WARNING... Zoa Eating Nudi found

[zambavi]

Hey everyone.... At the BOD meeting today I received a few corals via a trade, DBTC and for the Prop Program. After I dipped everything this evening w/ Revive and got them all acclimated to their new home in my frag tank I went back to empty out the containers they came in and found this... Not sure which coral and from whom it came in through but thought I'd give everyone a heads up. If you passed a coral to me today you want to check out your tank for these guys.

 

[Elite]

did you get any zoa? Look more like the zoa eat nudi to me..

 

[zambavi]

Nope... a chalice, an Acan and 4 pieces of SPS

 

[zambavi]

I agree though... the monti eating nudi's are typically whiter with thinner appendages IME.

 

[Elite]

yup.. check this thread.. It's almost the same color. Good thing you have a Qtank though.
http://www.reeferscafe.com/zoanthids/150-zoa-eating-nudibranch-flatworms-eating-wrasses.html

 

[zambavi]

Yes... and No... to be honest I have never QT my corals. I have a 20 QT for any fish that I bring in but I have never done corals. corals I typically just dip for the appropriate amount of time in one product or another and then I take a tooth brush to the plug or rock they came on to make sure it is clean.... after inspecting and I'm satisfied... I acclimate them to my Frag tank... which is tied into my main display.

 

[seminolecpa]

[quote author=Elite link=topic=6854.msg88580#msg88580 date=1237088700]
did you get any zoa? Look more like the zoa eat nudi to me..
[/quote]

+1 that definately is not a monti eating nudi.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Just because the stuff you get isn't a particular species does not mean that creatures can not hitchhike!

+2 on definitely not a montieating nudi, looks like a zoa one.

 

[Gomer]

I'll keep an eye out, but I'm quite confident my tank doesn't have them (Only 2 zoa frags so it would be easy to notice munching..likewise on my caps if a monti nudi)

 

[zambavi]

Yep... I imagine it was attached to the base of one of the corals... rock, plug, etc.

 

[Gomer]

either way, you just showed how important it is to dip! I've been lucky so far (crosses finger) and haven't had any sustained evidence of the nudies/RB/AEFW since I've been in the hobby.

 

[beaupierce]

cute little bugger..... now kindly send him to his other "home" which presides in the toilet down the drain...

( At least that I what I tell my fiance)

 

[zambavi]

I actually did a quick test with him... in one cup of SW I added 1 drop of lugols... it took about a minute before it was noticably distressed and started cruzin the cup quickly and another 10 minutes before it died.

 

[Ibn]

Definitely not a MEN. Here's what the monti eating one looks like.

 

[Roc]

Man eric that image just gave me a flashback to when I lost all my monti's...............

 

[bluetang_2000]

coud it be the zoa eating spider?

http://melevsreef.com/id/pycnogonid.html

 

[glee]

be on the look out for swirly egg sacs. if you find any, use a razor blade to scape them off.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Whoever has orange zoas and brought frags should double check their tank for those nudis.

Good chance the nudi has been munching on orange zoas.

 

[zambavi]

No... its definantly the zoa eating nudi...

[quote author=bluetang_2000 link=topic=6854.msg88675#msg88675 date=1237130426]
coud it be the zoa eating spider?

http://melevsreef.com/id/pycnogonid.html

[/quote]

 

[650-IS350]

That orange nudi IS a zoanthid eathing nudi.
Check for eggs on the base of the zoanthids/palys. scrape them off and you can also use tweezers to pluck them off. I've heard of zoa folks using FWE against them as well.