Snail on buttons

[califishdude]

I bought a rock with a variety of button on it. One a particular set there is a rounded snail that is constantley stuck to it. everytime i move the snail it comes back. This snail is bacl and white and totally round. Its not a bubble bbe snail. does anyone know if this is good or bad?

 

[xd]

sounds like a sundial snail, they are a parasite that feeds on zoos.

 

[califishdude]

should i take it off?

 

[meleerock]

check out this thread and see if yours looks something similar to any of them. The sundials are the last snail decribed. Hope this helps!
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/163870/snails

 

[xd]

if it is a sundail then yes.

 

[califishdude]

thanks man. i wont get punish if i throw this down but tiolet?

 

[socal57che]

Check at night with a flashlight to see if you have more. I had a bunch and they hid during the day coming out after dark.

 

[bronco300]

you can do dips on it to see if anything else comes out as well...no flames for flushing something that kills the zoos, not from me at least!!!

 

[califishdude]

what kind of dips?

 

[socal57che]

Bronco or Wax32, correct me if I'm wrong, but Iodine to dip...correct? Someone sells a prouct just for marine use. Use the search feature and enter iodine dip or zooanthid dip.

 

[socal57che]

This may help you.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/277173/zoanthid-trouble

 

[califishdude]

The bottle of iodine i have is a 4oz red bottle that says Kent Marine Concentrated Iodine. Its the same Iodine bottle that SWF.COM sales. How much do i had?

 

[socal57che]

You should contact Bronco300 via PM and ask him. I personally have never done a dip, just read about it. Wax32 is another person well acquainted with zoanthids.
INBOUND PM!

 

[bronco300]

the iodine i have is kent lugols iodine....if your iodine is a supplement do not use that one...its not that same as lugols.....and you can also use a freshwater dip....lugols iodine
they say to mix the lugols solution with your saltwater till it looks like a tea mixture....freshwater is just that, try to match the temps etc and dip for 5-7minutes....the iodine would most likely be less stressful since its still in saltwater, but i've done both...when i moved my 75gallon i freshwater dipped every last piece in my tank to get right of nudi branches, it worked for me.

 

[califishdude]

thanks, ill give this a try.

 

[socal57che]

Just curious...how did the dip go??

 

[califishdude]

Its was somewhat clean. A few bristles and a small ugly looking bug fell off. I think it did the job. Should i do thia with most of the corals i get?

 

[socal57che]

I've heard that some people dip all their zoas before they hit the DT.

 

[socal57che]

Originally Posted by califishdude
a small ugly looking bug fell off.
A spider maybe?
Some sea spiders (pycnogonids) like to dine on zoas