How many of the reefers here have mandarin fish in their zoas populate

[dachkie]

noticed that ever since i lost my Mandarin fish , alot of my zoas polyps seem to be disappearing.

just trying to investigate of amphipods could also be 1 of the causes for my missing zoas

[yikai]

have a fat pellet eating mandarin and a leaopard wrasse in my tank. not many amphipods seen as these guys controls all pods. but do amphipods eat zoas..?

[lotsofloo]

wat are pods are they bad

[dachkie]

have a fat pellet eating mandarin and a leaopard wrasse in my tank. not many amphipods seen as these guys controls all pods. but do amphipods eat zoas..?

dont know, just happen to read a RC thread on zoas and some reefers was saying they saw pods picking away on their melting colonies so just wondering,

coz my friend's tank who has no mandarin fish also starting to have disappearing zoas suddenly

[yikai]

dont know, just happen to read a RC thread on zoas and some reefers was saying they saw pods picking away on their melting colonies so just wondering,

coz my friend's tank who has no mandarin fish also starting to have disappearing zoas suddenly

i see. mandarins make a good tank specimen if u have lots of pods. since it is unclear wether or not the pods are harmful, and if you have alot, just throw 1 in! haha. beautiful fishies

[dachkie]

just found a asterina star on 1 of my fiji zoas rock, this rock also has been having disappearing zoas, seems like i might have just confirmed on the culprit

but i'm sure its not just them because they are so small and so slow , i can have a few colony of zoas disappearing at the same time. hopefully i can eradicate them

[yikai]

asterina stars are nuisence. they always have uneven number of legs and all of uneven size... because they "frag" themselves and each frag grows into a new starfish. repeated fragging will result in deformed looking starfishes. they spread fast. hope you can remove them all!

[richreef]

just found a asterina star on 1 of my fiji zoas rock, this rock also has been having disappearing zoas, seems like i might have just confirmed on the culprit

but i'm sure its not just them because they are so small and so slow , i can have a few colony of zoas disappearing at the same time. hopefully i can eradicate them

hi bro,try looking for Box Snail (Heliacus Areola)small snail with black n white spiral-design.

[dachkie]

hi bro,try looking for Box Snail (Heliacus Areola)small snail with black n white spiral-design.

tried hunting for these before , but haven seen any yet, nowadays i very paranoid with all sorts of small creatures that i did not purchase, once i see something i get rid of it no matter if its good or bad

[lotsofloo]

where to get them. are they hard to keep /can i keep them in my 8 g tank

[peacemaker]

where to get them. are they hard to keep /can i keep them in my 8 g tank

Once Bro dachkie has harvested all the unwanted pests, he can donate to you.

[dachkie]

Once Bro dachkie has harvested all the unwanted pests, he can donate to you.

ok then i make sure i dont throw them into my waste water tub, keep them in my pico tank lol

[zorden]

My tank is a pods heaven after cycling for 2 months. any 1 inch square can easily see pods crawling on the glass wall...