My Zoas Wither up and DIE?
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You have something stressing or eating your zoa's. Make a small cage out of eggcrate and get a cheep zoa to put in it. If it is your fish or larger crabs doing it you will know.
in my zoa prop tank I have had problems with pests, hear is a link that might help.
http://coralpedia.com/index.php?name=FAQ&id_cat=3
I have had this issue at times with new zoa's that was fraged. I look for spiders or Nudi on the zoa's. The link above will give you three areas that might help you find your problem
What is a Zoanthid Predator?
What is a Zoanthid Irritaters?
What is a Zoanthid Disease?
http://coralpedia.com/index.php?name=FAQ&id_cat=3
hope this helps
in my zoa prop tank I have had problems with pests, hear is a link that might help.
http://coralpedia.com/index.php?name=FAQ&id_cat=3
I have had this issue at times with new zoa's that was fraged. I look for spiders or Nudi on the zoa's. The link above will give you three areas that might help you find your problem
What is a Zoanthid Predator?
What is a Zoanthid Irritaters?
What is a Zoanthid Disease?
http://coralpedia.com/index.php?name=FAQ&id_cat=3
hope this helps
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Im pretty sure it depends on what type of small starfish you have, I had small starfish in my tank for about a year (astrina's I think) 1000's of them. I also have a bunch of zoa's and I have never seen them harm any of my zoa's, but they ate my coralline like there was no tomorrow (leaving little white spots from where they were munching)
No ill effects to my zoa's in over a year. (I think it really depends on the color of the starfish, mine were a whitish grey color)
I finally got tired of them eating my coralline so I got a harlequin and it took care of them, in no time.
after my starfish were all gone (eatin up)
I had some zoa's close and slowly melt away for no reason, even after fragging and dipping. I had about 7 different frags of these pink zoas throughout the tank right next to other frags of different zoas and the pinks were the only ones affected.
Sometimes Sh*t happens
No ill effects to my zoa's in over a year. (I think it really depends on the color of the starfish, mine were a whitish grey color)
I finally got tired of them eating my coralline so I got a harlequin and it took care of them, in no time.
after my starfish were all gone (eatin up)
I had some zoa's close and slowly melt away for no reason, even after fragging and dipping. I had about 7 different frags of these pink zoas throughout the tank right next to other frags of different zoas and the pinks were the only ones affected.
Sometimes Sh*t happens
+1 ****, amphipods are killing my zoanthids. it is irratating it and causing the zoanthids not to open up for a long period of time. I see them entering the mouth of my zoanthids when the lights are out. My colony of lemon drop zoas are pretty much all dead. I will be getting a melanurus wrasse to combat them suckas.
I always thought amphipods and asternia starfish will only eat what is already dead or rotting. I would think something else is causing them to die and these zoa irratators are just finishing them off.
Here is a great link to zoa predators, irratators, and diseases.
http://zoaid.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=384
They do list the asternia starfish as a predator, but most in the family are reef safe. I have thousands of these and amphipods. I thought they were also causing my zoas to melt and die. As soon as I started dosing VitC, I have not lost a zoa/paly and I still see my amphipods and starfish all over them.
Here is a great link to zoa predators, irratators, and diseases.
http://zoaid.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=384
They do list the asternia starfish as a predator, but most in the family are reef safe. I have thousands of these and amphipods. I thought they were also causing my zoas to melt and die. As soon as I started dosing VitC, I have not lost a zoa/paly and I still see my amphipods and starfish all over them.
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Wow you think, recently I have been hearing this more and more. I dont think thats what happing but could I guess. I would think it would be more due to po4 too low or too high. In your case if your acro Tom are doing very well thats means low nutrients in which the paly an zoos really dont like hth.
