Pods eating the skirts of my zoas

azdiver · 11/25/2014, 06:57 PM

What can I do to get them off my zoas

ryanerickson · 11/25/2014, 07:12 PM

Get a wrasse

reepher315 · 11/25/2014, 07:20 PM

or a nice fat mandarin

kalan850 · 11/26/2014, 06:33 AM

I've had these before sux. Can you move them to a different location in the tank?

azdiver · 11/27/2014, 02:23 AM

I tried but they still come after them the clownfish started helping by eating them recently but I have a lot of them

650-IS350 · 11/28/2014, 02:11 AM

you can use a frag rack and bring the affected frags up. Most pods wouldn't want to venture to out our away from the main rocks and sand for fear of being eaten. Wrasses will help out.

Jritter02 · 11/28/2014, 10:09 PM

aren't pods good to have in your tank? that's what ive been told and what ive read. or are they just bad for zoas...

650-IS350 · 11/28/2014, 10:59 PM

copepods are good imo. Ampipods are the ones that are known to go at Z's and P's

Jritter02 · 11/29/2014, 07:47 AM

Maybe that explains one of my colonies slowly dying Off. At night it would he covered in Amphipods. I took them out to treat them for zoa pox and saw a few Amphipods on the dip. All zoas look great now and I have seen many pods.

11/25/2014, 06:57 PM	#1
azdiver Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 149	Pods eating the skirts of my zoas What can I do to get them off my zoas

11/25/2014, 07:20 PM	#3
reepher315 Humble Student Join Date: May 2014 Location: Geneva, NY Posts: 816	or a nice fat mandarin __________________ 90g mixed reef 55g sump/refugium

11/26/2014, 06:33 AM	#4
kalan850 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: FWB FL Posts: 181	I've had these before sux. Can you move them to a different location in the tank? __________________ 40 Breeder Retrofit Quad T5 Powered Minimalist Glass Box with Alien Creatures Living in a Pool of Sodium Chloride.

11/28/2014, 02:11 AM	#6
650-IS350 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 14,555	you can use a frag rack and bring the affected frags up. Most pods wouldn't want to venture to out our away from the main rocks and sand for fear of being eaten. Wrasses will help out. __________________ * RETIRED FROM REEFING * Just enjoying the box of water from afar

11/28/2014, 10:59 PM	#8
650-IS350 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 14,555	copepods are good imo. Ampipods are the ones that are known to go at Z's and P's __________________ * RETIRED FROM REEFING * Just enjoying the box of water from afar

11/25/2014, 07:12 PM	#2
ryanerickson Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Vancouver bc canada Posts: 109	Get a wrasse

11/27/2014, 02:23 AM	#5
azdiver Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 149	I tried but they still come after them the clownfish started helping by eating them recently but I have a lot of them

11/28/2014, 10:09 PM	#7
Jritter02 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 332	aren't pods good to have in your tank? that's what ive been told and what ive read. or are they just bad for zoas...

11/29/2014, 07:47 AM	#9
Jritter02 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 332	Maybe that explains one of my colonies slowly dying Off. At night it would he covered in Amphipods. I took them out to treat them for zoa pox and saw a few Amphipods on the dip. All zoas look great now and I have seen many pods.