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Purple death zoas

post #1 of 15
12/29/10 at 7:24pm
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I went over to a house today to pick up some emerad crabs from him and saw his 3 frag tanks. then I spotted

this frag of Purple death zoas with 3 heads, I asked him how much for it and he said $5. I bought it and now it's in my pico as i type this. it's an awesome new addition

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post #2 of 15
12/29/10 at 7:35pm

No picturesaddy.gif

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post #3 of 15
12/29/10 at 8:39pm
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Sorry, I will get one tomorrow. i only have on the moon lights and they don't open at night crybaby.gif

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post #4 of 15
12/30/10 at 9:54am
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here are some pics. See if you can identify them, The purple deaths didnt cooperate so i did the best i could.

DSC_0833.jpgDSC_0831.jpgim not sure what picture this is beside, but what type of creatures are on the glass?DSC_0829.jpgDSC_0830.jpgDSC_0834.jpgDSC_0828.jpgDSC_0827.jpgDSC_0824.jpgDSC_0823.jpgDSC_0820.jpgDSC_0819.jpgDSC_0822.jpg

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post #5 of 15
12/30/10 at 9:55am
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all pictures are real color inside the tank. no photo editing except cropping 

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post #6 of 15
12/30/10 at 10:08am

NICE!!!!

 

The things on your glass look like hydroids.....

 

From what I understand they eat copepods, and will be a threat to any fry you may ever hatch.

 

I think the best thing is to remove them.....I never had them, only read bits and pecues about them

 

Look up Hydromedusae

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post #7 of 15
12/30/10 at 10:13am
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would a red headed goby eat them? and i have tons of copepods, if i had the time i could count hundreds on the glass every morning. and i have tons of amphipods.

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post #8 of 15
12/30/10 at 10:21am

I have no clue what would eat them.....

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post #9 of 15
12/30/10 at 12:35pm

the things on the glass are hydroids.

I see them at the LFS's all the time and I tell them have hydroids and they freak out and start pulling them out. Then I tell them they don't hurt anything and they look at me like I'm the devil

Good times.

 

Nice frags BTW

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post #10 of 15
12/30/10 at 12:40pm

They are death to smaller creatures.  One member here lost her entire dwarf seahorse colony to a hydroid outbreak while she was on vacation.

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post #11 of 15
12/30/10 at 12:52pm
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anyone have any idea is a red headed goby will eat them?

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post #12 of 15
12/30/10 at 1:01pm

I don't think so.  The main thing is to get your feeding in line.  In other words don't overfeed the tank and the hydroids will start to disappear on their own.  They feed on the excess nutrients in a tank.  You can use a turkey baster to suck them off the glass and flush them.

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post #13 of 15
12/30/10 at 1:16pm
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i don't feed though, i use marine snow once or twice a week for the coral and it's a very small amount.

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post #14 of 15
12/30/10 at 1:30pm



 

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Originally Posted by smartorl View Post

They are death to smaller creatures.  One member here lost her entire dwarf seahorse colony to a hydroid outbreak while she was on vacation.

those hydriods like in the picture?

i was told they are harmless.

 

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post #15 of 15
12/30/10 at 2:15pm

I had some of those, they went the way of the dodo in my tank.  then again, i dont have many copepods in my tank.  Fishies are clowns, PJ cardinals, flasher wrasse and a royal gramma.  They disapeared around the time of the wrasse introduction.

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