Losing Zoa's
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Topic: Losing Zoa's
Posted By: Chevmaro
Subject: Losing Zoa's
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 12:27pm
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I have had my tank setup for about 8 months now and everything seems to be doing great. But I keep losing zoa's. Not sure if they are eaten by fish or what is going on. Slowly but surely zoa's dissapear in my tank. I do not see any die off of them and they look healthy while they are there. I dont have a lot of corals but I do have some large frog spawn, torch, Kenya tree, xenia, Duncans, Leather, mushrooms, polyps and a red coco worm. Fish are 2 clowns, 2 pink damsels and a lawnmower blenny. I have Turbo snails, astria and some hermit crabs. Tested water last night Mag - 1490 Alk - 10.9 DKH Caclium - 490 Nitrate - 0 Didnt get PH or Salt levels but they have been normal. |
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Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 12:34pm
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It may be the astria starfish they like to attach to zoas. If they are closing up and slowly dying off then I would guess it is something eating them. I have tons of zoas and they only disappear slowly after closing up. ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: hydro phoenix
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 2:35pm
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have you noticed any tiny thing slowly going through your zoa bed? looks maybe like a nudibranch? ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
Posted By: Chevmaro
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 4:11pm
| I havent noticed anything crawling around on them. I'll pull one of the small frags out and have a closer look and report back. Thanks. |
Posted By: zippeay
Date Posted: August 30 2011 at 7:06am
| I had this problem about a month ago but I had some wierd algae growing on my Zoo's. I turned off my lights and stopped feeding for 3-4 days and it all went away. Now, my Zoo's are starting to grow like crazy. One thing I did notice is that I wasn't dosing Iodine and now I am. Not sure if that is why they are doing better now but they seem to be doing really good now. I also use fuel, liquid Calc, Iodide, Iodine, and Strotium. As well as regular water changes. |
Posted By: Chevmaro
Date Posted: August 30 2011 at 11:40am
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I never dose these here: Iodide, Iodine, and Strotium maybe I should. I also didnt see anything on the zoa's last night. Maybe ill snap a pick and post it up. |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: August 30 2011 at 6:48pm
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Any white stuff on them? Could be zoa-pox. It's been getting more & more common (along with pests) the last few years. Treatment is with Furan 2, and I usually dose Vit C along with the treatment.
Any algae issues? Cyano? ------------- www.reefdup.com Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987 200g, 75g, & 15g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water |
Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: August 30 2011 at 7:11pm
Iodine/Iodide is vital to the growth of soft corals. If my zoas or palys start to close up during the day I just dose a little iodide and they perk right up. ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Chevmaro wrote:Posted By: Chevmaro
Date Posted: August 31 2011 at 11:21am
| Do you test these after you dose? I was looking at doing idone, iodide ans strontium, I keep getting mixed reviews. And it seems the test kits for str are pretty expensive. If it works ill make the investment. Probably also do to me not making regular water changes. I dont change water until I see nitrates or if mag gets low. I dont dose mag so a water change perks it back up. Usually water change every other month or so. But everything else does ok except I cant grow mushrooms and I dont have much to speak of for coraline algae. Maybe its all related. |