Unresolved Snail?

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  1. Daniel521

    Daniel521 Flamingo Tongue

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    Found this little guy between a couple green zoas. The colony has barely been opening for a couple days and I lost a colony of red zoas last week so I've been looking close for pests. Any help you guys have of what exactly it is and if I should be concerned. Thanks always
     

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  2. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    Nudibranch. I would be concerned, it's likely eating the zoas.
     
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  3. Daniel521

    Daniel521 Flamingo Tongue

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  4. Renee@LionfishLair

    Renee@LionfishLair 3reef Sponsor

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    That's an Aeolid nudibranch.

    Maybe this will help. Aeolids.
     
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  5. Daniel521

    Daniel521 Flamingo Tongue

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    So what's the chances the tank is gonna be covered with them? He is the first I've seen and I tend to realy look closely... Ha I'm getting all paranoid now
     
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  6. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    +1 to nudibranch. And not a friendly one either.
     
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  7. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    No.? Read the link Incognito put up.
     
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  8. pagojoe

    pagojoe Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Chances are that you have more than one. Manual removal of the animals and eggs is about your only option.

    Cheers,



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  9. Bzar

    Bzar Astrea Snail

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    Stab them with a kabob scewer...look for eggs...manual removal. Sometimes a wrasse will eat them also.

    Also watch any montipora for missing spots of flesh in case you have the monty eating kind.
     
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  10. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    freshwater dip all your zoas and then repeat in a week to kill eggs. It is going to be a pain to get rid of and you will have to repeat for a while
     
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