Zoa Eating NUDI????

meowzer

meowzer

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OK...I am at work and have no pic...BUT...A few days ago I posted that it seemed like something was eating my zoas.....I took one rock out, dipped, examined, and found nothing.
This morning I saw something move on the other zoa rock
..it was an orangish color.....I was able to get a poker (can't reach stuff) and break the piece of rock that this thing was on off....it is now in a cup with some SW in it. it was also soft (I thought it was a sponge at first)
I am trying to look up zoa eaters, and I just can not seem to find the site THAT I KNOW exists
ANYONE????
I will not be home till later tonight, so I may also need some suggestions on what to do next...
if I ever get to I.D. this thing
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3185099
I'd want to get an ID on what the h3ll that thing is before I did anything.

IF...and I say IF...this is what I have...this is what it says about it...
Class Solenogastres - estimated to have about 250 species.
o They lack a shell, and instead are covered in calcareous "slivers" called spicules.
o They are hermaphroditic.
o They lack gills.
o Solenogastres have a ventral ciliated groove that is used to grip gorgonians as they climb on them. This is thought to be their "foot".
o They climb on and eat gorgonians and hydroids, but there have been no detailed ecological studies.
o Occasionally they are found in aquaria, coming in on uncured live rock.
Figure 1. This non-prepossessing creature is a Solenogastre or Neomeniid mollusk found living on the spines of a pencil urchin collected in the Bahamas. The pencil urchin's spines were covered with zoanthids, which this animal was eating. The mouth is extended at the left end of the animal. It was about an inch long. Solenogastres found in aquaria are longer, tend to be more "wormlike" and eat gorgonians.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3185107
ALIENZ!!!!!!

BUT what should I do?
I am going to examine it real close tonight when I get home, BUT I KNOW...it has no antenna or feet things
Should I order FWE just in case?
BTW...I am on page 12 of images...looking for anything else that may be similar
 
spanko

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PM Ophiura and or Cranberry to see what they think about it. Is that the creature from your tank in the picture in post #5?
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3185109
PM Ophiura and or Cranberry to see what they think about it. Is that the creature from your tank in the picture in post #5?
I alread pm'd Cranberry
I have no clue if that is it or not.....That is the closest pic I have been able to find, except mine seems more orange
Like I said earlier....I thought it was a sponge until I saw it retract slightly this morning....I really did not have a lot of time to examine it (work ya know) but I was able to remove it and place it in a cup of tank water....
I am hoping that when I get home tonight I will be able to examine it better under a magnifying glass, and MAYBE get a pic...but that will probably by after 6 p.m.(central)
 
spanko

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That would be "O" dark thirty here in Michigan, probably right when we are getting the snow they are calling for!!!!!!!
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3185125
That would be "O" dark thirty here in Michigan, probably right when we are getting the snow they are calling for!!!!!!!

YIKES.....Well after 26 pages of images...I GIVE UP!!!! (for now)
Best I can do is hope that Cranberry sees this, and has a clue...or maybe I'll get lucky with a pick tonight
I think I will order some FWE to have ....just in case
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3185149
You have something in a cup for me!! Have you gotten a good look at him moving around?
Not really.....I only saw it move the first time this morning, and I am at work now...so it is in a cup waiting for me to get home tonight...LOL
I have no clue what it is...closest pic I could find is above....

BUT it was in the area of some "missing" zoa polyps....also as I stated above (I think) It seems as though some zoas are missing, but others are just coming unattached
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3185149
You have something in a cup for me!! Have you gotten a good look at him moving around?
Not really.....I only saw it move the first time this morning, and I am at work now...so it is in a cup waiting for me to get home tonight...LOL
I have no clue what it is...closest pic I could find is above....

BUT it was in the area of some "missing" zoa polyps....also as I stated above (I think) It seems as though some zoas are missing, but others are just coming unattached

P.S. should I get FWE just in case?
 
cranberry

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I honestly would not use it. It's not critter specific... you'll kill off so much stuff. I know people use it and say they see no ill effects. But there's so much more to a tank than what we can see.
Could you tell if it was pointy (kindda) on one end and square/blunt of the other?
 
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