Zoa Pox.. Its that time again!

[Reef Pets]

Fall has finally hit and its Zoa Pox season again... I have just started reading on forums that people are losing their zoas already. As some of us already know Zoa Pox starts attacking our zoa colonies mainly between the months of October and December.

Some way to help prevent Zoa Pox

1 - Use a turkey baster to blow the detritus off of you zoa frags and colonies, at least once a day

2 - Wet skim / over skim

3 - Keep your water clean by doing water changes

4 - Keep the temperature stable in your reef

If by chance you are noticing zoa pox (white colored pimples on your polyps) then be prepared to do a Furan 2 dip. The process of dipping your zoas is far from fun but in reality its about the only way to save them.
Gary

 

[subielover]

Interesting, I have never read that they are seasonally dependent.

 

[Reef Pets]

They sure are. Between October and December.

 

[Speg]

That's interesting...I thought I just had a new zoa morph...guess I'll have to dip my zoas :'(

 

[subielover]

that's interesting...i thought i just had a new zoa morph...guess i'll have to dip my zoas :'(

lol

 

[Reef Pets]

We are putting together our quarantine tank today for all of our zoas. Every year I put all of the zoas in one tank and do a 50% water change every other day. I learned my lesson a couple years ago!!

 

[Reef Pets]

A new speckled morph.

That's interesting...I thought I just had a new zoa morph...guess I'll have to dip my zoas :'(

 

[Speg]

A new speckled morph.

I was going to name it the "Teenager paly" :(

 

[Reef Pets]

Perfect!!! But it cant be a Paly, they dont get Zoa Pox. So, Teenager Zoa?

 

[NanoNano]

Thanks for the info. I'll start basting my zoas. Never done it before, but never had pox either.

 

[Speg]

Perfect!!! But it cant be a Paly, they dont get Zoa Pox. So, Teenager Zoa?

Wow..learned two things in one day :) knowledge is power....

 

[DBarsotti]

1 - Use a turkey baster to blow the detritus off of you zoa frags and colonies, at least once a day

2 - Wet skim / over skim

3 - Keep your water clean by doing water changes

4 - Keep the temperature stable in your reef

shouldn't this be typical husbandry?

ha

 

[Reef Pets]

Should be but...... does not always happen for everyone.

 

[nayrgaijin]

Thank you for the heads up Gary!
I was fortunate last year and hope it's the same this year :)

Could you give a brief description of what zoa pox is exactly as well?
Parasite, disease, pimples?
I understand what it looks like, but am completely unaware of what it actually is! ah!

 

[Speg]

Would be cool to see some pics.

 

[Reef Pets]

Great article that will tell about Zoa Pox, show photos and the steps to getting rid of Zoa Pox. Its well worth reading!

CoralPedia.com :: Articles :: ZoaPox (Zoa Pox); the search for the cause and cure

 

[beaner_12]

thanks for the info.

 

[Titan$]

Do you also not run carbon as well. I thought I read somewhere that running carbon is a possible culprit for zoapox?

 

[Reef Pets]

When I got an outbreak of Zoa Pox a couple years back I was not running carbon.

 

[Titan$]

So it sounds like it really doesn't matter, you could still get them whether you run it or not. I had actually read that article on Zoaid.com that you posted and that is where I read that Carbon and Heavy skimming "could be" causes. It sounds like it might not be especially if you are changing water 50% every other day. How large is the quarantine zoa system that you change the water on frequently?