Melted Zoas?

[Miah2bzy]

This had 5 polyps but now only one is opening and the rest and staying shut/disappearing. Is this what everyone means when they say their Zoas are melting?

Been 3 days now like this.
196 watt PC
Reef octo skimmer
2 emerald crabs and narcissus snails
Had them midway up in the tank but moved them down today in my 30
2 oc clowns and a 6 line wrasse
They're eagle eyes that I picked up 2 weeks ago, dipped and acclimated fine. One other zoa colony bought at same time is starting to do the same thing


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[DyM]

If you're ever in A town, I have some eagle eye's I can give you. Sometime zoa's melt for no reason. It sucks when it's darth maul's.... believe me, I know.

 

[Miah2bzy]

Haha yea that would suck. I think this is the 3rd colony in the last 4 months...luckily not expensove


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[Munch]

Whats all your parms at?

 

[Miah2bzy]

Not a clue. I've had some issues w hair algae again so I cut back on feedings last week. Dosed the tank a few weeks back for flatworms and took off the carbon a week before so it could still b that. I haven't ever tested my tank but will b doing that this week to see if it's phosphates from the water or nitrates/items from dead flatworms still.


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[Miah2bzy]

Don't want to loose the grow contest before it starts


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[DyM]

You really need to measure - No3, Po4, CA, ALK and MAG are your core tests. Your crusing for disaster and wasting a lot of $ if you don't measure and keep sea water at sea water levels.

 

[CRW Reef]

+1 def test semi frequently until you know your tank. However I would say right now 15-20% weekly/by weekly water changes will be a savior for your 30g.

 

[CRW Reef]

Also if you don't have all the tests take some water to your local fish store, (preferably one of our sponsors lol) as they can test everything for you.

 

[Miah2bzy]

I 20% every other week. Heading to foco tomorrow and was planning in taking water w me then.


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[fishguy69]

Bring it up we will put it through the ringer, LOL

V
GWA

 

[Miah2bzy]

The lightbulb turned on today, all of the melted Zoas I've had have come from the same source and all of the ones that have survived were from forum memebers


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[Walter White]

Zoas just melt sometimes for no apparent reason. I hate them for that reason. I had some recently that went from 5 polyps to 30 inside 6 weeks. In one day they all melted all of my other ones are perfectly fine. Go figure. a week ago if you had pointed to them out and told me they would be the melters out of all the ones I have I would have said no way!

 

[Miah2bzy]

That stinks. Makes growing sticks a little more appealing...


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[Miah2bzy]

Just created a new thread...went to Vince's yesterday and everything was good minus my salinity - 1.033!!!