Zoas Closed Up??

[ca2or]

In agreement with freshwater dip also you may want to consider either Furan2 or Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure...which works quite well with me.

 

[travisw30]

Did the R/O water dip this morning. Still the same. Will wait and see what happens. So the algae cycle goes brown green red?

 

[Nick_kun]

Algae and bacteria comes in diff. colors. Brown, green and red are typical colors.

 

[travisw30]

Do you feed zoas anything other than using like phytoplex?

 

[Nick_kun]

Just clean water and photosynthetic light.

 

[travisw30]

interesting! You are one very helpful person. Thanks!

 

[travisw30]

Does anyone supliment there tank with iodine?

 

[shapermike]

1. what kind of light are they under? That can some times have an issue, move them in to an area with less light for a while

2. how much flow are they in where they are sitting? I found some zoas dont like direct flow, move them in to less flow

3. this is the big one, look for pest like spiders, snails and nudies. all of them can be a hazard and will infest your tank in left unchecked


in my zoa frag tank I have had all including zoa pox with is a good sign that the zoa is really stressed out. I have tried to lower the amount of light but when there in this state you just have to do what you can.

a a few pics will be good for you to get a good opinion.

 

[hookedonreef-er]

dip them in freshwater for 5-10 minutes. Make sure it's RO water.
You can shake it a bit.
If there are any nudis, worms or irritants.....it should come off.

If you have Lugol or Coral Revive, that would be great as well.

I have often used the lugol solution and it really seems to help alot of the time. Getting rid of pests and also seems to stop infection.

 

[FOSELONE]

or vitamin c

 

[JOSE CASAS]

Who bumped this old thread?!