nextlevel808 January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 Anyone know what this little creature is on my polyp? Also if it's bad how do I get rid of them? Any and all help is welcome. Thanks.
Coral Hind January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 They look like zoa eating nubibranchs and it also looks like they have laid eggs. I would give the rock a 10 minute dip in freshwater w/ iodine or some name brand coral cleaner in it.
camelcruiser January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 I agree also not sure what juvenile zoa eating nudibranchs look like but that white one to the right looks like a montipora eating nudibranch.
camelcruiser January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 Do what coral hind mentioned and dip them in whatever dip you have most work on them. You will have to do it again a few times to get the babies after they hatch the dip won't kill the eggs.
Coral Hind January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 I agree also not sure what juvenile zoa eating nudibranchs look like but that white one to the right looks like a montipora eating nudibranch. I think the white things you are seeing are the egg clutches.
Reef eScape January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 Agree with Coral Hind. Dip ALL the zoas in your tank and keep them somewhere you can observe them. You will need to dip several times as the eggs hatch.
camelcruiser January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 Gotcha I've only seen the eggs in that spiral formation like the one to the far right the one directly to the right kinda looks like it's hanging off the polyp maybe just the picture playing tricks on me.
Reef eScape January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 In that picture I see three bunches of eggs. One on the far right in a spiral shape halfway up the polyp, one two polyps to the left at about the same level, and another one polyp to the left of that at the same height/slightly higher. I also see two nudi's, though you probably have many more of each. You're picture is excellent by the way- could be put in a textbook.
Origami January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 Gently scrape and flush away whatever eggs you are able to see, too. You may not get them all, but get what you can now when you can see them. As Reef eScape (one of our long time sponsors) says, that's a great picture. You could use it in a textbook.
nextlevel808 January 12, 2015 Author January 12, 2015 Thanks everyone for the info. I dipped them today for first time will repeat in few days and try to scrape off as many eggs as I can then. And thanks for picture quality comment I'm not a very photogenic person and can't figure out how to upload some others I have. Tried changing profile picture but every time says to big plus I suck at the whole computer and uploading thing lol.
smallreef January 13, 2015 January 13, 2015 Dip every 3 days, scrub eggs off with a toothbrush with the dip on it... I also used flatworm exit for 3 weeks to get them out of my live rock since I could not dip all of my zoas...
nextlevel808 January 26, 2015 Author January 26, 2015 Actually were not to bad to get rid of but mine weren't to bad yet I caught early. I will dip 1-2 more times. I used CoralRx as the dip I used. Hope this helps you as it did me.
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