Zoa's melting away?? thoughts..

[mrjoe]

so I just bought a few nice zoa's from a local guy... He has great setup and beautiful zoa's so he isn't the problem... Put them in my tank and what you see in the pic is happening... My #'s are
alk-9.0
ph-8.0
mag-1250
calc-450
nitrate-10
phos-.25
As for fish I have 3 clowns, melunarus wrasse, file fish and a lawnmower blennie along with a few hermits and a tiger conch... My mushrooms are doing great and my bta is also doing well... Not sure what to do at this point but I really like zoa's and want to find out where I'm going wrong...

 

[crazyfishmom]

Is it possible your file fish is going after them? They have a reputation for going after zoas.

 

[ScottJ]

FWIW, some of the zoas I've tried have just melted. I seem to have a problem with yellow.

I have the luxury of 3 tanks, so if a new coral starts going south, I try it in a different tank.

 

[Dragen Fiend]

I think your phosphate levels could be the culprit.

Some adapt better than others. I have some thriving in one tank and some not. Moved them over to a different tank, now reopened and looking better. I have a feeling they just don't like the high phos as one tank is sitting at .13 while the other is 0.04

 

[AtlantiCat]

My experience with zoas is that they want the Magnesium higher, like at least 1350-1400.