Copepods or something eating my zoas?

[ZenReefer]

So i noticed these lil guys living in my zoas. Are they eating my zoas or are these just copepods.

 

[Beej1254]

Kinda hard to tell from the picture. Could be an amphipod, or it could be a nudi. If it's a Nudibranch then it's probably eating your Zoas if you notice they are dying. Can you get a better picture? Or somehow catch it with a turkey baster or something?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I believe it's an amphipod.

 

[ZenReefer]

Kinda hard to tell from the picture. Could be an amphipod, or it could be a nudi. If it's a Nudibranch then it's probably eating your Zoas if you notice they are dying. Can you get a better picture? Or somehow catch it with a turkey baster or something?

I had a good video clip but couldn't get it to load. Nudibranch are like a slug type critter right? These guys move around like tiny shrimp kinda.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I can see it well enough to feel confident to say it's an amphipod. If it's not, it's an isopod.

 

[Elementalj]

Amphipods destroyed two colonies I had going. Then I introduced 'Kevin' the sixline.

 

[ZenReefer]

Amphipods destroyed two colonies I had going. Then I introduced 'Kevin' the sixline.

I had a sixline in my last tank and loved him. Ive been hesitant this go around cause everyone says they get aggressive, but i never had any issues last go around. Now with my zoas slowly thinning the six line is back on the fish to get list.

 

[ZenReefer]

Ill try to catch one and get some better pics when i get off work just to make sure

 

[Beej1254]

Amphipods hurting Zoas? I've never heard that before? I have tons in my tank as well and never noticed anything like that.

 

[ZenReefer]

Just watched some youtube of people having same issues. They are definitely Amphipods.

 

[Beej1254]

Hmm. So yeah that's interesting. I've never heard of Amphipods eating zoas, but I guess it happens with some. I searched around and found some experience to support it at least. Learn something new every day.

 

[Elementalj]

I sat and watched one polyp twitching and the dang pod was eating it from the inside!!!

 

[ZenReefer]

Hmm. So yeah that's interesting. I've never heard of Amphipods eating zoas, but I guess it happens with some. I searched around and found some experience to support it at least. Learn something new every day.

Thats why i was confused. I thought they looked like copepods/amphipods and thought they were a good thing, but my radioactive zoas have been thinning out and i actually found a polyp floating around last night so i knew something was up. Gonna do some six line shopping this weekend, lol.

 

[ZenReefer]

I sat and watched one polyp twitching and the **** pod was eating it from the inside!!!

Little buggers, lol

 

[ZenReefer]

So how hard is it to get mandarin gobys to eat frozen food? Id rather have a mandarin than a six line that may become an butt in the long run, but dont want the mandarin to starve once the pods are gone.

 

[jsh mee]

I know first hand they do. They will pick out a head in perfectly healthy colonies and chew it to a nub. I've even had them kill a few small frags as well. The little jerks will chew it them alive even while they're open from the base so I know they're not eating dead flesh. I have a big dragonet and a target goby that hardly put a dent in the amphipod population in my 120.

 

[jsh mee]

Thats why i was confused. I thought they looked like copepods/amphipods and thought they were a good thing, but my radioactive zoas have been thinning out and i actually found a polyp floating around last night so i knew something was up. Gonna do some six line shopping this weekend, lol.

They are good unless they grow an appetite for zoas :/. Maybe it's like when I chicken eats one of its own eggs, realizes how good they are and then starts cracking them all lol. Honestly I haven't seen them completely ravish anything, but I do sometimes worry when I put a small frag in, but i've kind of figured out where the danger zones are.

So how hard is it to get mandarin gobys to eat frozen food? Id rather have a mandarin than a six line that may become an *** in the long run, but dont want the mandarin to starve once the pods are gone.

 

[Elementalj]

So how hard is it to get mandarin gobys to eat frozen food? Id rather have a mandarin than a six line that may become an *** in the long run, but dont want the mandarin to starve once the pods are gone.

Help me sixline kenobi! You're my only hope!

 

[Sir Chris]

I had a good video clip but couldn't get it to load. Nudibranch are like a slug type critter right? These guys move around like tiny shrimp kinda.

I can't get vids 2 load either.

 

[Sir Chris]

I had a sixline in my last tank and loved him. Ive been hesitant this go around cause everyone says they get aggressive, but i never had any issues last go around. Now with my zoas slowly thinning the six line is back on the fish to get list.

I introduced a 6line 2 do just that. Did he? No as he slept when they came out. Then adding fish u have 2 remove him as he'll kill anything. He killed a male clown I introduced and turned sideways and nailed him. Have a vid but can't upload it. But I removed him and never will get a 6 line again. He litterally beat the clown 2 death. Y? I was so ticked as was a Darwin clown$$. So now I use mandarin for cop and amp control and haven't seen em like they were these days. So unless u wanna catch that fish every time u introduce anything don't buy. He even attacked a Kenya tree I added for 3 hits then stopped then the male the next day. He was gorgeous but 6 lines r on my never get list