zoa eating nudi's

[cuz]

only because of the availability of the yellow coris here in town i was planning on a 6-line wrasse tomorrow.
thanks for the help Levi!!
I have had 2 zoa colonies dissolve down to nothing but thats been over the course of 1 1/2 yrs so i ruled out nudis previously. Now its got me woundering!!

what is the differences between zoas and palys in a nudis eyes? as quoted above? keeping palys as a pro-active measure??

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by cuz

only because of the availability of the yellow coris here in town i was planning on a 6-line wrasse tomorrow.
thanks for the help Levi!!
I have had 2 zoa colonies dissolve down to nothing but thats been over the course of 1 1/2 yrs so i ruled out nudis previously. Now its got me woundering!!

what is the differences between zoas and palys in a nudis eyes? as quoted above? keeping palys as a pro-active measure??

The nudies won't eat pally's, Nudies like certain other species (Starfish, Harlequin shrimp, ect...) eat really specific food sources.

[Chowder]

I use a melanarus wrasse . It is always hunting and picking at the zoas and other corals for food.

http://www.themarinecenter.com/fish/...lanuruswrasse/

I alos dip all my zoas when I get them an expect them for eggs. I use the salt water they came in and 5 drops of coralRX. It kills all inverts and nudis that are on the frags and colonies. I have a friend who swares by flat worm exit. Same thing adds it to the water they came in.

http://coralrx.com/

If you can remove your colonies and dip them and expect them I would.


Chris

[kien]

Melanarus and Leopard wrasses for me. Two very pretty wrasses that are extremely hard workers

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by cuz

only because of the availability of the yellow coris here in town i was planning on a 6-line wrasse tomorrow.
thanks for the help Levi!!
I have had 2 zoa colonies dissolve down to nothing but thats been over the course of 1 1/2 yrs so i ruled out nudis previously. Now its got me woundering!!

what is the differences between zoas and palys in a nudis eyes? as quoted above? keeping palys as a pro-active measure??

we have yellow corris wrasses in stock man!(talk to Ryan, he said he might be coming up to pick up an angel we have, or possibly having it shipped)......crappy problem to have.....good luck with it...

[cuz]

man this is tedious going thru every single polyp 1 by 1!!
only found 3 more nudis so far and the same pieces that had the nudis did have eggs!! I've done 30-35 different zoas/palys and i think i'm close to halfway!!

[vaporize]

I remembered reading somebody using FW Exit and combination of freshwater baths (will not take care of the eggs though)

[cuz]

the revivie seems to be taking excellent care of the nudi's along with a solid visual for eggs. All zoanthids will stay in the frag tank till the dt is empty of zoas/palys. my only concern is the rockwork, It is possible for them to lay eggs on rocks, glass or anywhere they travelled. I don't really want to pull sps colonies off rocks to dipp the rocks and visually seeing eggs on rock seems neer impossible.
Do i leave all food source out of the dt and let them starve out?
how long?

[subman]

Just saw one in my tank How did it turn out for you cuz? I have a red coris in there and hes always on the prowl but....he missed one so I'm sure there is lots

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by subman

Just saw one in my tank How did it turn out for you cuz? I have a red coris in there and hes always on the prowl but....he missed one so I'm sure there is lots

if theres one theres prob more and eggs to boot.


i gave an exact qt schedule and treatment on another thread ive talked with the op and it worked like a charm i also have it on reefcentral and people are using it....it works plain and simple.

its a 3 week routine though involving removing all your zoos to qt, and then qt all your new zoos afterwards.

ill find the link to the thread in a minute for you


red corris wrasses will hunt them for sure, the yellows just a better/safer reef choice is all