My utter chaos zoas polys are getting small

[BAngieB]

What’s your magnesium level?

 

[John3]

It’s either water or lighting, and I would think more of these type of issues are related to water. It makes a lot of sense because it’s water intake that makes zoas/palys get big.

I just fragged a large colony up and I was amazed at how much water the colony expelled once I started cutting it and breaking it up. I had some stalks that were 1.5” long that shriveled up. Once they got back into the tank for a few hours they sucked up water and got long and full again.

 

[jeff williams]

Start spot feeding them, I’ve had problems with zoas in my tank and they would shrink up and disappear I tried moving them different light futon 2 dips addition Bauer dips and once I started spot feeding them they recovered

 

[Ashley Kekua]

ph change or salinity change see this happen from time to time... expecially ph change i grow utter chaos on top brightest par and do not see this situation occur like yours...

 

[Engloid]

I've never had much success with Utter Chaos, and always liked them. I had a bit of a disaster a while back when my RO unit started messing up. My digital meters said I was at 0 ppm....but they were wrong. As it turns out, my tap water was about 7-8dkh before adding salt mix...which sent it upwards of 14dkh. I didn't notice it until some corals started dying. At the same time, my UC palys were doing better than ever, doubling in size and numbers. I now suspect they really like high alkalinity.

 

[1979fishgeek]

Only time I’ve ever had success with Utter Chaos is having them in lowish light, good flow and no3 around 10-30ppm.

Mine like it dank and dirty and blasted about with a current...they should be called Utter Pains! Lol

They always shrink in high light and low nutrients.