AquaticEngineer Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 I have 8 different colonys of zoanthids and 1 colony is shriveling up and receeding. Nothing is stinging it, all water parameters are fine. I've heard people mention zoa-pox? Is that a possibility? I'm not really familiar with it. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Any pics? Does there appear to be any fungus/bacteria or white dots on the polyps? Anything that could be bothering them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanz Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Stu, Impur's the man on zoas...he's had all sorts of diseases and have found cures for all of them. Do they open at all? Or closed up? The ones I got from you are half way open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted May 2, 2007 Author Share Posted May 2, 2007 completely closed up. Looks like some of the green diatom algae thats growing on the sides of the tank is growing on them. Other than that I cant see anything else on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanz Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 hmm mines had brown diatoms...but now it's gone. The stalks are normal looking now. Try keeping them in high flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Yah just put them in high flow and give em a few days. A 5-10 min dip in RO water couldn't hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted May 3, 2007 Author Share Posted May 3, 2007 Put in high flow the other day, they seem to have stopped decaying at this point. I've been giving them and iodine bath every other day and they are improving a little. I did however notice that at night both my sexy shrimp are right on top of them picking away. Thinking back, they did start to close up around the time I got them in there. I dont have any anemones in the tank yet, could it be that the sexy shrimp are just harrassing these particular zoas for lack of an anemone?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Yah that sounds feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish.freak Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 have you ruled out paracites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 Found the problem. It was a nudibranch. Caught the little bugger eating the last little bit of them yesterday morning(flame) Needless to say he died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEA SCAPES Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 there is more than one. look close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Yep, you need to dip all your zoas. You really need a QT tank and a weekly dipping procedure for a min of 4 weeks IMO. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 Yay.(sad) Whats the best thing to use to dip them in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 RO water with some iodine will do fine. It won't kill the eggs, you need to scrape those off. I do 20min dips in 1cup RO water with 1 packet of Furan-2. It kills all fungus/bacteria i've encountered on zoas. Here is some good reading for you http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=533167 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stigits Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Can you tell me what RO water means/? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 RO = reverse osmosis. Where to you get your water to do water changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stigits Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 you might want to shoot me but I use well water. It is very pure in my area. I have been useing it for a long time without any problems. It doesnt get all the aditives like city tap water does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Have you tested the water for phosphates, TDS, ammonia, nitrates, nitrites and pH? I mean if you are mixing SW up in water that is already hard, you may have a pH problem. There are a ton of possibilities that arise if you don't use RO water because its so basic. RO water has been processed thru several types of filtration to achieve a perfectly pure neutral water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stigits Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I have taken it to the LFS several times and have asked them to test it for everything that could be wrong with it they have found nothing. Unless they are not testing for somthing I have never had any high levels of anything nor have I had anyproblems with any corals. Felt pretty lucky about it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Iron and arsenic jump immediately to mind. If you take a sample to your city water utility, they'll be able to run a full test for you for about $10. If there is any agriculture nearby (as in, near your aquifer not necessarily your house) you run a significant risk of coliform bacteria. The last time I was on well water I had to have a serious filtration and UV system put in (like $2500-serious). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Are all your other corals doing ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stigits Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 I will start to look into RO water but i have not used it for over a year and all my corals, fish and inverts seem very happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 I donno if it has anything to do with your zoas or not. But its nice to be able to rule things out. An RO unit would certainly do that in this case. How are they looking today?? Have you dipped them at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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