Zoo spiders

[Azurel]

I was doing some major changes to my rock work today and pulled all of my zoas out and placed them into a bucket. I was all done and I startd to place the zoas into there new areas when I doped a colony of eagel eyes. I quickly grabed them and guess what fell out....yup a dang sea spider. They are kinda neat even for somebody who is scared of spiders(land), so I killed it. He was about a quater of an inch, which I am kinda surprised I didnd see him over the last month or so and he survived the first dipping. I redipped all colonies again and nothing showed up.

I would like to know what some of you experts think that have delt with them before" What is the chance that there was only one?" I didn't find any on all the other zoas the first time either....
Thanks
Jim W.

[MarvinsReef]

just keep your eye out for some more... I'm still not sure if they lay eggs or not.. I have some also from the last zoas I purchase that's why they're in quarantine.. :) best way to make sure they don't go on the main tank... good luck and keep us posted for any updates on those buggers..


Marvin

[Azurel]

Thanks Marvin.....From what I have read they lay eggs inside the polyp itself so you wouldn't know if they did or not. Hopfully that was the only one, I am going to contact the LFS tomorrow and let them know they might want to look for them. All but one colony of zoas came from the same place..

I will post what I find out.
Jim W

[MarvinsReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6622604#post6622604 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Azurel
Thanks Marvin.....From what I have read they lay eggs inside the polyp itself so you wouldn't know if they did or not. Hopfully that was the only one, I am going to contact the LFS tomorrow and let them know they might want to look for them. All but one colony of zoas came from the same place..

I will post what I find out.
Jim W

great.. thanks for the info Jim...


Marvin