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Zoas Losing Heads

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Topic: Zoas Losing Heads

Posted By: Snowsrfr
Subject: Zoas Losing Heads
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 9:29pm

I woke up this morning to a colony of red p.e., I just got had two heads barely holding on. Came home tonight to find 2 had been "clipped" off about halfway between the head and base. Only thing in tank is 2 clowns, few crabs, and about 10 snails.

Any idea what could be causing this? All other zoas/palys in tank are doing just fine.

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Posted By: fishnfresh
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 9:32pm

what crabs?

Posted By: Snowsrfr
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 9:44pm

Just the average little hermits.

Posted By: jmw
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 9:56pm

could it possibly be the glue line? i only ask this because one time i bought a red hornet $$$ and a snail poped it off the plug it was on.......believe it or not i found that polyp in a 65 gal tank and reattached it to the plug.

Posted By: Snowsrfr
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 10:01pm

No, the polyp is actually "cut" half way up from where it's glued to the plug and the head itself. I can actually see one of the zoa heads rolling around in the current under one of my frag stations.

Posted By: fishnfresh
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 10:21pm

is it all marco rock? could it be a rock crab?

Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 10:23pm

Sure you don't have an emerald crab in there? I had a couple that use to clip off zoas like that.

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Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums.

Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following.
50 Gallon rimless cube.
180 Gallons mixed reef paradise

Posted By: Snowsrfr
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 10:27pm

It's all Cerameco Vida rock. No emeralds in the Biocube.