Keeping Zoas in a cage?

[starfishguy869]

Hi, I have a zoa frag and the other day, I saw an asterina eating it. I still want to keep it though and I don’t want to get a harlequin. Would putting the zoa in a cage like this temporarily (1-2 months) be okay? I cut a couple 1 mm holes.

 

[56longroof]

No matter what you put the frag in once its off the asternia will eat it. Your best solution would be to get rid of the asternias. Or give up on zoas.

 

[starfishguy869]

Well the cup isn’t in the water, it’s on the surface. (The rim isn’t touching the water) Could asterinas still get inside?

 

[56longroof]

Well the cup isn’t in the water, it’s on the surface. (The rim isn’t touching the water) Could asterinas still get inside?

Probably

 

[starfishguy869]

Would there be any harm in trying though?

 

[JTP424]

Would there be any harm in trying though?

No harm in trying! But you may still lose the zoa

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Why not just pull out the asterina lol

 

[starfishguy869]

Why not just pull out the asterina lol

There’s way too many. At night, I can count at least 50, (16 gallon aquarium btw), and pulling them off is inefficient. I think I’ll try the cage, the zoas aren’t that expensive.

 

[gkprevite]

There’s way too many. At night, I can count at least 50, (16 gallon aquarium btw), and pulling them off is inefficient. I think I’ll try the cage, the zoas aren’t that expensive.

It’s not too bad. I had asterina eating my zoas and decided they had to go. At night just yoink as many as you can. After a week or so you’ll be down to very low numbers. I still see one here or there and I’ll remove it

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

At night just yoink as many as you can. After a week or so you’ll be down to very low numbers. I still see one here or there and I’ll remove it

Exactly this!

 

[starfishguy869]

There’s way too many. At night, I can count at least 50, (16 gallon aquarium btw), and pulling them off is inefficient. I think I’ll try the cage, the zoas aren’t that expensive.

It’s not too bad. I had asterina eating my zoas and decided they had to go. At night just yoink as many as you can. After a week or so you’ll be down to very low numbers. I still see one here or there and I’ll remove it

Alright I’ll give it a shot. I have found that if I scrape the glass clean, no asterinas go on the glass, so maybe I can just put the zoa on a frag rack in the middle of the glass? Or are they attracted to the smell of the zoas?

 

[starfishguy869]

My lights are off soon, so I’ll give ithe plucking a shot today. I’ll try to temporarily give them back to the lfs this weekend