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So I just got a piece of a zoa colony dragged at my LFS. Brought it home, started to drip it and the first one, which to me looked like a bristle worm after research, the second looks like a zoanthid eating spider or whatever it's called. I since removed those two. Although I after coming home after having to do some emergency errands, I went to hydrogen peroxide dip, since that's all I could find around, and noticed the third guy which looks to me like a serpent starfish. Any help? I haven't dipped a coral before so I don't have the proper fluids to do so at the moment.
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The starfish is a brittle star, great CUC member. The worm looks like a bristle worm. The spider thing I’m not sure about but I would remove it just to be on the safe side.
 
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The starfish is a brittle star, great CUC member. The worm looks like a bristle worm. The spider thing I’m not sure about but I would remove it just to be on the safe side.
I removed all of them, the bristle worm and the spider thing got disposed of and I kept the starfish just in case it was a safe guy. Should I be worried about eggs of either of them? My LFS owner cut this piece off of a larger rock and there's barely any rock left on the frag. I did a hydrogen peroxide dip but I don't think it did much, the spider thing didn't want to come off, had to use tweasers
 

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I removed all of them, the bristle worm and the spider thing got disposed of and I kept the starfish just in case it was a safe guy. Should I be worried about eggs of either of them? My LFS owner cut this piece off of a larger rock and there's barely any rock left on the frag. I did a hydrogen peroxide dip but I don't think it did much, the spider thing didn't want to come off, had to use tweasers
You may potentially need to be wary of eggs from the spider - some pycnogonids (sea spiders) can reproduce successfully in our tanks; some carry their eggs while others literally lay their eggs in their host coral.
 
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