Are these zoa eating spider eggs ?

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I caught 2 spiders in my tank sadly I didn’t dip these mushrooms corals I notice they’re a bunch of these white possibly sand looking things all under the bottom also

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hi, i believe spiders carry eggs on legs, isolate, manual removal ,flash light and tweezers.
seen other post ,have you found more than one?
 
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hi, i believe spiders carry eggs on legs, isolate, manual removal ,flash light and tweezers.
seen other post ,have you found more than one?
I put it in a cup with a skittle that drop on the floor so he suffered the skittle killed it I was wondering if it would live
 

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unfortunately probably more ,keep looking after lights out, flashlight ,remove them when you see,
don't turn on lights, if you see, and they move ,they will be back near same spot in 15 min.
scan all corals, never seen a mushroom eating spider,
believe acro, or zoa eating .
 

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Likely not. May be an ostracod. They dont carry eggs with them and generally lay a circular mass on zoa. If you see eggs, you should be seeing the pest spider which often borrows in the center of zoa
here is what eggs look like:

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can you give us a full tank shot, and do you have a sump?
 
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Whys sump matted? Today zoas seem to be hurting I mean bad they’re not out at all I took a turkey blaster saw a bunch of gunk come out then my yellow coris wrasse went to town he’s eating whatever’s on there but I do add a lot of pods I think that’s their hiding spot also….with the polyps closed the wrasse seems to not leave it alone I feel like I see webs if that make sense? I can swear they look like little spider webs now you can’t see bc i turkey blaster it off dumb of me
 
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Not the nicest tank but it’s 4 months old I had to take down my 75 which was insane but it makes me happy lol crappy to your guys tanks:( but the zoas on full intensity are very nice so I don’t wanna lose them
 

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hi,was asking about FTS, to see if acro/monti's ,to try to determine that from zoa eating spiders
that is confirmed now,
a sump, you can set up a "vacuum" type manual remover.
a 18" piece of ridgid air line ,bent at 33 degree angle,attached to air line ,drain through fine net,
the ridgid helps "scrape" them off, the do hold on tight.
to start the siphon ,put tip in return/ power head,
you can still do this into a bucket,just be aware of water levels, raise "vacuum" above water line to stop,
pour water back in,go again in 15 -20 min .
with sump no need to stop and restart is difference.
this works really well.
 

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