Is there anyway to treat zoapox in tank?

[AzusaReefer]

Looks like a i have a bad case of zoapox on a few colonies.. i cannot remove these from the tank since they have spread to big rocks.. is there anything that can be done? hate to see these die, some were the first coral I put in my tank a year ago...

Thanks
Deric

 

[Lexusman25]

If you can maybe take out the rocks and dip them in furan 2? I don't know if this would kill any of the good inverts tho. Best solution is to frag the infected colonies of the rocks and then start the furan 2 treatment!

 

[AzusaReefer]

Is this always in my sytem now?

 

[Lexusman25]

Is this always in my sytem now?

If you treat the current zoa pox then it will be out of your system. I personally think zoas get zoa pox because of temperature change. Whether its contagious or not is debatable.

 

[zoagirl]

^ I agree, zoa pox in contagious. It must be treated in time before it spreads on the rest of your zoas frags/colonies. I think Furan 2 and Lugol's solution are the best med to treat this zoa disease.

 

[AzusaReefer]

If you treat the current zoa pox then it will be out of your system. I personally think zoas get zoa pox because of temperature change. Whether its contagious or not is debatable.

Could be related to temp. I did not have any fan/cooler on tank and it got as high as 86 at one point:a22:

I have since installed a fan and it hovers around 82. my temp gauge is back chamber of tank. Probably still to hot??

 

[AzusaReefer]

^ I agree, zoa pox in contagious. It must be treated in time before it spreads on the rest of your zoas frags/colonies. I think Furan 2 and Lugol's solution are the best med to treat this zoa disease.

Looks like it has already spread to all my colonies.. i think i noticed it to late. In the case that it does kill everything off will it still be in my system if later down the road i get more zoas?

Thanks

 

[ColorfulReef]

If you are not going to treat it. I would suggest give it to some one who would be brave enough to treat it or throw them out. Don't leave them in the tank and let it get worse.


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[AzusaReefer]

I wish i could treat it however these are smaller colonies that are on base rock. i would have to tear it down to try and treat these colonies.. pretty bummed...

 

[TheCoralReefer]

Thanks for the information . I think my tank gets too hot. I sometimes get zoapox which i treat with 3 days of furan 2. Maybe getting a chiller will fix the issue