I can never keep zoas for more than a month or so without them starting to not open. Half of these ones are open and half are shut.
What would cause only some or them to close up?
What would cause only some or them to close up?
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I have seachem reef dip. I'm probably not dipping long enough then as I'm only doing it for like 5 minsDepends on the dip you are using. Most are somewhere around 15 minutes.
Also try looking at the frags at night using a red light. It generally doesn't bother inverts that are only out at night.
I'm manually dosing so this could be part of the problem, although my alk does stay around the 7.4 range.Zoa’s can be very intolerant of Alk swings. I have had issues in tanks where I self dosed in the past. I use a Reefdoser for the big 3. Keeps things pretty stable. I got a ridiculous amount of Zoa in all my tanks. They could also just be adjusting even a month or two later I’ve had Beautiful colonies just close up couple months in and most always they come back soon enough. Sometimes move them to different flow or lighting if I see them go down hill. As long as the polyps stay healthy and you blow off any algae or slime that may start growing on the closed polyp you got a chance to get them happy. No high light while they actin this way. Low and slow flow. Keep em clean
Do you reckon your wrasse ended up clearing the zoas of pests?I had the same problem about a year ago. They were also melting. I put a 6 line wrasse in and in several weeks they started growing back and now, months later, are taking over some areas of the rocks. May have to start pruning them soon.
I've seen snails on them before and they would always come back out once it moved on but now they stay shut. Only random ones on the colony come outI have the same issues, but I think my pests are the cuc. The crabs are always crawling all over them [emoji35]. They all seem to open when not being bothered by those stinkers.
Do you reckon your wrasse ended up clearing the zoas of pests?
I've seen snails on them before and they would always come back out once it moved on but now they stay shut. Only random ones on the colony come out
Yes I do. I haven't had a problem sinceDo you reckon your wrasse ended up clearing the zoas of pests?