starypotter
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Hi everyone,
I'd had these zoas about a month now. I recently did a tank upgrade which caused a mini cycle, (only corals, shrimp, and snails, no fish are in the system). They had to spend two days in a small tank while everything got moved over. Some of them are back to normal and happy as a clam. But some never seemed to bounce back. The hammer coral I have is happier than ever with it's new spot higher in the tank, but zoas are all close to the same height as before with the same lights. Maybe they're a little bit higher, but in the old tank they were starting to stretch a little anyway.
Many of my zoas are closed up now, or just barely peeking out, yet there's others that look like they have grown in the week since the transfer. I noticed that one of them was on a rock that's got a bunch of spaghetti worms on it, and I saw that some zoas could be sensitive to them so I moved it to another rock. But that same zoa also has another mystery worm that has started growing on the plug, I don't know what it is, but maybe that is making it unhappy?
Note the snail eggs have been there since before it became unhappy.
Then there's this one that looks unhappy I'm thinking maybe because of this algae growing from it?
And this one has a bunch of hair algae growing on it.
I've tried using a soft bristled toothbrush to help get the algae off of them, but I'm not sure if that's the best method. How do I clean them up and what should I do to make them happy? How long can they stay all closed up like this without it harming them?
I'd had these zoas about a month now. I recently did a tank upgrade which caused a mini cycle, (only corals, shrimp, and snails, no fish are in the system). They had to spend two days in a small tank while everything got moved over. Some of them are back to normal and happy as a clam. But some never seemed to bounce back. The hammer coral I have is happier than ever with it's new spot higher in the tank, but zoas are all close to the same height as before with the same lights. Maybe they're a little bit higher, but in the old tank they were starting to stretch a little anyway.
Many of my zoas are closed up now, or just barely peeking out, yet there's others that look like they have grown in the week since the transfer. I noticed that one of them was on a rock that's got a bunch of spaghetti worms on it, and I saw that some zoas could be sensitive to them so I moved it to another rock. But that same zoa also has another mystery worm that has started growing on the plug, I don't know what it is, but maybe that is making it unhappy?
Note the snail eggs have been there since before it became unhappy.
Then there's this one that looks unhappy I'm thinking maybe because of this algae growing from it?
And this one has a bunch of hair algae growing on it.
I've tried using a soft bristled toothbrush to help get the algae off of them, but I'm not sure if that's the best method. How do I clean them up and what should I do to make them happy? How long can they stay all closed up like this without it harming them?
