Black bugs on zoas

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  1. kss2801

    kss2801 Montipora Capricornis

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    Hey guys,

    One of my zoa plugs has these extremely small black bugs running around on it and most of the polyps aren't opening. These bugs are way too small to get a pic, a bit smaller than pods. All I can see are tiny black dots running around.
    What are they? What can I do?
    Thanks for any help.

    Kevin
     
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  2. 1.0reef

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    weird never heard of that how old is the tank?when did you get the zoas?
     
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  3. BigBad82

    BigBad82 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    i've just noticed my zoas not opening and after close inspection I had beige/light brown bugs running around them, took it out and used coralRX again on it........!
     
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  4. kss2801

    kss2801 Montipora Capricornis

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    Thank is over 1 yr old. I got the zoas from my regular LFS, I've had them for a couple months and they were doing great until yesterday. I even got some new heads on it.

    Did it help? I'm doing an iodine dip right now. Idk where I'll be able to get coralRX or anything similar down here.
     
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    Google zoa eating spiders and that might be your answer...
     
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    i would get CoralRX from a sponsor here or ebay if you must. It gets rid of all the baddies but if they are breeding somewhere in the tank it will be an uphill battle.
     
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  7. kss2801

    kss2801 Montipora Capricornis

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    The things I'm seeing aren't nearly as big as those, but they could be babies I guess. Those things are freaky looking.
     
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  8. BigBad82

    BigBad82 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    yes my dip got load of the little guys, whatever they are!
     
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    kss2801 Montipora Capricornis

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    I will work on getting a bottle, but it will take a while to get here, so I'm trying to see if there is anything else I can do. The zoas don't look too bad so I don't want to wait for them to start to deteriorate.
     
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  10. BigBad82

    BigBad82 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    what about a freshwater dip for a minute or so?? anyone any comments on that?
     
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