Need a little help with a dying zoa

[Just John]

I have a dozen types of very happy zoas, but this frag has been struggling and is now just barely hanging on. Any suggestions on what I can do? (btw, I just moved it here for the photo. It's not normally sitting under the Ricordea)

 

[JoJosReef]

What type is it and where has it been? How much light and flow has been on it?

 

[Just John]

What type is it and where has it been? How much light and flow has been on it?

White Zombie. Med light and low-ish flow with all my other zoas. Now in lower light.

 

[bubbgee]

it's not dying but being too close to another coral (is that a torch?) isn't helping. How does it look when it's next to other zoas?

 

[Just John]

it's not dying but being too close to another coral (is that a torch?) isn't helping. How does it look when it's next to other zoas?

I only put it there for the photo. This is how it looks with the other zoas. The disk has been shrinking so never looks very "open"

 

[bubbgee]

I only put it there for the photo. This is how it looks with the other zoas. The disk has been shrinking so never looks very "open"

Have you dipped them before? How long has it been in the tank?

If it's been a couple of weeks like this, dip in iodine and hydogen peroxide (50% peroxide, 50% tank water). use a baster to blow off any debris or bugs on it.

https://reefstable.com/blog/how-to-dip-coral

 

[Just John]

Have you dipped them before? How long has it been in the tank?

If it's been a couple of weeks like this, dip in iodine and hydogen peroxide (50% peroxide, 50% tank water). use a baster to blow off any debris or bugs on it.

https://reefstable.com/blog/how-to-dip-coral

Thanks for the link. It definitely doesn't have bugs on it and I have had it for months. It was happy for a while but then started a decline. I have not done any medicinal type dips

 

[JoJosReef]

White zombies are usually pretty robust. I would move it around the tank till it seems happier. Assuming your nitrates/phosphates aren't bottomed out?

 

[Just John]

White zombies are usually pretty robust. I would move it around the tank till it seems happier. Assuming your nitrates/phosphates aren't bottomed out?

Yeah, it's a bit of a mystery. The nutrients are good. They look close to the end with almost no zooxanthellae.

 

[JoJosReef]

Yeah, it's a bit of a mystery. The nutrients are good. They look close to the end with almost no zooxanthellae.

Don't look that bad to me. When mine are closed up they look like that. I'd say keep trying different spots.

 

[Snowxcross]

I have a dozen types of very happy zoas, but this frag has been struggling and is now just barely hanging on. Any suggestions on what I can do? (btw, I just moved it here for the photo. It's not normally sitting under the Ricordea)

Zombies do that occasionally. Just leave them theyll come back eventually.