green button polyps

[derrick206]

i recently purchased them from the lfs and when i arrived home they were obviously closed and appeared to have white spots on most of the colony . they seem to be fine and open full and regularly. what is it? should i destroy the colony

 

[WAFalconer]

Don't destroy them ! Do a fresh water dip (make sure the fresh water is the same temp as your tank), keeping them in the FW for a minute or two. Put them back in your tank, and hopefully they will be fine. A little bit of iodine could be added to the FW if you wanted to.

 

[mfinn]

Don't just put them in freshwater, you will kill them.
Checkout the thread.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=451720

 

[mfinn]

Alot of zoanthids have small white strips near the top of the closed up polyp that may appear to be spots. If you could get pictures, it would help.

 

[WAFalconer]

lol...if you actually read the post that you linked to, you would see that Mucho dips the polyps in fresh water with iodine....just what I suggested above. It won't kill them. lol
I've had a few zoas in the past, and none have ever not made it through a FW dip.

 

[mfinn]

You need to match the ph of the saltwater to that of the freshwater. That is very important.
I have a couple zoanthids myself.