Brown Zoanthid Infection

[Michael-IMARCS]

Photos says it all I hope. This is affecting various colonies, mainly wild colonies from Vietnam and locally here in Japan. I've tried peroxide, iodine, Ciprofloxacin, amoxicillin, flucanozole, erythromycin, no luck. Open to suggestions. Sometimes they recover on their own, sometimes they don't. I have dozens of large colonies and at least thousands (if not tens of thousands) of polyps total so I'd like a solution that I can hopefully use to treat the whole tank.

Thanks

 

[Solo McReefer]

Crysophates

Vibrant may work

A gentle little paint brush may work

[H2O2 might work, might kill your animals]

[Using antibiotics like that, is going to create resistant bacteria]

 

[Michael-IMARCS]

Crysophates would likely be affecting more than just zoanthid colonies, I'd see them and/or similar organisms on other surfaces I would think. This is specific to zoanthids, and even more specifically, wild colonies from Vietnam and Japan. Pretty heavy doses of H202 didn't work.

 

[Solo McReefer]

When I had crysophates

That's what it looked like on my zoanthids

Even checked under microscope. Do you have one?

If that's not what it is, I have no idea what it is. I hope it's not crysophates

Good luck

 

[Michael-IMARCS]

Thanks, must be that then. I can buy one or send to a lab, but this is surpassing the amount of effort I'm willing to invest. I'll let natural selection take its course, seems like there's no simple solution.

 

[Solo McReefer]

Crysophates will make you cry

Will turn you to drink or fentanyl

Will make you quit

Will change how you feel about green hair algae

"Ahh, beautiful beautiful green algae. I love you green healthy hair algae." Seriously,fr

I hope it's not crysophates

Vibrant is AlgaeFix(the pond cleaner), in case you didn't know. Do people still use Vibrant, I don't know

 

[Michael-IMARCS]

Haha I'm sorry to hear that. I've seen this issue pop up now and again on wild colonies for about a year but it's never been an issue other than that. I use very fresh live rock (only out of the ocean a few hours), never anything dry, so I've never really had isssues with Dino's are similar like everyone always seems to have.

 

[Solo McReefer]

I thought the zoanthids were encrusted, if not

If that's just a colony, I would remove it ASAP. Put it in a 20 gallon QT. And try and fix it in there

Ya, dinos and diatomaceous and GHA are nothing after that. AEFW are easier

 

[Michael-IMARCS]

I thought the zoanthids were encrusted, if not

If that's just a colony, I would remove it ASAP. Put it in a 20 gallon QT. And try and fix it in there

Ya, dinos and diatomaceous and GHA are nothing after that. AEFW are easier

You were right, it's slowly starting to affect other colonies :( dipping does usually cure it, but a lot of them can't be dipped. Have you ever had any luck/have any ideas on whole tank treatments?