About a month ago now I picked up some orange zoanthids. I really love them. They are in a 10 gallon tank with a 96W powerquad light.
Well they are slowly disappearing. I mean gone entirely. I think something is eating them. At first I thought it was my emerald crab but he's been in the sump now for a week and I lost another polyp today.
They get smaller and smaller over about 2 days and then gone. I do have a large hermit crab in there. I've had him a year, although I have never seen him pick at anything he wasn't supposed to, could he eat them at night?
I've looked carefully for sundial snails but I haven't seen any. I have also looked for those zoa eating nudi's and I dont see them either. How easy are those 2 critters to see with your naked eye while the zoanthids are still in the tank?
Besides a monti digi that is in the tank and doing well, the zoanthids are the only other coral. If if it matters the remaining polyps always look good and open. Just the one that eventually disappears closes up before its gone.
If they are nudis or snails is it my best bet to do a FW dip and try to pluck them off? What else should I look for besides them?
Thanks,
Kim
Well they are slowly disappearing. I mean gone entirely. I think something is eating them. At first I thought it was my emerald crab but he's been in the sump now for a week and I lost another polyp today.
They get smaller and smaller over about 2 days and then gone. I do have a large hermit crab in there. I've had him a year, although I have never seen him pick at anything he wasn't supposed to, could he eat them at night?
I've looked carefully for sundial snails but I haven't seen any. I have also looked for those zoa eating nudi's and I dont see them either. How easy are those 2 critters to see with your naked eye while the zoanthids are still in the tank?
Besides a monti digi that is in the tank and doing well, the zoanthids are the only other coral. If if it matters the remaining polyps always look good and open. Just the one that eventually disappears closes up before its gone.
If they are nudis or snails is it my best bet to do a FW dip and try to pluck them off? What else should I look for besides them?
Thanks,
Kim