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txstateunivreefer
Thu, 3rd Jul 2008, 11:44 PM
So after awhile after moving i have had a few animals pop up some aptasia which is getting taken care of but the ones i am concerned about are attacking my zoas. my colonies are extremely rediced in size and right now i am watching them decline. i cant get them on camera but they look like little feather dusters that are attaching themselves to the flesh of my zoas. has anyone every seen heard of this happening i have been trying to find something about them. I have tried dipping them to kill the pest without sucess

SoLiD
Fri, 4th Jul 2008, 12:25 AM
Have you tried some peppermint shrimp maybe??? You might also try Red Sea's Aiptasia X.

-David

txstateunivreefer
Fri, 4th Jul 2008, 11:56 AM
not worried about the aptasia im injecting them with lemonjuice and watching them die. Im just not sure what is up with my zoas because most of my colonies are just wasting away from some sort of feather duster or other pest.

jroescher
Sat, 5th Jul 2008, 12:00 AM
You might want to rethink the lemon juice. I tried that, and shortly after I thought they were gone, I had hundreds of tiny babies. I think it killed them, but the remains grew new ones.

marshall.read
Sat, 5th Jul 2008, 02:57 AM
i had great luck with peppermint shrimp, but i hear that it can be hit and miss with those

txstateunivreefer
Sat, 5th Jul 2008, 11:22 AM
yea i think im gonna get some pep shrimp im gonna see if i can get some off the jetties first since that is the closest "fish" shop