Long snail like ears coming from zoa frag rock

[needlehandssoftfingers]

I just brought this frag home a few days ago and dipped, am seeing these weird things coming out between the zoas. I can see 3 pairs so far

 

[Hairyteeth]

Those are the horns of the devil right there, not bad for the zoas at all but when they burrow into ur sps……

 

[needlehandssoftfingers]

Those are the horns of the devil right there, not bad for the zoas at all but when they burrow into ur sps……

Thankfully this is my only coral so far. What are these things?

 

[Hairyteeth]

Spionid worms, they borrow into coral skeleton and poke out, dips don’t kill them in their burrows from what I’ve gathered…
You would need to cut the zoas off as their in the plug or rock the zoas are growing on….not a huge problem at all though for zoas
Also I’m not sure, maybe someone will chime in…but depending on how line the coral has been in there they may already have migrated else where
As all hitchhikers, it ain’t the end of the world just a new friend

 

[needlehandssoftfingers]

Spionid worms, they borrow into coral skeleton and poke out, dips don’t kill them in their burrows from what I’ve gathered…
You would need to cut the zoas off as their in the plug or rock the zoas are growing on….not a huge problem at all though for zoas
Also I’m not sure, maybe someone will chime in…but depending on how line the coral has been in there they may already have migrated else where
As all hitchhikers, it ain’t the end of the world just a new friend

Thanks for the quick replies, I was worried about my zoa looks like my first tank stay a noob tank haha

 

[Hairyteeth]

No worries, it’s always exciting to see what a frag brings in….I bet a good chunk of people have these in their tanks, nice thing about getting em personally is you now know another thing to look for when buying corals…. I personally like getting new pest experience first hand, I’m kinda weird that way
Btw they are filter feeders the less small particulates you feed the less they will spread
I personally would hack that plug apart and glue the zoas onto something else, their easy enough to remove and can be a real burden with stony corals

 

[needlehandssoftfingers]

No worries, it’s always exciting to see what a frag brings in….I bet a good chunk of people have these in their tanks, nice thing about getting em personally is you now know another thing to look for when buying corals…. I personally like getting new pest experience first hand, I’m kinda weird that way
Btw they are filter feeders the less small particulates you feed the less they will spread
I personally would hack that plug apart and glue the zoas onto something else, their easy enough to remove and can be a real burden with stony corals

To be honest I probably wasn't going to put sps in here since I'm learning still but I am setting up an 85g soon that probably will handle swings better eh?

 

[Hairyteeth]

I would still cut them out asap, you never know where your tank or corals will end up and one thing I’ve learned about pest is the sooner action is taken the easier the battle, just my .02

 

[Spare time]

Those are the horns of the devil right there, not bad for the zoas at all but when they burrow into ur sps……

They are harmless lol

 

[needlehandssoftfingers]

I would still cut them out asap, you never know where your tank or corals will end up and one thing I’ve learned about pest is the sooner action is taken the easier the battle, just my .02

I super-puttied the frag to the rock already so I dunno how I'd go about it. On that note do people shave the frag plugs so they can fit into crevices or do u only put them where u can Fram them into rock? Didn't think about that until I started putting my first piece in

 

[Reefer Matt]

They are harmless lol

+1 to this.

 

[Hairyteeth]

+1 to this.

Just to touch base again, there are a few types of spionid worms including the boring spionid worm which are infact not harmless, and a huge reef biodegrador.
I am looking for a solution to irradiate these buggers if anyone has one!