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They emailed me today, did you email them?No response from @AquaSD yet
Never count on them being clean!it really sucks trying to establish a reef tank when you can’t count on the frags you order to be clean
Yikes that's three people in the thread so far.I cannot believe this... I am having the same problem. Same vendor. Just found more spiders and have already lost a few frags. What is the best thing to do now? I dipped everything prior to getting them in the tank but I believe the spiders are inside the polyps, so it doesn't really help.
I am coincidently setting up a new tank. In a few days I'll be able to move everything but the zoas into a new tank. Is there a broad treatment that can be employed in a zoa only treatment tank?
What should I do?
Yikes that's three people in the thread so far.
Don’t risk it
This is the reason for dipping. We all heard, we all know and we all should assume there is something out there each shipment. Agreeing with footgal- Alternate dipping for 10 days pulling all zoa and using reading glasses which magnifies images and look for any left in tank as well as eggs which are tiny.
Day 1 - peroxide 3%
Day 2- Bayer, coralx etc
Day 3 - Peroxide AND SO FORTH.
DO NOTE: Sometimes dips will not work and you may have to resort to manual removal daily and eventually they will be gone. They often use the actual zoanthids mucous as protection for eggs and offspring, so keep up killing adults and it should end after a while. Some worms will kill them such AS arrow crabs. These spiders do have a few other known predators. It is important that you carry out research before adding any new livestock to your aquarium to ensure they are compatible with your existing stock, and that you can meet their care requirements.
Known predators include:
-Copperband Butterflyfish
- Butterfly Fish
- Six Line Wrasse
- Melanurus Wrasse
- yellow Coris Wrasse
In the tank- sooner the better.Thanks for the info. I dip everything new and these frags were no exception. Would it make sense to just remove the worse ones that look to be beyond salvage? I have a bunch that are looking completely healthy. Just dip those?
I am getting a six line wrasse for the new tank. I know they eat quite a few undesirables. Glad to hear they will eat spiders as well. Should I go get one sooner and put him in this tank now and then move him over to the new one later? There is only a yellow watchman in this tank right now.
In the tank- sooner the better.
As for ones that look sad- consider using even a tub as a holding tank and see if they recover which is a good gamble.
Yes, but only on Monday night. Let’s see if they respond. The issue isn’t the money as it’s only a $7 frag; the issue is the potential infestation I might now have to deal with, and what it means for my other Zoas. I doubt they are going to offer to replace them. Hopefully I have got away with just the 2 spiders, but I’m not convinced there won’t be more.They emailed me today, did you email them?
I have been refunded for my Zoa (which I have now thrown away). I'm not sure my $7 frag was worth this additional headache when trying to start up my new reef.
They appear to think it came in on a large shipment from Vietnam, which doesn't fill me with confidence.