Need an I tank cure for Zoa eating spiders

FX CharityCorals · Sep 26, 2015

i have customer who has an all out infestation of spiders. He added a few wild pieces without dipping and now has prob a hundred spiders in the tank. The pieces cannot be taken out its a 7 year mature reef. We put in a melanarus and Sea grass wrasse but I think it's more than they can handle. Will interceptor work?

KJ · Sep 26, 2015

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Shep · Sep 26, 2015

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steve&mari · Sep 26, 2015

Something I hope to never encounter. Reading the link above sounds like not many options other than removing by hand and removing the corals infected with em. Hopefully @joshporksandwic can help.

KJ · Sep 26, 2015

Interceptor is the way to kill them IMO:mad:

eatbreakfast · Sep 26, 2015

Those wrasses are a good start. If there is room for more, add more Halichoeres species and skip a day or two of feeding and they will be eliminated in no time.

FX CharityCorals · Sep 26, 2015

Trust me the wrasses are outnumbered. I dipped 4 small rocks and got over 40 adults. The babies were too small really see. So interceptor will work KJ?

kireek · Sep 26, 2015

I have not seen these particular spiders and information seems limited.I have seen the transparent variety come off with iodine dips and strong burst of water.

FX CharityCorals · Sep 26, 2015

Yes dips are when you can take it out and dip. That is not feasible so I'm seeing if mainly anyone has used interceptor for spiders

KJ · Sep 27, 2015

Being that they are all Arthropods, I am inclined to think that Interceptor/Sentinel would be effective, both as a dip and treatment of the display.
I spent about a couple of hours on research on sea spiders on different forums and this is what was suggested , but what I recommend is set up qt tank and try this kind of treatment including corals and rocks with the sea spiders to see how it effects or see what the side effects are.

twilliard · Sep 27, 2015

Fenbendazol

No vet or prescription needed.
This will do the trick!
Please be careful when using any form of chemical treatment.

when dosed incorrectly or allowed to stay in the water for more than 30 hours losses can occur Same rules apply to interceptor
Lots of carbon is needed at that 30 hour mark (24-30 hrs)

FX CharityCorals · Sep 27, 2015

twilliard said:
Fenbendazol
No vet or prescription needed.
This will do the trick!
Please be careful when using any form of chemical treatment.

when dosed incorrectly or allowed to stay in the water for more than 30 hours losses can occur Same rules apply to interceptor
Lots of carbon is needed at that 30 hour mark (24-30 hrs)

Do you have a link or info on the dosage? Also a particular brand. I am looking at the safeguard brand

twilliard · Sep 27, 2015

FX CharityCorals said:
Do you have a link or info on the dosage? Also a particular brand. I am looking at the safeguard brand

Yes dosage is dependant on total volume.
There are many steps to make this reef safe.
Here is my thread on how this is prepared.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/here-it-is-fenbendazol-use-against-hydroids.214950/

FX CharityCorals · Sep 27, 2015

Thanks

bct15 · Sep 27, 2015

I found this spider a while back on an acro, but it looks a lot different then what you are posting pics of. The research I did indicated that they have no known natural predators because they offer no nutritional value, come out mostly at night, and are very difficult to see. They are basically vampires, they insert an appendage into the coral and literally suck the life out of your coral. Their limbs are one cell. Watching it move around was really creepy, it moved so slow and deliberately.

I was able to knock this guy off in a 6 cup Tupperware container with tank water and about 12 drops of Lugols. They are not very common and not a lot of info on how to treat for them.

I'd suggest your friend tries a few different treatments in a separate tank and see what works before going crazy on a full tank treatment that may or may not work.

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that Reef Guy · Sep 27, 2015

What about Flatworm Exit?

FF337 · Sep 27, 2015

Interceptor is pretty gentle in my experience. I am tagging along to see the results. I appreciate other people's experience in reef keeping. Good luck.