Zoos Disappearing
- Thread starter ridomart
- Start date
joyfnp
Member
I can't believe it, but maybe I need to. I have the same problem in that my "rainbow polyp rock" is all closed up. I thought there might be something chemically wrong, like I just had to use the slime control twice since I got the rock several months ago, but since you said this about the sundial snail, whoa, I noticed one that's had it's foot buried in the polyps for a while now, didn't think anything of it. How does it damage the polyps? Does it just eat the smaller ones, forcing the larger ones to stay closed up?
efishnsea
Active Member
Originally Posted by joyfnp
I can't believe it, but maybe I need to. I have the same problem in that my "rainbow polyp rock" is all closed up. I thought there might be something chemically wrong, like I just had to use the slime control twice since I got the rock several months ago, but since you said this about the sundial snail, whoa, I noticed one that's had it's foot buried in the polyps for a while now, didn't think anything of it. How does it damage the polyps? Does it just eat the smaller ones, forcing the larger ones to stay closed up?
Eventually if left alone it or they can do some serious damage
. Most zoa polyps stay connected to each other and if one is getting bothered the whole colony gets affected/bothered and closes up. Get rid of the snail asap
.
I can't believe it, but maybe I need to. I have the same problem in that my "rainbow polyp rock" is all closed up. I thought there might be something chemically wrong, like I just had to use the slime control twice since I got the rock several months ago, but since you said this about the sundial snail, whoa, I noticed one that's had it's foot buried in the polyps for a while now, didn't think anything of it. How does it damage the polyps? Does it just eat the smaller ones, forcing the larger ones to stay closed up?
Eventually if left alone it or they can do some serious damage
rackyrane
Member
You might want to look closer. I was moving my zoos around and found this horrible creature that I think is a zoanthid spider. Check out the thread that I recently started about it. Beth has posted some pictures. I hope you don't have these little buggers. I think I do and boy are they hard to kill.
hopping
Member
so do these spiders hurt gorgonian. i have to purple ones. one looks like it has been pinched in several places. its been that way @ 3 day and wont put out its flowers much. last night i think i saw one of those spiders in a rock. looked just like the top pic beth posted. i thought my polyps were just geting used to the move. oh wow what have i gotten myself into.