Whats Wrong With My Zoas

[TRUKINGNY]

i dont know whats going on i was gone for vacation for a week came back home and found sand covering half my darth mauls now they wont open and i think i see the same happening to a frag not to far away are they melting? dying? idk can someone help!! here are my readings i know they are not perfect doing a WC today but i dont think this is the problem
ALK-8.6
CA-475
MG-1320
Phos-.09
NO3-5
NO2-.05
NH3/NH4-.5/.03
Salinity-1.025
Temp- LOW-77.4.....HIGH-78.4
if any more info needed let me know thanks in advance....

 

[INNEED]

ha that happen to me once i guess the lack of light and the sand stressing it out caused them to close.tookme about 2 weeks for them to reopen....again..1 or 2 didnt make it tho......

 

[MSunkin23]

oh man, I just lost almost all the zoanthids in my nano to something very similar to this. Even some palys took a hit. I thought it might have been a fungus or salt concentration. But they just closed up and melted away like in your pic.

I am still pretty sour about it, I hope you can save some. Do you have a quarantine tank for the other colonies ?

I heard doing a fresh water dip or even a Hydrogen Peroxide dip helps with the fungus.

Even an antiobiotic dip followed by a fresh water wash!

 

[Hungriee]

very nice zoa collection. I don't think the cause is lack of light or sand irritating it. You might have some irritant on it. The other zoas aren't effected so light isn't the issue and your polyps don't seem to have long stems either so id do a dip first.

 

[MSunkin23]

This might be helpful...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=351896

 

[NYreefNoob]

it looks to be one of two things, zoa eating nudi or zoa pox, first is hardier to fix, second not as bad but more work. couple hours after lights are out start checking zoa's with a flashlight.

 

[nanchil]

Looks like zoa pox. I lost couple of colonies. After that I came to know about this and was able to save my zoas. Good luck. Here is the info...

http://www.zoaid.com/articles004.php

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

how do you have nitrite and ammonia readings? how long has this tank been running?

 

[TRUKINGNY]

how do you have nitrite and ammonia readings? how long has this tank been running?

next month makes a year

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

can you please tell me what your tanks specs are? Also how many fish do you have?

 

[TRUKINGNY]

i am running a bermuda skimmer, 2 two little fishes reactors one with phosban and one with carbon, its a 120 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump, have the all in one ice cap light with is (2) 250w MH, (2) 54w T5, (2) blue LED (for night time), 180 lbs live rock from day 1, 3 inch sand bed half was live and half wasnt, ok now i know a few people are gonna get mad but here is my list of fish
2 mid night clownfish... 1 picasso clown... 1 Royal gramma... 1 spotted mandarin... 1 bellus angel... 1 swallowtail angel... 1 kohl tang... 1 sailfin tang... 1 foxface... 1 leopard wrasse... 1 green coris wrasse... 2 anthias fat heads = 14
i was only doing a water change every 2 weeks but my new years thing is to do one every week

 

[marki24]

like mentioned before, zoa pox.

 

[pdnyc69]

ive never had an experience with zoa pox. i have found that water too clean will starve the polyps. try target feeding them oysterfeed or some phyto. i bet some will open up. its worth a try

 

[pdnyc69]

also sometimes polyps close for a week to clean themselves

 

[TRUKINGNY]

quick question with me running the carbn.. its due to be changed on saturday which would be a month..can it be bothering the zoas or no??

 

[pdnyc69]

to much carbon takes out all the nutrients that zoas need to feed on. old carbon would/should not be absorbing many if any nutrients.
bluezooaquatics had a great article about zoa care
heres the link to my thread
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/77481-great-article-zoanthids.html

 

[pdnyc69]

also heres an article about feeding them from zoanthids.com
http://www.zoanthids.com/zoanthids_feeding.php?osCsid=18ac94630ff1eecda9f394c6237a0df1

 

[TRUKINGNY]

to much carbon takes out all the nutrients that zoas need to feed on. old carbon would/should not be absorbing many if any nutrients.
bluezooaquatics had a great article about zoa care
heres the link to my thread
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/77481-great-article-zoanthids.html

so would it have taken a little more then 3 weeks for the zoas to react to the carbon i put in i just started the carbon this will be my first time changing it

 

[pdnyc69]

i would try using a small amount and then build up gradually

 

[pdnyc69]

carbon and gfo can burn softies if their not used to them