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caja · 04-09-2004, 01:07 PM

I noticed about 3 weeks ago that some of the zoos in my 2.5 where not opening fully, and over the course of the past few weeks they have been slowly dying off on this one particular colony and it is now happening with the adjoining colony. both colonies were very healthy and growing like mad.

after close inspection the other day I noticed that there's this white junk growing in and around the base of the colony. so I pop open Borneman's coral book to check it out and according to him, my zoos are suffering from Zoanthid condition 2. okay...that's great, it's the Beggiatoa sp disease. he says it invariably results in certain death of the animal. wonderful. the tank is mostly zoos.

anyone here have any experience with this disease? is there anything I can do, other than yank out the rock of zoos, which still has a pretty good sized colony growing on it. will this stuff kill the entire two colonies and spread to the other two rather large colonies in the tank?

I'm doomed aren't I?

04-09-2004, 01:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
caja Cabbage Leather Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northern VA Posts: 371 View Gallery Karma Komment	there's fungus among us. bleh! I noticed about 3 weeks ago that some of the zoos in my 2.5 where not opening fully, and over the course of the past few weeks they have been slowly dying off on this one particular colony and it is now happening with the adjoining colony. both colonies were very healthy and growing like mad. after close inspection the other day I noticed that there's this white junk growing in and around the base of the colony. so I pop open Borneman's coral book to check it out and according to him, my zoos are suffering from Zoanthid condition 2. okay...that's great, it's the Beggiatoa sp disease. he says it invariably results in certain death of the animal. wonderful. the tank is mostly zoos. anyone here have any experience with this disease? is there anything I can do, other than yank out the rock of zoos, which still has a pretty good sized colony growing on it. will this stuff kill the entire two colonies and spread to the other two rather large colonies in the tank? I'm doomed aren't I? Last edited by caja : 04-09-2004 at 01:13 PM.