Bugs attacking my zoos

jeffb329 · 07/11/2006, 01:50 PM

I have these creatures that started multiplying in my system. The only place i see them is in my different zoo colonies. They are having an adverse affect on them because they are staying closed up. They seem to look like tiny nudibranchs but i'm not realy sure. I have been manuly pulling them out the tank whenever i see them but they blend in very well. Has anyone seen this before?

Travis L. Stevens · 07/11/2006, 02:08 PM

They could be Zoanthid Eating Nudibranchs. Visit www.zoaid.com and look in the gallery about pests and aggitators. You should find good pictures there.

TWallace · 07/11/2006, 02:53 PM

Check the zoanthid forum here, lots of good info on the nudibranch that eats zoanthids. I'd immediately dip all your zoanthid frags in FW for 5 to 10 minutes, and then look for nudibranch eggs (white sticky things usually at the base of a zoanthid) and pull them off with tweezers. Some wrasses (particularly of the Halichoeres genus) will eat the zoanthids, but this seems hit or miss. I had success using Salifert's Flatworm eXit to kill them off.

jeffb329 · 07/11/2006, 02:59 PM

Thanks alot for the info guys! I went onto that link and found out infact it is the same nudibranch's in some of there picturs. I will pick up some flatworm exit tonight and try that. This place is a wealth of knowledge!

07/11/2006, 01:50 PM	#1
jeffb329 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 11	Bugs attacking my zoos I have these creatures that started multiplying in my system. The only place i see them is in my different zoo colonies. They are having an adverse affect on them because they are staying closed up. They seem to look like tiny nudibranchs but i'm not realy sure. I have been manuly pulling them out the tank whenever i see them but they blend in very well. Has anyone seen this before?

07/11/2006, 02:08 PM	#2
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	They could be Zoanthid Eating Nudibranchs. Visit www.zoaid.com and look in the gallery about pests and aggitators. You should find good pictures there. __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

07/11/2006, 02:53 PM	#3
TWallace Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,464	Check the zoanthid forum here, lots of good info on the nudibranch that eats zoanthids. I'd immediately dip all your zoanthid frags in FW for 5 to 10 minutes, and then look for nudibranch eggs (white sticky things usually at the base of a zoanthid) and pull them off with tweezers. Some wrasses (particularly of the Halichoeres genus) will eat the zoanthids, but this seems hit or miss. I had success using Salifert's Flatworm eXit to kill them off.

07/11/2006, 02:59 PM	#4
jeffb329 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 11	Thanks alot for the info guys! I went onto that link and found out infact it is the same nudibranch's in some of there picturs. I will pick up some flatworm exit tonight and try that. This place is a wealth of knowledge!