Help There Is Something Really Wrong With My Zoos!!

premilove

premilove

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OK so here is the scenario. I bought 5 frags of zoos that were shipped to my house, last thursday. They looked healthy when I got them, so i floated for 15-20 mins, and then put them into my tank. This is how they look now. I do not think it is my water bc I got 5 colonies from sharkbait and his opened up within a hour, and are looking great. I never noticed this green covering on the frags that you can see in the pictures below. I am running a 150 watt 14K bulb, 3 power heads, not directed towards the zoos. I was told to put the zoos (ones pictured) in the shade, so I put them under the shade of other rocks. To me these look like they are dieing. I noticed a great number of heads were gone from the frags.. What is going on with these zoos? Can I still save them?










Please help!
 
saltn00b

saltn00b

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first , i would keep them in the water, and take pics of them with the tank lights on. all zoos will close up when you take them out of the water.
second, i would put zoos in direct light , not shade.
did you dip them in a reef / iodide dip ? watch closely for small pests climbing around on them annoying them.
 
premilove

premilove

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i took them out just to take pictures, it was at most 20 seconds. i was told to keep them in the shade, so i just did that. they have been closed since the day i got them.
I have never dipped or anything, nor do i know how to..I will keep them in the light, since you told me to do so..
Is there anything wrong with them?
What is that greenish discharge ?
 
saltn00b

saltn00b

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that bright green material on the frags? its too hard to tell out of the water, but i would guess an algae growin on the closed up zoas that will kill them. ...
take pics in the tank with the lights on, it will help.
 
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alexmir

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if it looks like slime, just place them in medium flow, and it will hopefully blow off, if not, just gently rub it off with your hand. Also, dont take them out of the water if their sick, and dont put them in the dark either.
It is hard to tell what is on them in the pic though, if it is algea, then i would say rub it off. But algea shouldnt be able to grow in just a day or two.
 
flricordia

flricordia

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I may be wrong but from what I can tell those look like the thick mat forming type like the Caribbeans and many of the 'Candy Apples' and like. When freshly fragged they usually take longer than most others and really shouldn't be shipped unless they have opened to start with.
But this may not be the case. They could have been open and doing just fine before shipped. These type do have a tendancy toopen much slower than most other zoas, sometimes taking a week, maybe even longer in my experiance, when placed into different water parameters. And though you go to extremes to duplicate the parameters from which the zoas came from, you still will not duplicate them to the exact, it is impossible.
So you may just have to give them some time. I would recommend you dip them in Kent's Iodine, full strength and let them sit out in the dry for 15-30 seconds then place them into a low-med lit area where the flow is good, enough to cause movement from anything that is attatched to them such as loose flesh and whatnot.
And then leave them be for a week and see what happens.
If after the week only some of them are opened and some are really looking bad you will need to frag the good ones from the bad ones, redip them and place them back in, possibly discarding any that are looking really bad, for instance, covered with a brown film.
But I am no expert, this is jsut what I would do if they were mine.
That bright green growing on the rock inbetween the zoas is coraline and not a problem for the zoas.
 
crush4989

crush4989

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the zoo's were not farged at all. they grew onto the rocks that i shipped them on. There are no bugs what soever in my tank so you do not need to dip for bugs. I did have these under 700w of lighting and they were growing like a weed. i would put them in good flow and as much light as you can give them. they do still look intacted. time will tell. please keep me informed.
keith
 
zanoshanox

zanoshanox

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I would've acclimated them a little longer, i usaully do about an hour for most corals. Even the easier ones like zoos shrooms and leathers, just to be sure.
Put them on the bottom where they wont need a whole lot of flow/low light and they should bounce back.
 
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