Amphipods Ravaging my Zoas!

[jillbuus]

What can I do to stop these guys from eating my zoa? They've almost whipped out a colony of button polyps and are now invading my zooanthids!

 

[saltfinsax]

I think I have the same thing going on in my tank as well. I havent seen the guys yet doing it but its the only cluster of zoe's closed up for the last 4 or 5 days. Thinking of dipping the rock being its not the large and getting a wrasse or Mandren.

 

[tito3054]

Get a maderin it should take care of them.

 

[olemiss]

I'd suspect spiders or nudi's(both are hard to spot), rather than amphipods. The pods are more than likely just finishing off what the others started. Dip the rock and see what comes out.

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by OleMiss
http:///forum/post/2942050
I'd suspect spiders or nudi's(both are hard to spot), rather than amphipods. The pods are more than likely just finishing off what the others started. Dip the rock and see what comes out.
I would agree, you'll see the pods, they walk all over closed corals. But I don't think I've ever even heard of them eatin them.
You might check out zoapox. You have white dots on your zoas. (but I'm not the expert on that)
You take awesome pictures, btw.

 

[papajt]

What do you all mean by dipping the corals?

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by tito3054
http:///forum/post/2941495
Get a maderin it should take care of them.
i dunno about a mandarin to get rid of amphipods... they are usually too big and fast for mandarins to eat

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by PapaJT
http:///forum/post/2957583
What do you all mean by dipping the corals?
dip the corals in same temperature RO water. kills just about everything but the zoos