need help wif my zoas

[shorjai]

hi guys i just notices i have one zoas is turning into this. WHAT should i do?? lito freaking out right now. please help!!!! is it some type of cyano??

 

[KathyC]

yes that sure looks like cyano..if that is the only place you have it, take the piece out of the tank & rinse it off with tank water til it's gone.
If you have it elsewhere in the tank you want to suck it out of there with a turkey baster & improve your water quality.

 

[nsiegel5]

Those are covered in cyano and are suffocating for sure, wash it off clean that stuff grows back fast

 

[shorjai]

thanks for the help. what else can i do besides wash it off?? i mean the rest of the zoas inside my tank are perfectly fine. Should i increase more water flow?? i dont see cyano anywhere else inside the tank besides that zoas.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Increase flow run carbon and rinse them off with tank water outside of the tank. What are your phosphate readings? Alk, Mg and Cal too?

 

[marki24]

and stop using tap water :smash:

 

[NYreefNoob]

it isnt cyano, they are dying you can try metaflix i think it is called. thats a bacteria and it will disolve the polyps, been there already and lost about a 1000 polyps. you can pull piece's out and wipe them down with a soft cloth {wet }

 

[Deanos]

it isnt cyano, they are dying you can try metaflix i think it is called. thats a bacteria and it will disolve the polyps, been there already and lost about a 1000 polyps.

It looks like cyano to me. Can you be more specific as to what bacteria you think it is. BTW, cyano is bacteria.

 

[shorjai]

and stop using tap water :smash:

i been using RO water for the past month. finally pushed myself to get a RO unit. SAVE mE lots OF money** buying premixed water. =]

 

[marki24]

it isnt cyano, they are dying you can try metaflix i think it is called. thats a bacteria and it will disolve the polyps, been there already and lost about a 1000 polyps. you can pull piece's out and wipe them down with a soft cloth {wet }

It is cyano, i had it on a few of my Zoas and i had to remove them and gently remove it. If you dont remove it your zoas might be RIP if it doesnt remove itself in a short period of time. NO need for any medication just increase your water flow and check your nitrate level. BTW did you upgrade your lighting system recently or changed bulbs?

 

[shorjai]

no i didnt upgrade any lighting. the bulbs is about 7 month old. i just added more flow so hopefully its the cyano will just go away. but the thing i am confuse is WHY only in that zoas and theres no other cyano anywhere inside the tank.

 

[DevIouS]

It is cyano & the advice is correct above. Pick it up & rinse it off or put it in front of a power-head.


Check for dead-spots where there is no flow in the tank & water quality.

Is this a newly added piece?

 

[shorjai]

no. i have that zoas for 3 to 4 month now. i just added a Hydor Koralia NANO two weeks ok. i will try to put it infront of the powerhead and see what happen. but i am really thank you for everyone replys. MR is the best

 

[marki24]

how big is ur tank?

 

[shorjai]

its a 24g nano aquapod

 

[DevIouS]

Don't "leave" it placed in front of the power-head.
Just for a few seconds to blow the crap off.

 

[Alex]

give it a good cleaning with tank water in a small bucket.once the cyano is gone,give the frag a dip in lugols (follow directions for dip) this is like an antiseptic cleansing which should help with any parasites and bacteria, just in case. then give it a few days in a quarantine tank. it should come back and start growing. Good luck.

 

[NYreefNoob]

Ok Maybe I Was Mis-informed But I Will Find The Thread I Had On This, And I Cleaned The Piece's Did The Ph Thing Ect And It Still Seemed To Spread To Other Colonies

 

[marki24]

give it a good cleaning with tank water in a small bucket.once the cyano is gone,give the frag a dip in lugols (follow directions for dip) this is like an antiseptic cleansing which should help with any parasites and bacteria, just in case. then give it a few days in a quarantine tank. it should come back and start growing. Good luck.

No need for a quarantine that is going overboard its not that serious.