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04/30/2017, 10:15 AM
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Registered Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: MD
Posts: 13
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Zoa eating spiders?
Can anyone ID these weird white tentacles? I'm assuming they're zoa eating spiders, when I touch them with the tweezers they don't move at all. The zoa frag WAS opened and looking swell before I pulled it (outside of the algae bits). None of my other frags show this, and I've never seen this before.
The frag is currently quarantined. I tried a freshwater dip and once again the white tentacles didn't move any. I don't want to pull them off and harm the zoas themselves if it's actually just part of it. But if they are spiders I do want to make sure they're gone. |
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04/30/2017, 04:40 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: California
Posts: 2,482
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They look more like sponges to me.
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05/02/2017, 04:13 PM
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Anjuman
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 343
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Probably sponges. A zoa predator will have the same color/pigment of the zoa itself.
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05/04/2017, 05:47 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: MD
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I pulled off what I could and the zoa hadn't changed any so I figued I was safe. I moved the frag back into my main tank and before I could do anything my darn mantis shrimp STOLE the frag from my tongs and promptly took it into his burrow.
First time he ever bothered my corals and zoas ever. I am sure he thought I was feeding him but yeah... Frag is lost to the abyss now. Maybe he'll kick it back out |
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