Alexraptor Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Got something of a Zanclea infestation. Acro seems ok for the time being. There are contradictory accounts floating around on Zenclea Hydroids, as to wether or not they are detrimental to the corals health or not. According to some people and scientists Zenclea hydroids are commensal symbionts, while others insist that the hydroids have been detrimental to their colony's health. Anyone here got any personal experiences with these critters they would like to share? Link to comment
GHill762 Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 don't know anything about "zenclea" hydroids (and tried to google but got zero hits), however I do have colonial hydroids and have never had any issue. see them on the glass or swimming around from time to time but have never had an issue with them. Link to comment
Red_Blenny Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Here's a quick 2012 article about it: https://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/22/zanclea-hydroid-acropora/ There's a scientific paper called "New insights into the symbiosis between Zanclea(Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and scleractinians". If you have access to reading those papers, you can give that a shot (or read the abstract, it's a short summary of the whole article). IME, when I used to keep Acros back then, one of my frags had it and it didn't seem to affect it at all, although it eventually disappeared on its own. Link to comment
4x5 Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I have them on one Acro, they don't bother it at all so I just ignore them. Link to comment
GHill762 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Here's a quick 2012 article about it: https://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/22/zanclea-hydroid-acropora/ There's a scientific paper called "New insights into the symbiosis between Zanclea(Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and scleractinians". If you have access to reading those papers, you can give that a shot (or read the abstract, it's a short summary of the whole article). IME, when I used to keep Acros back then, one of my frags had it and it didn't seem to affect it at all, although it eventually disappeared on its own. oh it's zAnclea, that probably explains why I got no hits on zEnclea.. lol.. yeah that's not the sp. I have so I have no personal insight on this species. Link to comment
Alexraptor Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Yeah my bad for the typo lol. Link to comment
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