Pest zoa?

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So I took over this tank the other day. In a short time it has really done well. However im trying to figure out the best way to remove these from the tank. If I just pop them off I have to track each one down as they will reattach to anything and everything.

If im wrong on it being a zoa please correct me.

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So I took over this tank the other day. In a short time it has really done well. However im trying to figure out the best way to remove these from the tank. If I just pop them off I have to track each one down as they will reattach to anything and everything.

If im wrong on it being a zoa please correct me.

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If your talking about the white things on the glass in the first pic those are asterina starfish. I just manually remove from the glass until they stop showing up. It usually takes a week or two. They aren’t “bad” but will eat coralline which is a undesirable quality to some.
 

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Sounds like you are a bit new to this and have a lot of reading to do. Luckily, you found the right spot.

I would remove those asterina starfish on the glass with a tweezers.
 

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Sounds like you are a bit new to this and have a lot of reading to do. Luckily, you found the right spot.

I would remove those asterina starfish on the glass with a tweezers.
You can also take a net and go under them and knock them loose and catch them , deposit into a cup and then flush them
 

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Most of those corals dont look so hot. Have you tested the water lately?
 

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Most of those corals dont look so hot. Have you tested the water lately?
Focused on starts and totally missed that. They are receded, dead and skeletal. looks like these were hammers and other euyphelia. Tank appears too bright, clean and too new to support these corals and was likely an Impulse purchase.
 
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Was on a hiatus. The stars I've been picking off and removing them. I was thinking about a harlequin, but once the stars where gone I didn't want to rehome or buy other stars.

Im talking about the brownish red zoas. I've been plucking them off the rock, but they reattach the stock.
 
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Sounds like you are a bit new to this and have a lot of reading to do. Luckily, you found the right spot.

I would remove those asterina starfish on the glass with a tweezers.

Not to new. Newer to the reef portion, but not saltwater. I got this tank online from someone, and while I've started from scratch before I've never started from a tank that has been established but on the verge of a complete crash.

So now im trying to work in reverse.
 

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Was on a hiatus. The stars I've been picking off and removing them. I was thinking about a harlequin, but once the stars where gone I didn't want to rehome or buy other stars.

Im talking about the brownish red zoas. I've been plucking them off the rock, but they reattach the stock.
Can you get a clearer picture?
 

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Not to new. Newer to the reef portion, but not saltwater. I got this tank online from someone, and while I've started from scratch before I've never started from a tank that has been established but on the verge of a complete crash.

So now im trying to work in reverse.
That’s admirable! What a challenge!
Here to help man
 
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The heads and stock get about 1 inch. In rock they are a pain to get popped off. But if you do they will reattach to just about anything.
 

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Not home, but here is a stock photo. Disregard the black boxes, but the zoas are the same.

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Those are normal zoas. I wouldn’t call them a pest zoa. Once established they are very difficult to remove from rock, you at correct about that, lol. Remove the rock and scrape with a razor blade would be my best advice if you don’t want them.
 

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I was referring to one of the pics in your first post,not the zoa's if you need them gone that bad,just throw the rocks in a bucket of tap water,bleach them or acid wash them.

I woukd just take all the rock out,scrub them with a brush and put them back in.
 

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Not sure I'd be comfortable scrubbing a rock full of zoas. I guess at least do it outside and with plenty of PPE.
 

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Franks Aiptasia, F-Aiptasia also works wonders on zoas and other nuisance coral.
 
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