Dying zoa's, question

[matt2364]

Will a mandarin goby eat these?

 

[mushroomss]

yes a goby will.I have had those things destroy hundreds of my zoos.Many people claim them to be reef safe but i have witnessed first hand them eating zoanthids

 

[harris28]

Is that not a copods? I thought those are perfectly fine in a tank.

 

[mushroomss]

im not sure exactly what species it is.They are SUPPOSIDLY reef safe but if there is nothing to control their population and they arent fed enough,they start looking for alternative food sources.That is where my zoos came into the picture.

 

[lemmy5r]

The pic is a little fuizzy but it kind of looks like a Zoa eating nudibranch.

 

[cranberry]

It's a regular ole amphipod.
Here's a pic of one.

 

[cranberry]

Here are some pics of zoa predators I have collected....
Sundial snail

their eggs....

Zoa eating sea spider....

Zoa eating nudi...

zoa eating wentle snail (I'll post better pics tomorrow...I'm at work and they are not in my photobucket)

I would dip them in FWE or Furan 2 if it were me..... I have a recipe for zoa dips.... on the home computer

 

[irocz2280]

those are amhipods i have hundreds of them in my tank they eat the algae off of the zoos not the zoo's themselves it has to be something else check your water quality and don't make large changes to anything everything in slow moderation quickly changing things in a reef leads to disaster any experienced reef keeper will tell you this

 

[jlord1]

what do you have for flow? the algae growing on the sand is a good sign you need more flow