Have you ever had a fish that ate zoa? Zoa control needed!

[1979fishgeek]

I’ve got a problem with Reverse Space Monster Zoa overrunning my tank.

Introducing Zoa Eating Nudi did not work as I’ve got too many predators that eat them.

It’s going to work out easier removing the fleshy LPS and zoa I want to keep than trying to get the RSM out. So I need a relentless known zoa eater. As I’ve rarely kept anything but very reef safe fish I don’t have experience with what eats them.

Big regrets letting them get in my tank, but they started to grow over corals that I really wanted and if I don’t take some action I’m going to have a 6ft tank full of just Reverse Space Monster . *face palm! lol

 

[CBonito]

They sell these cool long tweezer sets on amazon that are stainless. That's what I use to get anything that has to go bye bye. You can grab those little suckers and yank them off the rocks. Sometimes they come up in entire groups since they're all connected.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’ve got a problem with Reverse Space Monster Zoa overrunning my tank.

Introducing Zoa Eating Nudi did not work as I’ve got too many predators that eat them.

It’s going to work out easier removing the fleshy LPS and zoa I want to keep than trying to get the RSM out. So I need a relentless known zoa eater. As I’ve rarely kept anything but very reef safe fish I don’t have experience with what eats them.

Big regrets letting them get in my tank, but they started to grow over corals that I really wanted and if I don’t take some action I’m going to have a 6ft tank full of just Reverse Space Monster . *face palm! lol

for me - Heniocus butterfly. Ate mine like salad and lasted 3 hours after I purchased it and went back to the LFS

 

[Garf]

I’ve got a problem with Reverse Space Monster Zoa overrunning my tank.

Introducing Zoa Eating Nudi did not work as I’ve got too many predators that eat them.

It’s going to work out easier removing the fleshy LPS and zoa I want to keep than trying to get the RSM out. So I need a relentless known zoa eater. As I’ve rarely kept anything but very reef safe fish I don’t have experience with what eats them.

Big regrets letting them get in my tank, but they started to grow over corals that I really wanted and if I don’t take some action I’m going to have a 6ft tank full of just Reverse Space Monster . *face palm! lol

Aiptasia eating filefish may do it, but he might eat everything else that wobbles first. My rabbit ate my zoas (ok, the wife's zoas).

 

[1979fishgeek]

They sell these cool long tweezer sets on amazon that are stainless. That's what I use to get anything that has to go bye bye. You can grab those little suckers and yank them off the rocks. Sometimes they come up in entire groups since they're all connected.

That’s a good idea. Also mean I won’t have to catch a fish afterwards if it goes after everything else.

 

[Garf]

That’s a good idea. Also mean I won’t have to catch a fish afterwards if it goes after everything else.

DIY F Aiptasia would do it, given patience.

 

[mfinn]

I had 2 different hippo tangs that liked to eat zoanthids. Both of them would start on a colony and not stop until every single polyp was gone.