zoas not opening

[scottmdebord]

Hello everyone I have a 29 g zoa tank I have 17 diffent types as of right now but I have one that only 3-5 polps will open all the others always open just fine. I have been tsting my water and everything looks good I have tryed moving it to higher and lower flow and light. Anyone have any ideas. Thanks scott

 

[Red C Aquarium]

maybe try furan-2 , goggle- zoa pests

 

[mfinn]

Pictures would help.
Have you added any new zoanthids lately?

 

[scottmdebord]

I have added new zoas but it has never really opened since I got it. How would I check it for pest I can't see any if that helps

 

[mfinn]

did you see this one?

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51959

 

[mfinn]

here is another one


http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=384

 

[scottmdebord]

Now I been reading some post and I'm not sure what they mean by dipping.

 

[luisse25]

you dip new frags or corals before putting it to the tank...inspect for pest like nudis,spiders flatworms etc...
i use melafix,iodine and tmpcc...

 

[mfinn]

Now I been reading some post and I'm not sure what they mean by dipping.

What I did when I dipped my zoanthids in the extra strong FWE solution was to take a 1/2 gallon of the tank water, add a 4x dose of FWE, stir it a little and then place the zoanthids in the dipping solution, for several minutes, swishing them around and using a magnifying glass looking for more critters and egg masses.

The freshwater dip is about the same only using freshwater and lugols iodine. I like to use a freshwater ph up to try and match the ph of the freshwater to that of the saltwater. Helps reduce stress on the coral while it's being dipped in freshwater.

 

[scottmdebord]

So if I use fresh water dose it work aswell as melfix

 

[mfinn]

So if I use fresh water dose it work aswell as melfix

Freshwater dips are only for preditor type pests such as nudibranchs and sea spiders.
If you don't see a wider area of closed up polyps and see nudibranchs, I'd do on of the medicated dips like a melafix or saltwater lugols or ReVive dip.

 

[mfinn]

some reading,


http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1154238




http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=451720




http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=533167





http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...adid=1167318&highlight=nudibranch+eating+fish

 

[scottmdebord]

Thanks finn ill give it a read when I'm work. My boss gets mad when I'm on rf when I should be working haha

 

[mfinn]

Thanks finn ill give it a read when I'm work. My boss gets mad when I'm on rf when I should be working haha

Yeah,, mine got mad too:evil:

Maybe that's why I'm home now

 

[scottmdebord]

Okay so I did a chemical dip and a fresh water dip. I have no luck getting the pest of the zoa I think its a zoa eating spider dose anyone know how to get it to go away and how fast do these guy spread

 

[mfinn]

Why do you think you have zoa eating spiders?

 

[scottmdebord]

I seen somthing on the zoa this moning so I pulled it of and looked up zoa pest and its looks just like it

 

[mfinn]

The only thing I've heard that will do them in are a wrasse.

 

[scottmdebord]

Problem solved got rid of the infected zoa

 

[alireza]

Sometimes zoas disappear without an identifiable cause. Some folks have had good success with Vit C. I have been dosing and have lost 3 small zoa frags (4-5 polyps, but expensive stuff)...