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02-22-2008, 12:08 PM
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Nano Person w/a Nano Reef
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: orange county
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Zoa eating pods?!?!?
I caught a bunch of pods munching on my zoa's last night, the zoa's have been disappearing one by one for some time now, but i couldn't figure out why.
I didn't know pods did that?? have you heard of that??
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02-22-2008, 12:09 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Fairview Heights, IL
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Never heard of that! Are you sure they aren't zoa eating nudibranches?
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02-22-2008, 12:16 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
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or zoa eating spiders?
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02-22-2008, 12:19 PM
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Nano Person w/a Nano Reef
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here's where the conversation started:
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Originally Posted by reginanmc
i just went looking at pics of nudibranch's they are more wormy looking right??? these are definatly pod looking. Perhaps i'll go to teh general discussion and ask everyone if they've heard of it.
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Originally Posted by kimsie
Good idea - I saw a pic ones of the nudi's - I'll see if I can find it..
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Originally Posted by kimsie
Here is something I pulled off an old post...
here is a zoa eater. they will take on the color of the zoa they happen to be munching on at the moment....
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Originally Posted by reginanmc
yeah i found that pic too..........
I need to try and get a pic tonight if i can catch them eating it agian, the hard part is they're so small and it's dark ........they just don't look like that pic.
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Originally Posted by kimsie
wow - i've never heard of that... you're sure they weren't zoa eating nudi's?
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Originally Posted by kimsie
What about this pic?
Maybe you just have a crazy new pod! |
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02-22-2008, 12:22 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
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2nd row down, 3 pictures over is a photo of a zoa spider....
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html
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02-22-2008, 12:25 PM
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Nano Person w/a Nano Reef
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Originally Posted by DevilBoy
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Thanks i counldn't find a pic.......nope not a spider.......if anything i would say they look just like the Amphipod......maybe the Isopod.
And there was about 6 of them on one zoa head and in the morning that head was gone.
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02-22-2008, 12:31 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Originally Posted by reginanmc
Thanks i counldn't find a pic.......nope not a spider.......if anything i would say they look just like the Amphipod......maybe the Isopod.
And there was about 6 of them on one zoa head and in the morning that head was gone.
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Ok - you're going to HAVE to take a pictures for us tonight!
What do you all think is the best thing for her to do? Freshwater dip?
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02-22-2008, 12:36 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
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i would dip it.
I had spiders on my zoas. dipped em and havent seen any since. Just make up ro/di water bring temp and pH up to the same as your tank. Dip, swirl, shake the zoas in the dip water. And they should fall off into the bucket. If not carefully check the polyps, between the polyps etc, they may attach, and extract with tweezers.
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02-22-2008, 12:39 PM
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Nano Person w/a Nano Reef
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Location: orange county
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Originally Posted by kimsie
Ok - you're going to HAVE to take a pictures for us tonight!
What do you all think is the best thing for her to do? Freshwater dip?
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I'll definatly try.........sadly if i can get a pic, it means i'm loosing another zoa :-(
That's what i was wondering.....but if infact my pods are eating my the zoa's.......a FW dip will do nothing. But i'm not going to put anymore zoa's in the tank until I get a fish and get teh pods population under control.....the tank has been running since dec with no fish, just a fire shrimp, a pom pom crab, a nassarious, astrea's, and a few hermits. The pods are running a muck!!!........and now forming murderous gangs apparently.
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02-22-2008, 12:41 PM
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Nano Person w/a Nano Reef
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DevilBoy
i would dip it.
I had spiders on my zoas. dipped em and havent seen any since. Just make up ro/di water bring temp and pH up to the same as your tank. Dip, swirl, shake the zoas in the dip water. And they should fall off into the bucket. If not carefully check the polyps, between the polyps etc, they may attach, and extract with tweezers.
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I can........but if they are pods.....wouldn't more just crawl on and keep munching.........but i guess i'm willing to try anything that may save the few remaining zoa's
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02-22-2008, 12:51 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Sedalia, Mo
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pick them out as she see them. I think it maybe zoa eating nudi's that she has but I don't know look for little bunches of white stuff on your zoos. If you do see if you can get a pic. You may need to scrap it off or get the zoo that has it on it out right away.
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02-22-2008, 01:01 PM
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Nano Person w/a Nano Reef
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Originally Posted by Scruffys Catch
pick them out as she see them. I think it maybe zoa eating nudi's that she has but I don't know look for little bunches of white stuff on your zoos. If you do see if you can get a pic. You may need to scrap it off or get the zoo that has it on it out right away.
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I'll do some PI work tonight on the tank and see if i can save the zoa's
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02-22-2008, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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look like this??
Dont worry reginamc......I believe you that pods are munching your zoas. What makes soem rogue and predatorial I dont know, but some absolutely are and i surely cant tell the difference visually int he ones that will munch polyps and the ones that wont.
I have actually nuked my tank with a triple dose of interceptor in an effort to kill most of these larger amphipods. The most beneficial thing you can do is get some wrasses, and provide them with some evening light to work with....moonoights even are fine. Yellow coris and a leopard are my pod assassins.
These pods tend to LOVE people eater polyps of any kind.
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02-22-2008, 01:37 PM
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Shark
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See that is why we have threads so we can all learn something. Now that he said it I remember Eric talking about it before.
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Originally Posted by Fly Guy
look like this??
Dont worry reginamc......I believe you that pods are munching your zoas. What makes soem rogue and predatorial I dont know, but some absolutely are and i surely cant tell the difference visually int he ones that will munch polyps and the ones that wont.
I have actually nuked my tank with a triple dose of interceptor in an effort to kill most of these larger amphipods. The most beneficial thing you can do is get some wrasses, and provide them with some evening light to work with....moonoights even are fine. Yellow coris and a leopard are my pod assassins.
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02-22-2008, 01:56 PM
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Nano Person w/a Nano Reef
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: orange county
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THANK YOU FLY GUY!!!! I knew I wasn't crazy
This is my first tank so i'm always open to being wrong, but your picture has it......a pod!!
I have moonlights and will be getting a wrasse in a few weeks.......when my tank moves to it's final resting place......my office. But until then........tell me about dosing with intercepter, i've never heard of that.
Are you taking about the intercepter that is used in dogs as a heartworm preventive??? I assume it must come in a different form than those giant pills.
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