there's fungus among us. bleh!

caja · 04-09-2004, 12:07 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?

caja · 04-09-2004, 12:10 PM

nasty stuff.

Montanareefer · 04-09-2004, 12:22 PM

Wow! That is a bummer. Don't know if anything can be done but sounds like you may have to put the LR out with the infected zoo's to be safe.

whodah · 04-09-2004, 12:28 PM

heya! been there done that.

it suposedly does not 'spread' or at least 'spread fast' so you have that going for you. if you have more of that zo and/or it's not one of your favorites or something, then get rid of the rock.

otherwise, try to break off some mat or polyps that aren't close to the white fungus yet and start those off as a new frag. and of course get rid of the original rock.

when i did this, i pulled the entire rock out of the tank and did the fragging in a bucket outside the tank. didn't want that stuff to knock off loose or anything.

the frags i salvaged from my original 'colony' i put on 2 seperate small rubble rocks seperated from any zo by at least 6". one didn't make it. the other is ok.

a bummer, my 10 polyp 'colony' is down to 1 polyp that while is opening up, isn't looking so hot.

the good news is that all of my other zo frags and colonies are uneffected by it. this was several weeks ago.

gl!

drdrew · 04-09-2004, 12:40 PM

i agree 100 percent with the above post.
make your frags just as he described...and as far away from the fungus as possible so you don't get a sick zoanthid in your new frag.

i have lost colonies to this...it is a bummer.

miss you caj.

Tarasco · 04-09-2004, 12:54 PM

Oh wow, i had this happen to a zoo colony a while ago, but I wasn't sure what was going on at the time. Now I know. Bummer about your zoos, Caja, but now hopefully more people will know what's going on.

Travis · 04-09-2004, 01:06 PM

This stuff is nasty. PM mane3215 he had a bad outbreak of this stuff. I had a little bit of it when I bought my tonga pinks and fragged the rock, IIRC Logical advised me to dip the corals, get rid of the fungus where possible and try to isolate the infected rocks as much as possible. I lost 50% of my pinks, probably, but only a couple other small colonies. I haven't attempted to frag my pinks since.

Might want to PM mane3215 and try bryan@thelogicalreef.com

T

caja · 04-09-2004, 04:34 PM

thanks guys. what really sucks is it is killing my powder blues. the orange brown ones might be salvageable, but the blues are goners for sure. so depressing.

I've got some rubble from my torn down fuge and I can frag what's not infected and attach it to that. I was thinking about picking up some dip just to be on the safe side. guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow. bleh. I"ll drop Bryan a note too, those were zoos that he tossed in one of my surprise boxes. sniff, sniff. I lost my blue zoos. WAH!

ty drew. **smile**

04-09-2004, 12:07 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 12:13 PM.

04-09-2004, 12:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
drdrew Scopas Tang Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: central missouri Posts: 457 View Gallery Karma Komment	i agree 100 percent with the above post. make your frags just as he described...and as far away from the fungus as possible so you don't get a sick zoanthid in your new frag. i have lost colonies to this...it is a bummer. miss you caj. __________________ caja wrote: get the hell out of my thread you pigs.

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Tarasco Plate Coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 724 View Gallery Karma Komment	Oh wow, i had this happen to a zoo colony a while ago, but I wasn't sure what was going on at the time. Now I know. Bummer about your zoos, Caja, but now hopefully more people will know what's going on. __________________ Mike "I saw what the governor makes. That's like four hands of blackjack." -- Charles Barkley on why he wasn't seriously considering becoming the Governor of Alabama

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Travis Smilie Bartender Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 6,697 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	This stuff is nasty. PM mane3215 he had a bad outbreak of this stuff. I had a little bit of it when I bought my tonga pinks and fragged the rock, IIRC Logical advised me to dip the corals, get rid of the fungus where possible and try to isolate the infected rocks as much as possible. I lost 50% of my pinks, probably, but only a couple other small colonies. I haven't attempted to frag my pinks since. Might want to PM mane3215 and try bryan@thelogicalreef.com T __________________ Help build the Encyclopedia of ReefKeeping Find over 1400 Reef Aquarium Articles at The Reef Aquarium Index

04-09-2004, 12:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
caja Cabbage Leather Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northern VA Posts: 371 View Gallery Karma Komment	nasty stuff.

04-09-2004, 12:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
Montanareefer Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,334 View Gallery Karma Komment	Wow! That is a bummer. Don't know if anything can be done but sounds like you may have to put the LR out with the infected zoo's to be safe.

04-09-2004, 12:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
whodah Tubeworm Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 37 View Gallery Karma Komment	heya! been there done that. it suposedly does not 'spread' or at least 'spread fast' so you have that going for you. if you have more of that zo and/or it's not one of your favorites or something, then get rid of the rock. otherwise, try to break off some mat or polyps that aren't close to the white fungus yet and start those off as a new frag. and of course get rid of the original rock. when i did this, i pulled the entire rock out of the tank and did the fragging in a bucket outside the tank. didn't want that stuff to knock off loose or anything. the frags i salvaged from my original 'colony' i put on 2 seperate small rubble rocks seperated from any zo by at least 6". one didn't make it. the other is ok. a bummer, my 10 polyp 'colony' is down to 1 polyp that while is opening up, isn't looking so hot. the good news is that all of my other zo frags and colonies are uneffected by it. this was several weeks ago. gl!

04-09-2004, 04:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
caja Cabbage Leather Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northern VA Posts: 371 View Gallery Karma Komment	thanks guys. what really sucks is it is killing my powder blues. the orange brown ones might be salvageable, but the blues are goners for sure. so depressing. I've got some rubble from my torn down fuge and I can frag what's not infected and attach it to that. I was thinking about picking up some dip just to be on the safe side. guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow. bleh. I"ll drop Bryan a note too, those were zoos that he tossed in one of my surprise boxes. sniff, sniff. I lost my blue zoos. WAH! ty drew. smile

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