Zoa Pest ID??

[zaddy]

Was using a toothbrush in an attempt to get off hair algae from zoa, and this popped off of it. What is it???? Could there be more? Is my zoa garden at risk? What steps should i take??

Additional context:

These radio active zoas appeared healthy, and open in my LFS, but NEVER opened
since i brought them home in the past 2 weeks i’ve had them, unlike the other zoas i got from the same place. I have many zoas thriving in this tank.

I just had a mexican turbo die on me, so i’ve had a bit of a hair algae rise, which took hold on this zoa, hence why i was brushing it.

Finally, I Initially had briefly dipped this zoa upon introduction with redsea dipX.

 

[fishywishy]

Looks like a Zoa spider. They are very harmful to zoas but I doubt there’s anymore on them.

 

[zaddy]

Looks like a Zoa spider. They are very harmful to zoas but I doubt there’s anymore on them.

why do you say you doubt there’s more?

 

[fishywishy]

why do you say you doubt there’s more?

They are very rare, and since you just got them, there might only be one, and it may not have had enough time to reproduce. Just keep dipping them in case it laid eggs.

 

[zaddy]

They are very rare, and since you just got them, there might only be one, and it may not have had enough time to reproduce. Just keep dipping them in case it laid eggs.

how much can i sell them for? if they’re so rare

 

[KochergenJ]

Found the same thing in some of my zoas while scrubbing for algae awhile back. I dipped it after finding this guy and just kept an eye out. Good luck and hopefully that's the only one.

 

[fishywishy]

how much can i sell them for? if they’re so rare

Nothing. they’re just a nasty parasite, Nobody wants that thing.

 

[kjkszpj9]

If you found one there could be more, i bought a cheap zoa colony with few polyps and i wasnt even aware of seaspiders when i bought it, i found one thought it was a crab was actually a spider, went on to find atleast 5-6 of them over a few days then i saw no more and havent seen one in a year +