Zoos -pink

BigLarry · 12-19-2007, 02:28 AM

I bot some pink zoanthids at the swap from Pacific East. For some reason they are not opening and have remained closed since 12/11.
My soft (red mushrooms, colt, kenya tree, snake coral) and lps corals(hammer, torch, candy cane, brain) are doing fine. I also have yellow polyps which are only slightly open.
Water parameters are good.

Any suggestions for the zoanthids & polyps?

tosiek · 12-19-2007, 02:41 AM

can ya list the params? and is anything bothering them? did you temp acclimate them? are they melting away or decaying? It could be alot of things that are keeping them closed. Is there any type of algae on the body of them?

roncgizmo · 12-19-2007, 03:33 AM

Do they look kind of gray and tiny? or do the look like they normally do when the lights are out? also did you try a new place for them?

fali · 12-19-2007, 01:24 PM

I have the same problem with some of my zoos. Some open up, flourish and spread while others close up and melt away. Is it a good idea to dip them for any parasites or infections then?

BigLarry · 12-19-2007, 11:00 PM

The params are as follows:
Nitrite 0
ammonia 0
ph 8.2
nitrate .40ppm
calcium 380
akal 180
I temp acclimated them, then drip acclimate for 25 min, then freshwater dip and iodine dip. There is nothing bothering them as far other coral or fish. They never opened in the tank.
They are gray and tiny. I was not able to mount them to any rock, so I put them in a frag stand. There is no algae on them.

**KathyC** · 12-19-2007, 11:06 PM

Zoas don't mind nitrates much but your alk level seems on the low side.
Salifert kit? Did you double check that reading?

Mr.First · 12-19-2007, 11:16 PM

I never had success with Pinks. Everything but.

BigLarry · 12-19-2007, 11:22 PM

I'll checked the akal. Akalinity is 5 meq/L.

12-19-2007, 02:41 AM	#2
tosiek Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,599 Reefer Ratings: (30) Friends: (10)	can ya list the params? and is anything bothering them? did you temp acclimate them? are they melting away or decaying? It could be alot of things that are keeping them closed. Is there any type of algae on the body of them? __________________ __________________________ 0.0! OhEmGee!

12-19-2007, 11:06 PM	#6
KathyC Rafflemeister Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Barnum Island Posts: 4,763 Reefer Ratings: (81) Friends: (54)	Zoas don't mind nitrates much but your alk level seems on the low side. Salifert kit? Did you double check that reading? __________________ Don't just treat the symptom, remedy the cause!

12-19-2007, 11:16 PM	#7
Mr.First Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nassau Posts: 443 Reefer Ratings: (10) Friends: (2)	I never had success with Pinks. Everything but. __________________ "IF YOU AIN"T FIRST, YOUR LAST " Ricky Bobby

12-19-2007, 11:22 PM	#8
BigLarry Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North New Jersey Posts: 69 Reefer Ratings: (2) Friends: (0)	I'll checked the akal. Akalinity is 5 meq/L. Last edited by BigLarry; 12-20-2007 at 12:54 AM.

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12-19-2007, 03:33 AM	#3
roncgizmo Thats Mr. Clown to you! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Clifton NJ Posts: 260 Reefer Ratings: (2) Friends: (0)	Do they look kind of gray and tiny? or do the look like they normally do when the lights are out? also did you try a new place for them?

12-19-2007, 01:24 PM	#4
fali need tank crash insurance Join Date: May 2007 Location: queens Posts: 290 Reefer Ratings: (30) Friends: (0)	I have the same problem with some of my zoos. Some open up, flourish and spread while others close up and melt away. Is it a good idea to dip them for any parasites or infections then?

12-19-2007, 11:00 PM	#5
BigLarry Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North New Jersey Posts: 69 Reefer Ratings: (2) Friends: (0)	The params are as follows: Nitrite 0 ammonia 0 ph 8.2 nitrate .40ppm calcium 380 akal 180 I temp acclimated them, then drip acclimate for 25 min, then freshwater dip and iodine dip. There is nothing bothering them as far other coral or fish. They never opened in the tank. They are gray and tiny. I was not able to mount them to any rock, so I put them in a frag stand. There is no algae on them.