Zoa eater!!!

[BellaGabriella]

lately i've noticed my zoas closed and irritated, on closer inspection i've found these brightly colored almost tiny lady bug looking worms ? slugs ? nudis ? i cant even describe .. they move pretty quick i've been siphoning them out w.e i see them now. I cant find anything on them online besides a unanswered thread from some other site. i cant get a good photo of them but here is the photo i found of exactly what they are, they take the color of what they eat... gotta say there awfully pretty at the moment munching on my candy apple reds and purple orchids :banghead:
they also glow at night. Plz Helppppp :bigeyes: ​

 

[mbg75]

Try dipping in Bayer or iodine. See if it kills them.

 

[BellaGabriella]

Try dipping in Bayer or iodine. See if it kills them.

thats what ill be doing when i get home.. dont know what bayer is.. but im going to try to syphon a few out in different cups and test iodine, coral rx, and revive.

 

[marklugo23]

i use this and it works great ( RPS ALL OUT Coral Dip ) i had a problem with nudi eating zoas and i used this and it wiped them out. 15 min of this and 15 min of fresh water/ but my situation was a little different but i would try it

 

[dherrera83]

I had them a while back. For starters till you get a good dip like coral RX (that thing works, kills everything), I used fresh water. Just dip the coral in freshh water and use a turkey baster to blast water in every direction and they will all fall off. However, they do lay eggs that look like circles. Find those and scrape them off with a plastic razor.

good luck

 

[cmantis]

Bayer Insect Killer - but its not sold in NY gotta buy in NJ.

 

[dherrera83]

Eggs

The eggs look like this. And here is the link to my thread, think its the same perp only mine were a different color.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/identification/134918-good-bad-id-plz-2.html

Hope that helps.

 

[Rob&Gab]

I had them a while back. For starters till you get a good dip like coral RX (that thing works, kills everything), I used fresh water. Just dip the coral in freshh water and use a turkey baster to blast water in every direction and they will all fall off. However, they do lay eggs that look like circles. Find those and scrape them off with a plastic razor.

good luck

we have coral RX just cant get all the zoas out the tank cause a ton of them are encrusted on the rock work so no matter what its not gonna resolve it fully

 

[rookie07]

Dherrera83 had zoa eating nudis. These are not zoa eating nudis (at least not the nomal kind).

 

[Moneymaks24]

I think I have those also my zoas disappear little by little every day. What are these suckers called? Not nudis right ?

 

[Masgatigata]

A yellow coris wrasse is a great asset to any tank with nudis. It will wipe them out.

 

[jackson6745]

Bayer Insect Killer - but its not sold in NY gotta buy in NJ.

It is at all lowes and home depots in Brooklyn.

 

[Rob&Gab]

A yellow coris wrasse is a great asset to any tank with nudis. It will wipe them out.

These things are not nudis there is no known description and only a hand full of siteings have been made with these little worm l slug like things.

 

[BellaGabriella]

I HATE THESEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE @*%(!%$(*@!)%^$*)^!@*)$^@!&%^(_)(!@)^(*$@!*&%(&@!$(*@!)$^*!@^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GETTING UNBELIEVABLY FRUSTRATED.
have a yellow coris wrasse and a 6line i don't believe either pay any attention to them. been sucking like 5+ of them a day out of my tank. i cant dip a large portion of my zoas cuz there on my rockwork, grown not glued.

please anyone have any ideas let me know​

 

[d5332]

I would frag all zoas, ensure they are free of those pests and place in temporary tank as back up in case the eradication in main tank fails

Sent from my SGH-M919 using Reefs

 

[gpscuba]

Dam nice macro pic what cam you using good luck with the issue by the way