zoa trouble

yungreefer2410 · 08-10-2008, 05:04 PM

my zoas used to be open all the way. they were growing pretty fast. now they hardly open up. does anyone have a clue of what might be going on. also all the other corals are doing as good as before if not better.

lcstorc · 08-10-2008, 05:43 PM

What has changed? Anything added or moved etc?
Can you post a pic?

yungreefer2410 · 08-10-2008, 06:05 PM

well i stopped adding kent marine calc. because i did not have a calc test. maybe i should add more of that over this week. i will have so pics today or tomorrow

chrome91 · 08-10-2008, 06:26 PM

a long time ago, one of my zoa patches did that. they closed, then some weird red stuff (not cyano) slowly sweeped over them, and killed 1/4 of them and the red stuff went in a singly band. within a week it was gone. i hope yours arent getting that disease

plahka · 08-10-2008, 06:33 PM

Maybe they're just "resting".

yungreefer2410 · 08-10-2008, 06:57 PM

they rest? i hope mione aren't getting that. but the thing is its not just one colony but all of my frags and colonys of zoas

chrome91 · 08-10-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by yungreefer2410

they rest? i hope mione aren't getting that. but the thing is its not just one colony but all of my frags and colonys of zoas

yep, corals take vacations, my green zoas took a week off and my largest toadstool closed up for 2 weeks after i put halides on my tank. its weird all your zoas are doing this though

plahka · 08-10-2008, 07:21 PM

Yes, all of them doing it would worry me.

chrome91 · 08-10-2008, 07:26 PM

if they start looking weird, ive heard of iodine dips working (though i have not done one myself)

yungreefer2410 · 08-10-2008, 08:05 PM

well on my largest colony (60-100 polyps) there were algae on some the heads which i gently rubbed off with a soft britslted toothbrush

Reefcraze_1 · 08-11-2008, 05:03 PM

What are your nitrates at?

yungreefer2410 · 08-11-2008, 11:23 PM

the tests say they are at zero but i have a little bit of cyano growing very slowly so idk

yungreefer2410 · 08-12-2008, 09:08 PM

well all but one colony are opening back up. this one is looking weird and appears to be loosing its color

burning2nd · 08-12-2008, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by chrome91

closed up for 2 weeks after i put halides on my tank.

thats why.

Inverts, softies often do a little sleep...

leathers, zoo's shrooms ( shrooms not so much) need like a regen time... (i dont know what else to call it)

assuming that nothing has changed... levels are right, flow is good (has not changed)

(variable&constant)

in time they will kinda shed some skin and open happy again

my loss's with zoos have bin flow and overturned frags.....
some grow slower then others (seems to be related to the color)...

Good luck....

cbrownfish · 08-12-2008, 10:16 PM

Most likely -- Allelopathy or Pest (Nudi, Sundial Snail, Zoa Spider). If it is in bad shape per your statement, I would do a fresh water and iodine dip.

Is there any coral nearby that could be touching the colony? Any LPS with sweeper tentacles?

08-10-2008, 05:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: zoa trouble What has changed? Anything added or moved etc? Can you post a pic? __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

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chrome91 Achilles Tang Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: edmonton, alberta, canada Posts: 821 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: zoa trouble a long time ago, one of my zoa patches did that. they closed, then some weird red stuff (not cyano) slowly sweeped over them, and killed 1/4 of them and the red stuff went in a singly band. within a week it was gone. i hope yours arent getting that disease __________________ 650- SA tank 125g- reef, 150lbs LR, 250w MH/2x65w PC, 150w MH, 15g sump 90g- SA tank 10g cube- 3 firebelly toads

08-10-2008, 06:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
plahka Limpet Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 145 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: zoa trouble Maybe they're just "resting".

08-10-2008, 07:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
plahka Limpet Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 145 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: zoa trouble Yes, all of them doing it would worry me.

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chrome91 Achilles Tang Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: edmonton, alberta, canada Posts: 821 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: zoa trouble if they start looking weird, ive heard of iodine dips working (though i have not done one myself) __________________ 650- SA tank 125g- reef, 150lbs LR, 250w MH/2x65w PC, 150w MH, 15g sump 90g- SA tank 10g cube- 3 firebelly toads

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Reefcraze_1 Limpet Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 140 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: zoa trouble What are your nitrates at?

08-12-2008, 10:16 PM	#15 (permalink)
cbrownfish Reef Lobster Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,626 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: zoa trouble Most likely -- Allelopathy or Pest (Nudi, Sundial Snail, Zoa Spider). If it is in bad shape per your statement, I would do a fresh water and iodine dip. Is there any coral nearby that could be touching the colony? Any LPS with sweeper tentacles?

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