My zoas are somehow still alive after a 1 month blackout and continuously dosing algeacide

[rennjidk]

No pics at this time, but I just thought it was too funny not to share. Tank went blackout on Dec 10th and have been dosing algaefix every 3 days since. There's no natural light in the room. They are constantly closed, but I turned my lights on for 20 mins to install some equipment and they opened up. There's only 2 half dollar sized colonies in the tank, Fire and Ice and Nirvana. Blew my mind.

 

[Rusty_L_Shackleford]

No pics at this time, but I just thought it was too funny not to share. Tank went blackout on Dec 10th and have been dosing algaefix every 3 days since. There's no natural light in the room. They are constantly closed, but I turned my lights on for 20 mins to install some equipment and they opened up. There's only 2 half dollar sized colonies in the tank, Fire and Ice and Nirvana. Blew my mind.

You'd be surprised how resilient some corals can be to the point of being pests. Zoas are one of those than can get out of control if left unchecked. Even sps can be a pest if they take hold. I have an entrusting monti that just displaced a favia.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

No pics at this time, but I just thought it was too funny not to share. Tank went blackout on Dec 10th and have been dosing algaefix every 3 days since. There's no natural light in the room. They are constantly closed, but I turned my lights on for 20 mins to install some equipment and they opened up. There's only 2 half dollar sized colonies in the tank, Fire and Ice and Nirvana. Blew my mind.

Crazy they are still alive and going like they are!

 

[jda]

They could end up dying. I hope that the live, but they might not.

I put a huge rock with a lot of nasty zoas on it (like some trash zoas) into a bin and forgot about them form almost a year. They looked fine and perfect when I took them out, but they quickly wasted away once they got into a situation more like a real tank.

Opening up is a good sign.

 

[Katrina71]

My son has tiny zoas popping up in his tank after a crash about 2 years ago. Complete shock! Not sure how long they can lie dormant, but there has been absolutely no sign of them after the crash.