6 the following week... zoa colony death within a month. you get the idea. also keep in mind they are hermaphrodites... and reach maturity quickly.
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