peppermint eating zoas?

Kigs · 08/16/2006, 01:10 PM

will they do it? i recently added about 6 of them and maybe i'm being paranoid, but i think some of the zoas are missing.

Travis L. Stevens · 08/16/2006, 01:35 PM

Occassionally people get a bad egg and they will eat zoanthids and yellow polyps, but iit's not often.

thor32766 · 08/16/2006, 01:38 PM

yeah never seen that before or heard of it. you dont happen to have a decorator crab in the tank. That was my culprit for miss zoas.

hangles · 08/16/2006, 02:17 PM

My pep. shrimp was eating my green star polyps. and i had to move the polyps to another tank. so it does happen !

AquaReeferMan · 08/16/2006, 02:30 PM

My peps dont bother either my gsps or my zoas.

yeldarbj · 08/16/2006, 02:47 PM

I haven't had any trouble with peps eating zoas either. I put a new rock with blue mushrooms and some very tiny zoas. 2-3 shrimp have been all over the rock for the last 2 days but haven't bothered the mushrooms or zoas.

LBCBJ · 08/16/2006, 02:50 PM

Mine is always picking at my orange fungia...he's starting to tick me off

davocean · 08/16/2006, 03:59 PM

I got 2 to get rid of aptasia, they never touched the apt.
They did pick at snails and my colonies though.
I caught one in a trap, and now the other won't go near the trap!
I'm not a big pep fan anymore.

Kigs · 08/16/2006, 10:22 PM

i can see them picking at the zoas, but i don't know if they are eating it or stealing food from it. it causes the zoas to close up and they don't bother it anymore afterwards...so idk.

Reef NuTTZ · 08/16/2006, 11:54 PM

i had about 6 peps in my last tank and they were very aggresive. they would pick at my zoos, even when the zoos closed up. I would catch them sticking thier pincers in the holes after the zoos closed up and rip my zooes inside out. They did the same with my blue carpet :/

Well after that incident, i removed all the peps from my tank.

08/16/2006, 01:10 PM	#1
Kigs Moved On Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: LI, NY Posts: 2,182	peppermint eating zoas? will they do it? i recently added about 6 of them and maybe i'm being paranoid, but i think some of the zoas are missing.

08/16/2006, 01:35 PM	#2
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	Occassionally people get a bad egg and they will eat zoanthids and yellow polyps, but iit's not often. __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

08/16/2006, 01:38 PM	#3
thor32766 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chuluota, FL Posts: 6,072	yeah never seen that before or heard of it. you dont happen to have a decorator crab in the tank. That was my culprit for miss zoas. __________________ "Live your life so no one has to lie about who you were at your funeral" click on my red house to see my tang compound! Current Tank Info: 29 gallon in Wall!

08/16/2006, 02:17 PM	#4
hangles Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: nashport ohio Posts: 948	My pep. shrimp was eating my green star polyps. and i had to move the polyps to another tank. so it does happen ! __________________ I like fishy crackers ! Current Tank Info: 75 gal reef/ 55 gal puffer/ 20 gal fowlr/ 10 gal fowlr

08/16/2006, 02:30 PM	#5
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	My peps dont bother either my gsps or my zoas. __________________ Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together

08/16/2006, 02:47 PM	#6
yeldarbj Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,295	I haven't had any trouble with peps eating zoas either. I put a new rock with blue mushrooms and some very tiny zoas. 2-3 shrimp have been all over the rock for the last 2 days but haven't bothered the mushrooms or zoas.

08/16/2006, 02:50 PM	#7
LBCBJ Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richmond, Va Posts: 1,332	Mine is always picking at my orange fungia...he's starting to tick me off __________________ Brent

08/16/2006, 03:59 PM	#8
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	I got 2 to get rid of aptasia, they never touched the apt. They did pick at snails and my colonies though. I caught one in a trap, and now the other won't go near the trap! I'm not a big pep fan anymore. __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD

08/16/2006, 10:22 PM	#9
Kigs Moved On Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: LI, NY Posts: 2,182	i can see them picking at the zoas, but i don't know if they are eating it or stealing food from it. it causes the zoas to close up and they don't bother it anymore afterwards...so idk.

08/16/2006, 11:54 PM	#10
Reef NuTTZ Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rosemead/Montibello, Cali Posts: 230	i have seen it i had about 6 peps in my last tank and they were very aggresive. they would pick at my zoos, even when the zoos closed up. I would catch them sticking thier pincers in the holes after the zoos closed up and rip my zooes inside out. They did the same with my blue carpet :/ Well after that incident, i removed all the peps from my tank.