Zoas wont open at all??
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bill109
Active Member
ahh, last post here..
i see in one of the pics a mini star. pick those suckers out if you plan on having zoas. they constantly eat my zoas. some claim they onyl eat the rotting material, but others have made fair arguments as to why they know they are eating away and bothering their zoas.
what i do is just pick a couple out when my hands are in the tank. look specificly on at your zoas/palys.
i keep all my zoas on a rack to make sure they stay clean and pest free
i see in one of the pics a mini star. pick those suckers out if you plan on having zoas. they constantly eat my zoas. some claim they onyl eat the rotting material, but others have made fair arguments as to why they know they are eating away and bothering their zoas.
what i do is just pick a couple out when my hands are in the tank. look specificly on at your zoas/palys.
i keep all my zoas on a rack to make sure they stay clean and pest free
meowzer
Moderator
Originally Posted by bill109
http:///forum/post/3245849
ahh, last post here..
i see in one of the pics a mini star. pick those suckers out if you plan on having zoas. they constantly eat my zoas. some claim they onyl eat the rotting material, but others have made fair arguments as to why they know they are eating away and bothering their zoas.
what i do is just pick a couple out when my hands are in the tank. look specificly on at your zoas/palys.
i keep all my zoas on a rack to make sure they stay clean and pest free
I must be blind...lol...I do not see the star, BUT....I have recently been picking my asterinas out of the 225G also
Seems I caught one on a zoa, and when I removed it, a polyp was missing.....I will either toss them in the sump, or in the trash for now on
http:///forum/post/3245849
ahh, last post here..
i see in one of the pics a mini star. pick those suckers out if you plan on having zoas. they constantly eat my zoas. some claim they onyl eat the rotting material, but others have made fair arguments as to why they know they are eating away and bothering their zoas.
what i do is just pick a couple out when my hands are in the tank. look specificly on at your zoas/palys.
i keep all my zoas on a rack to make sure they stay clean and pest free
I must be blind...lol...I do not see the star, BUT....I have recently been picking my asterinas out of the 225G also
Seems I caught one on a zoa, and when I removed it, a polyp was missing.....I will either toss them in the sump, or in the trash for now on
bill109
Active Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3245854
I must be blind...lol...I do not see the star, BUT....I have recently been picking my asterinas out of the 225G also
Seems I caught one on a zoa, and when I removed it, a polyp was missing.....I will either toss them in the sump, or in the trash for now on
yes, i have done this to only to find one polyp missing and having a nice clean spot of the frag disc..
what i do is i take them out and dry them out.. i have a line of dried out stars on the center brace of my tank.
seeing them all dried out gives me satisfaction.. no more eating my expensive zoas in its lifetime..
the star is not actually a full star shape. . in the 2nd pic on the left side there is a little white spot.
not fully formed, these mini stars can look very weird. i have seen anything from a full star, to 3 legs, so almost none like in the above pic.
http:///forum/post/3245854
I must be blind...lol...I do not see the star, BUT....I have recently been picking my asterinas out of the 225G also
Seems I caught one on a zoa, and when I removed it, a polyp was missing.....I will either toss them in the sump, or in the trash for now on
yes, i have done this to only to find one polyp missing and having a nice clean spot of the frag disc..
what i do is i take them out and dry them out.. i have a line of dried out stars on the center brace of my tank.
seeing them all dried out gives me satisfaction.. no more eating my expensive zoas in its lifetime..
the star is not actually a full star shape. . in the 2nd pic on the left side there is a little white spot.
not fully formed, these mini stars can look very weird. i have seen anything from a full star, to 3 legs, so almost none like in the above pic.
nissan577
Active Member
thanks bill and mom.
im heading to my lfs to get revive and see if it works
i just hope i can put all the zoas back in the tank.
also i just got my tek 8x54w t5ho right now
what bulbs do you have????
im planning on doing:
ATI Blue Plus
ATI 12000K Aquablue
ATI Blue plus
Fiji Purple
ATI Blue plus
ATI Blue plus
UV Lighting 10000K AquaSun
ATI Blue plus
im heading to my lfs to get revive and see if it works
also i just got my tek 8x54w t5ho right now
what bulbs do you have????
im planning on doing:
ATI Blue Plus
ATI 12000K Aquablue
ATI Blue plus
Fiji Purple
ATI Blue plus
ATI Blue plus
UV Lighting 10000K AquaSun
ATI Blue plus
nissan577
Active Member
Originally Posted by nikeSB
http:///forum/post/3246167
change the aquasun to a aquablue
i already sent out the list sorry bro
http:///forum/post/3246167
change the aquasun to a aquablue
i already sent out the list sorry bro
bill109
Active Member
Originally Posted by nikeSB
http:///forum/post/3246170
oh and btw, looks like a fungal infection on your zoas. you might want to try furan2
how do you see that in the pic?
http:///forum/post/3246170
oh and btw, looks like a fungal infection on your zoas. you might want to try furan2
how do you see that in the pic?
nikesb
Active Member
btw nissan, be very careful when changing your lights. if you can make some mesh screens to gradually introduce the t5's itll be much better. I lost a couple of corals just changing bulbs, so imagine the shock you could possibly face from changing from mh to t5's especially with an 8 bulb fixture
nissan577
Active Member
Originally Posted by nikeSB
http:///forum/post/3246450
btw nissan, be very careful when changing your lights. if you can make some mesh screens to gradually introduce the t5's itll be much better. I lost a couple of corals just changing bulbs, so imagine the shock you could possibly face from changing from mh to t5's especially with an 8 bulb fixture
i know they told me to do the following:
move all my high corals to the bottom and buy window screens. and every 3 days remove a screen and move the coral up little by little. i just dont know how many screens to get.
http:///forum/post/3246450
btw nissan, be very careful when changing your lights. if you can make some mesh screens to gradually introduce the t5's itll be much better. I lost a couple of corals just changing bulbs, so imagine the shock you could possibly face from changing from mh to t5's especially with an 8 bulb fixture
i know they told me to do the following:
move all my high corals to the bottom and buy window screens. and every 3 days remove a screen and move the coral up little by little. i just dont know how many screens to get.
nissan577
Active Member
Originally Posted by nikeSB
http:///forum/post/3246894
forget every 3 days. do 3 screens, remove one every week. IMPORTANT: DO NOT CHANGE CARBON AT THE SAME TIME AS ACCLIMATING LIGHTS!
i know not to do that. many people told me that. so 3 screens remove one every week. got it thanks. so leave all the corals were they are and move the screens once a week
http:///forum/post/3246894
forget every 3 days. do 3 screens, remove one every week. IMPORTANT: DO NOT CHANGE CARBON AT THE SAME TIME AS ACCLIMATING LIGHTS!
i know not to do that. many people told me that. so 3 screens remove one every week. got it thanks. so leave all the corals were they are and move the screens once a week
