Please say this is a baby nerite....

I've had a couple zoas that look like they are being eaten at or kind of melting away. So I've been reading alot about zoa pests. I think it's made me paranoid. I think it's some of the asternia stars I have, but then I saw this and said CRAP, is it a sundail or some other pest snail. I've had nerite eggs everywhere since I put them in the tank ( 4 months ago, the old 29g, same rock in the 40b) so I really hope it's baby nerites. I know they don't tend to make it in our systems but I guy can hope huh.

Crapy pics...

the underside


the topside

 

really small.

you can still dip the zoas to be safe.

 

did a double dip already, Coral RX and an Iodine dip

 

Too small to tell. Did they, or anything else come out in the dips? I'd still recommend a Furan 2 dip.

 

No I actually found these on my mushroom rock. When I did the dips only a few pods came out. I picked a star off the rock though, so that's what makes me think it's the culprit.

 

I used to try to find criminals near the scene of the crime. If your Zoas are healthy, they should be growing fine. It's common for them to succumb to a bacterial infection, hence the Furan2.

I didn't have a big problem with my Zoa's, but they never really spread that much. A few times, I thought Asterina's had eaten them, and I was on the look out for other pests. I read this, Furan 2 dip, and decided to try it for myself. After one dip, there was a big difference in all of the Zoa's. Now, they are all growing like they should, and I dip all new arrivals in Furan2.

 

Thanks, looks like I'll be adding it to my reef medicine cabinet.

 

My eyesight is very poor. Do they look like colonista snails? collonista snail - Google Search

 

They do indeed look very much like those little guys.

 

You're right. When I zoom way in on picture #2, it looks just like a baby Colonista. ;D