Zoa frag help

[Scubasteve11]

Hello. I got this Zoa frag a few months ago and haven't been able to keep it happy. It's looked like this for the past 1-2 months. I've tried dipping in coral rx, higher and lower flow areas and also different lighting around the tank. Any suggestions to help save it?

High level info...
5 month old tank.
Other corals are happy and growing.
This frag went into the tank very early on and went through the all the algae outbreaks and screw ups from a new reefer. I believe this started during a GHA outbreak which I started using GFO and cut photo period back to 8 hours to get rid of.

parameters...
Salinity - 1.025
Temp - 78
Nitrate - around 5
Phosphates - .03-.1
Alk 8.3
PH - around 7.8 using API

 

[Ka0s]

I would raise it up. It's reaching and I would say it was damaged. Either way it's reaching for light.

 

[Leadfooted]

Do you run T5’s? Maybe they need replacing? I agree, needs more light. Magnetic frag racks great for this until you find the sweet spot then move it to similarly light, flow patterns it liked on the rack.

 

[Ka0s]

+1 on the rack. It will for sure save you alot of time and grief on placement. Also t5's for sure get old.

 

[Scubasteve11]

Thanks all! Running LEDs but will definitely try moving it up to see what happens.

It's hard to see in the picture but the outer skirt is brown. Can Zoes/Palys get bacteria or algae growing on them?

 

[Scubasteve11]

And been meaning to get a frag rack. This sounds like a good excuse.

 

[Ka0s]

Just below this post in the zoa is forum is a post I made about zoas losing color. I also had zoas with brown skirts that I got from an online seller. This has been since.fixed with proper lighting and tank mantainence.

 

[Capitol Reef Corals]

Like others said. It could help to raise it up. But besides that, I would leave it alone. I have zoas that do this for periods of time then then will rebound back eventually. There are other things you could try, like Furan 2 and chemiclean, but I don't think that's necessary yet to waste your money on them.