whats up with zoo colony?

renogaw · #1 12/15/2007, 11:30 AM

in the right where there's a bare spot, i cut out 4-5 heads with a clean xacto knife about 1.5 weeks ago.

now, i don't know what's up with the polyps

i've not seen this happen to any of my other colonies...any ideas?

it isnt flow blasting them, it wasn't just because of a random snail/hermit going over it.

staninct · #2 12/15/2007, 02:29 PM

Break out the flashlight and see what's going on at night. More likely than not you've got a worm that uses a floating strand of mucus to catch its food that is aggravating the zoas. Do you have a better pic of the base? They seem to look physically OK aside from being closed.

ricordia nut · #3 12/15/2007, 02:31 PM

nudis

doublec · #4 12/15/2007, 04:06 PM

one of my fags was also like that. its like they have no tenticules, just mouths

renogaw · #5 12/15/2007, 09:36 PM

at first i thought it was nudis, but i haven't added anything to the tank in probably a month, and it was just a small pink frag and a larger pink zoo rock, and i FW dipped both.

then i thought it may be asterina stars, because i've seen a couple near there, but never ON the frags.

they look like they are wilting and dying, but only those five or 6.

here's a pic just over a month ago, so they were doing fine recently

renogaw · #6 12/15/2007, 09:39 PM

i'll look for something that may be feeding. i know on the light blue zoos there i got some glass anenomes, but i didn't see any in the zoo colony. i just nuked 2 baby aptasia today, maybe there's more

renogaw · #7 12/15/2007, 10:51 PM

ok, found two possible issues:

looks like some type of worm has started making a colony on the rock:

OR i found this small little snail on a different polyp:

or its something else

fishieness · #8 12/15/2007, 10:59 PM

both are fine. The first is just a type of tubeworm, filterfeeder that doesnt harm anything.
the second is a small type of snail, an algae grazer. When i first saw them a few months ago i hought they were sundials because of the stripes, but they are not. I dont remember the exact species name... It starts with a c... cerr-something? ANyways, they are just algae grazers. Sundials is a posibility, but judging by the picture provided, i would say it is a good one.

PL-Reef · #9 12/15/2007, 11:00 PM

sundial snails?

renogaw · #10 12/15/2007, 11:06 PM

i was reading about sundials elsewhere, so im wondering...

fishiness you dont mean cerith snails do you? this isn't one of those

fishieness · #11 12/15/2007, 11:08 PM

no. not cerith. It's a much longer name than that. I'm still looking but i cant find the place where i first learned about them.
WOuld getting a closer picture be possible? Of even if you are able to turn them over you can tell much easier.

renogaw · #12 12/15/2007, 11:14 PM

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Originally posted by fishieness
no. not cerith. It's a much longer name than that. I'm still looking but i cant find the place where i first learned about them.
WOuld getting a closer picture be possible? Of even if you are able to turn them over you can tell much easier.

ugh, that pic was tough to grab, let me try another for you though. i truly hate my camera for closups of small things.

renogaw · #13 12/15/2007, 11:15 PM

btw, i don't know if it is or not, but someone said the white dots on the face of the zoos look like zoopox. i can't remember if that is just sand or not, so i'll have to look in the morning.

if it is zoopox, i'll be dropping out of the secret santa

renogaw · #14 12/15/2007, 11:35 PM

can't get any clearer/closer unfortunately:

renogaw · #15 12/16/2007, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by fishieness
no. not cerith. It's a much longer name than that. I'm still looking but i cant find the place where i first learned about them.
WOuld getting a closer picture be possible? Of even if you are able to turn them over you can tell much easier.

colonista snail

amcarrig · #16 12/16/2007, 08:17 AM

The worm is a fan worm and shouldn't be irritating your zoas. Can't tell if your snail is a sundial or not unless you can get a close up of the shell.

amcarrig · #17 12/16/2007, 08:28 AM

This might help you figure out whether or not you've got a sundial

http://www.thesea.org/reef_aquarium/...sts_snails.php

geoxman · #18 12/16/2007, 10:04 AM

If you look closely at your pictures taken on 12/15 you have the start of zoapox and that is what is doing the damage. You should get some Furan and dip them according to the thread in the zoanthid forum. That is not a sundial snail. Good luck

renogaw · #19 12/16/2007, 10:25 AM

that's what someone else suggested as well. And sadly, i looked at some other pink zoos that weren't opening today and it looks like they are covered in pox

i'll be looking for that furan stuff now, because i have a feeling that's my issue.

do i need to treat all my zoos, or just visibly poxed ones?

ShiftNation · #20 12/16/2007, 11:00 AM

LMK where you find the furan please . I might have had an issue with this before and Id like to have on hand just in case .

fishieness · #21 12/16/2007, 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by renogaw
colonista snail

YES!! lol. collonista. well... i got the c part right....

haha
good luck

renogaw · #22 12/16/2007, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ShiftNation
LMK where you find the furan please . I might have had an issue with this before and Id like to have on hand just in case .

going to post on ctfishstores and find if any local, otherwise i'll order online.

renogaw · #23 12/16/2007, 12:01 PM

chris at aquadreams is going to order me in some for wednesday. can call him (or email) to get some if you want.

N-A-S-O · #24 12/16/2007, 12:20 PM

I think it's asterina stars. I'm having the same issue right now. Where ever there are dead patches of zoas the stars a munching away on the half dead polyps. I've been siphoning them out every few days.

renogaw · #25 12/16/2007, 12:34 PM

any asterina i see on that rock hits the fuge. i'm not taking chances, but i'm afraid more that it is zoo pox. a pink colony i have has the same white spots on them and some are wilting