zoo help

geoj

geoj

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Lets see a pic, show how much flow and light there is and tell us what how and what you have for tank equipment
 
coralman05

coralman05

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pictures will be added later.. but like some are half open others are open and the rest arent.. today is the most not open i've seen them cents i bought them.. Flow is a little more than low there placed a forth of the way up on my 55 gallon with 2 t-5 light bulbs.
 
coralman05

coralman05

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I'm friends with the new coral shop dudes in town and he told me that there lights are really high LED's and i'm sure they got cooked in there tanks.
 
geoj

geoj

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Look for Zoanthid Eating Nudibranchs and there eggs

If you find them remove with tooth brush and wear gloves and glasses
 
coralman05

coralman05

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Yeah i look for that but didnt see anything.. i just went and looked again. I Moved them higher but on my live rock but its kinda close to something i found in my sand bed one day.. its like soft and has a bunch of flowers on it.. its really werid but idk if its bad if they touch uk..
 
geoj

geoj

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Put it were they are apart and don't touch anything and leave it there. They will take some time to get happy and they will close and open for many reasons.
 
coralman05

coralman05

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do you guys know what the first picture thing is? with the "flowers" on it and idk if you can tell anything about my zoos but i hope somthing can come out of it..
 
geoj

geoj

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Nope, looks like some hitch hiker I have. I don't think that would be a prob for the zoa.
 
geoj

geoj

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Leave it sit for two days in one spot
Every time you move it, it takes form 4 hours to 3 days for them all to open.
If they dont open then move it
 
slice

slice

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I don't advocate you do this, I only offer this for what its worth.
I've had zoas that just act pissy. They don't open up, as if they are pouting. Nearly all my zoas were bought at frag swaps, most from a local zoa specialist.
Once I complained about pissy zoas, she gave me this procedure that I now call "ZoaGirl's Attitude Adjustment Dip". It has worked for me several times, even when zoas
looked like they were starting to melt.
Dip the zoas in a container of tank water and Revive for 5-10 minutes. Swish, swish, swish (look for small amphipods to fall off, sometimes they will get between polyps and irritate zoas).
Then dip them in fresh (RO) water that is temp and ph adjusted (a pinch of baking soda does well) to match your tank water for 5-10 munutes. Swish, swish swish.
I'm not sure what this does, except get rid of amphipods if any, but it sure gets the zoas' attention.
Otherwise, do what GeoJ said, leave them alone.
 
coralman05

coralman05

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Yeah i know what you are talking about i would just rather spend 20$ on a frag or shrimp not chemicals. I think all it is in iodion
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Were they initially dipped? That's a tight colony and a dip will not harm, but could get rid of an irritant.
Do you know what type they are?
 
coralman05

coralman05

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Right now there pretty bad because my power head fell off its spot and was aimed at my sandbed for 3 days until i moved it.. bad move on my part.. i did a 10 gallon water change yesterday and doing a 5G change tomrow or later today
 
spanko

spanko

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I would say the daisy polyps a Clavularia sp. will irritate the zoanthids and eventually over run them. Best to moe the zoas if you can but know that the Clavularia sp. will over run the entire tank eventually.
 
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