podBoy Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Finally got some pics of one these guys. I also managed to capture a short movie which I've converted into a gif. Retreating back into the cocoon - Link to comment
podBoy Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 This coral is fairing quite well, it's not showing nearly the damage that these guys can wreak on other corals. Link to comment
Calvinorc Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Ok, my zoas have been getting attacked big time the last several days. 4 days ago I noticed they were all closed (5 heads on a frag disk), and when I looked closer there was a little Asterina star on them. So... The Purge began. I'd just bought this biocube 29 from a guy that had it running for two years, last several months he had nothing in it but a turbo, 2 live rocks (one covered in palys) and a Zoa frag. And a TON of brittle stars, asterinas, bristle worms, pods, etc. I've pulled at least 40 of the little buggers out in the last 2 days. I thought that should fix that little problem!! However, 2 nights ago when I was looking at things under the moonlights, I saw a little amphipod on my zoa frag! Then he disappeared! Then last night, I sat watching 2 decent sized ones tag teaming the poor zoas with a few little ones. I'm planning on starting to add corals to the tank in a few weeks, and don't want this to be a recurring problem. Update as I was typing this on my iphone, I looked at the zoa, and it had -TWO- asterinas on it!!!! Called the LFS and talked to the owner. He suggested dosing the tank with Flatworm RX, just in case it's something like a zoa eating nudi, not an amphipod. Anyone ever seen this work?? Link to comment
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