zoa pest id, red bugs and nudi eggs possibly?

poolshark181

Reefing newb
curious what these red things are on my new frag of zoas, as well as these white things. has not been placed in dt yet.

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There are no red bug predators on zoas that I know of.

To be on the safe side set a gallon of dechrorinated freshwater aside and dip them.Set the pH and temp close to the display.Dip them for 5-10 mins before placing in the display.If you see any white swirly sacks(nudi eggs) then pick those off with tweezers.Freshwater dip will not kill egg sacks.I've done this for all zoas/palys I've purchase over the last year,it won't harm the zoas(piss them off,maybe).I spent months a year ago trying to get rid of nudibranches on my zoas,never want to go through that again.
 
I would still do a freshwater dip.Predatory snails,spiders and nudibranches is becoming all to common today.

did that too, first thing i did was dip it in a fw iodine solution. and then after i cut off the offending pieces, i dipped it again in the solution as well as blasting the areas good with a syringe.
 
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