Zoa’s slowly evaporating

[Martiantomars]

My Zoa colony in this tank continues to struggle

Recently just dipped it and tons of amphipods and little black works came off it

Hermit crabs pretty much camp in this area and I have two emerald crabs in there, I don’t think they are picking on them

Anything I do it just keeps getting smaller every week, I added more flow and that helped but they continue to struggle

Any ideas or recommendations would be helpful

Tank: 25 gal peninsula
Age: 2 years

Parameters:
Salinity: 1.025
Temp: 76-78
Alk: 9
Nitrates:0-10
Nitrites: 0
Ammonia: 0
Magnesium 1300
Calcium 450
Phosphates: 0

Anemones and clam are fine as well, I’m stumped

 

[Wc_aquariums]

Try a fresh water dip see if anything comes off. Zoa’s are a hardy coral so it won’t hurt them just don’t leave them in there for long like 2 minutes max

 

[Vested]

Send a picture under whites what are those bubbles in the background? Dinos? Zero no3/po4 ?

 

[ninjamyst]

Phosphate 0, nitrate 0-10....you may be starving your zoas

 

[wisnia99]

They need smoe nutrients, also manganese mine were also melting and I started dosing trace elements

 

[Martiantomars]

Phosphate 0, nitrate 0-10....you may be starving your zoas

I’m feeding AB+ coral food from Red Sea daily

 

[Martiantomars]

They need smoe nutrients, also manganese mine were also melting and I started dosing trace elements

I add all for reef daily also

 

[Martiantomars]

Send a picture under whites what are those bubbles in the background? Dinos? Zero no3/po4 ?

They are bubbles in the back on the back glass, I’ll upload a picture tomorrow when the whites are on, definitely in the zero range for both of those so could be Dino’s and I know zoas hate Dino’s

 

[Martiantomars]

Phosphate 0, nitrate 0-10....you may be starving your zoas

Wouldn’t reef energy plus AB+ coral nutrition feed them?

 

[Vested]

They are bubbles in the back on the back glass, I’ll upload a picture tomorrow when the whites are on, definitely in the zero range for both of those so could be Dino’s and I know zoas hate Dino’s

Totally, just a quick guess with the zero nutrients I wouldn't be surprised either way id get those up! Goodluck

 

[Martiantomars]

Under the white light