I haven’t tried. They look like zoa pox except pinkish. I’ll try in just a few minutes and check back.
Hmm okay so that rules out dirt, flatworms, nudis, and spiders cause they would all come off with the scraping. If that second polyp doesn’t open within a week then I’d do an H2O2 and iodine dip to see if that gets rid of the dots and helps the second one open
What iodine dip would you recommend and is 3% H202 good or do I need 6%. How much should I dilute them? Sorry for so many questions I’ve never dipped in anything other then bayer.
No problem! There’s a very extensive dip thread somewhere-I’ll find it for you. I use lugol’s for iodine. 3% H2O2 from Walgreens at a 1:1 ratio with tank water for 1-3 minutes. 3 minutes for super tough algae like bryopsis and 1 minute for some weak film algae. Just do the dip and put it right back in the tank no need o rinse
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Awesome, I’ll have to purchase some lugols. Thank you for the help! I’ll update if they go away with or without the dip!Coral Dip Guide
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Definitely do not do the H2O2 dip. That dip works by killing anything exposed to it. Corals (healthy ones anyway) have a natural slime coat that protects them while algae does not. Thus, the H2O2 kills the algae on contact while only destroying the slime coat of the coral. That’s why it takes 3-7 days for the zoa to reopen after the dip, it’s regenerating the slime coat. Since these zoas are obviously going to be very stressed, I wouldn’t dip them with H2O2 but an iodine dip may help aid their recovery
Okay great, thank you for the answer. I will do that then if their condition does not improve. And one more question if you don't mind. I have a small frag of some AOI zoas that has some GHA growing on it. Should I let it take care of itself? I haven't interfered much in my tank and all other GHA is slowly dying off with my parameters and aided by CUC. All the polyps are healthy and open but I can tell its starting to get a little longer. Here is a picture and excuse the mess, they were fed some Reef Roids just a bit ago lol.
I would gently scrub the plug (not the zoas) with a tootbrush and pick off as much GHA as possible using a pair of tweezers if there’s any between the actual polyps. The problem doesn’t look that bad and if you take care of it now you won’t have a problem later with the GHA choking out the zoasOkay great, thank you for the answer. I will do that then if their condition does not improve. And one more question if you don't mind. I have a small frag of some AOI zoas that has some GHA growing on it. Should I let it take care of itself? I haven't interfered much in my tank and all other GHA is slowly dying off with my parameters and aided by CUC. All the polyps are healthy and open but I can tell its starting to get a little longer. Here is a picture and excuse the mess, they were fed some Reef Roids just a bit ago lol.
Okay wonderful, thank you so much for all the advice!
