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A few of my zoas are closed and have a white fuzz on them that flows in the current. Anyone seen anything like this before? I Googled Zoa pox and the pictures don't really look like this. Its like a fine white fuzz. Every coral in my tank was dipped in Revive.


 
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Videos finally loaded. Honestly I have no idea what that is but I have seen the same thing on a few of my zoas it never bothered them. They eat and they grow just like normal. I think it might be part of the zoa.
A few of my zoas are closed and have a white fuzz on them that flows in the current. Anyone seen anything like this before? I Googled Zoa pox and the pictures don't really look like this. Its like a fine white fuzz. Every coral in my tank was dipped in Revive.


 
Hmm the video loads for me. Here's a still from the video

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Do you if the ones in the center of that photo are zoas or palys. Because palys Will pick up sand and store it in their body. Almost looks like little stars and can be confused with zoa pox and that kind of looks like sand in a paly
 
Do you if the ones in the center of that photo are zoas or palys. Because palys Will pick up sand and store it in their body. Almost looks like little stars and can be confused with zoa pox and that kind of looks like sand in a paly
Its not sand. Its flowing in the current. Looks like tiny feather dusters. I posted a video with white light. If you watch that you'll see its not sand. They are butt muncher zoas.
 
Do you if the ones in the center of that photo are zoas or palys. Because palys Will pick up sand and store it in their body. Almost looks like little stars and can be confused with zoa pox and that kind of looks like sand in a paly
Its not sand. Its flowing in the current. Looks like tiny feather dusters. I posted a video with white light. If you watch that you'll see its not sand.
Still waiting for that one to load so just a minute
 
Its not sand. Its flowing in the current. Looks like tiny feather dusters. I posted a video with white light. If you watch that you'll see its not sand. They are butt muncher zoas.
It loaded finally. It's exactly what I've seen on some of my zoas and it doesn't seem to bother them at all so I'd say you have nothing to worry about unless they're not opening at all or feeding.
 
Do they open at all? If not, how long ago did they stop opening and what are your water parameters?
 
Do they open at all? If not, how long ago did they stop opening and what are your water parameters?
They were open yesterday not today when I got home from work but then they did open for a little but then closed again.

pH 8.14
Alk 8.11
Ca 411-425 (trident vs salifert)
Mg 1400
Salinity 34.3
NO3 13.3
PO4 0.17
Temp 78.3-77.2
 
They were open yesterday not today when I got home from work but then they did open for a little but then closed again.

pH 8.14
Alk 8.11
Ca 411-425 (trident vs salifert)
Mg 1400
Salinity 34.3
NO3 13.3
PO4 0.17
Temp 78.3-77.2
Everything looks good. Sometimes they don't really open or they open a few times a day when you aren't looking. As long as they're not shrinking, they're fine
 

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