Zoo problem spreading!!!

crzyfshygy

crzyfshygy

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About 3 months ago my green colony of zoos started closing up. Now it seems to be spreading to an orange colony right next to it.
I have another orange colony near it on another rock that is doing fine. All corals are open and look well.
I also have a sea squirt that is fully open and looks good.
Nitrates 10
Amonia 0
Nitrite 0
Alk 3.0
Calcium 450
S.G. 1.026
Phos 0
Any ideas??? They are under 300wt MH 20k bulbs. But they Are kinda shaded.
 
azocean709

azocean709

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see if you are able to "Frag them". Speg would know about that i believe. see if you can't get in touch with him.
 
ross

ross

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Your problem is more than likely sundial snails. I dont have a pic on my computer, but search them on google. The are really small and will eat your zoos. Take the colonys out, give them a fw dip and take a magnifying glass and go over the rock really well and let me know what you find.
 
azocean709

azocean709

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Originally Posted by Ross
Your problem is more than likely sundial snails. I dont have a pic on my computer, but search them on google. The are really small and will eat your zoos. Take the colonys out, give them a fw dip and take a magnifying glass and go over the rock really well and let me know what you find.
maybe im reading his question wrong....but he stated that they are "Spreading" not getting eaten.
 
fishieness

fishieness

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Originally Posted by AzOcean709
maybe im reading his question wrong....but he stated that they are "Spreading" not getting eaten.
they will wipe them out, but often a first sign of them is the zoos being closed up.
 
jer4916

jer4916

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You need to dip your zoo's.
(Not a freshwater dip) ...wasn't sure if you knew what im talking about or not... lol
i had the same problem.
~Chris
 
azocean709

azocean709

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Originally Posted by fishieness
they will wipe them out, but often a first sign of them is the zoos being closed up.
oh ok.. been readin alot bout them little snails...hope i havent had any hitchhike on in on my new rock! lol
 
crzyfshygy

crzyfshygy

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Yea thats 100% correct, they are not getting eatin...they are just closed.
Its definetly not sundial snails. First a small part of the rock started closing about 3 months ago. Now almost the whole rock. It is also happening on the rock right next to it.
 
ross

ross

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How do you know its not sundial snails? Did you take the rock out and look. Do a fw dip, it will kill the inverts on the rock (hopefully the sundial snails) but it wont kill the zoos. Theres different coral dips which can work, but in this case i dont think thats what you need.
 
crzyfshygy

crzyfshygy

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I did a search on the sundial snails and I have a good area where I can view the zoo's. There is nothin on them or around them. I just did see any. What are the symptons???? They look fine....just closed!
 
ross

ross

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nope, the lr will be fine. Most of the pods and stuff will die but if its a small piece of rock its no big deal. It wont cause enough die off to worry about...
 
escape2thewater

escape2thewater

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is there anything growing around them? Only reason I ask is I have a white sponge thats spreading on one of my zoo colonies and is slowly choking them all out.
Escape
:happyfish
 
jer4916

jer4916

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DO NOT PUT YOUR POLYPS IN FRESH WATER, MY GOD NO!!!!!!!!!!!
Polyps and other corals are inverts...your going to kill the coral.
seriously. DONT
~Chris
 
escape2thewater

escape2thewater

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Originally Posted by Jer4916
DO NOT PUT YOUR POLYPS IN FRESH WATER, MY GOD NO!!!!!!!!!!!
Polyps and other corals are inverts...your going to kill the coral.
seriously. DONT
~Chris
You will not kill your coral if you do a FW dip on it. You must make sure your FW has the same PH & temp as your tank water and limit the dip to only a couple minutes but if you do it will be fine. It may stress the coral slightly but it will be fine after a few hours at the most. Many people do this technique on every new coral before placing it into the tank to ensure its free of any parasites, etc.
Escape
 
fishieness

fishieness

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Originally Posted by escape2thewater
You will not kill your coral if you do a FW dip on it. You must make sure your FW has the same PH & temp as your tank water and limit the dip to only a couple minutes but if you do it will be fine. It may stress the coral slightly but it will be fine after a few hours at the most. Many people do this technique on every new coral before placing it into the tank to ensure its free of any parasites, etc.
Escape
hmmm..... if you were to do this, how would you manage to get freshwater at the same pH as your tank?
 
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