zoas looking weird, crapping out?

[wschang812]

all my zoas are doing fine but this zoa seems to be shrivelling up. does anyone know the cause of this? i am thinking about dipping it in some revive but i want to get some opinions before i do that. thanks

 

[Euroreefer]

Some of my zoas were acting up this week aswell. I found large pods on the colony and I guess they were irrritating them because once I moved the colony to a high flow spot, they all came back out. There are pods out there large enough to munch on your zoas..:irked:

 

[wschang812]

did you zoas loook like that?

 

[Euroreefer]

Yes they did...1/2 closed, 1/2 open, wierd looking, some were even closed... if you are that worried I would dip it anyway then throw them in a high flow area to make sure whatever was bothering them cant stay there because of the flow.

 

[wschang812]

ok thanks for the advice. i think i will dip.

 

[KathyC]

Don't dip it in Revive - that is for SPS corals.
You could give it a FW dip (rodi water before you add salt to it), and a few drops of Lugols solution.
Before that I would first try and hold it in front of a powerhead for about 10-20 seconds and then place it back in med flow med light and leave it alone for a few days. Zoanthids really don't like to be disturbed and moved around.

 

[wschang812]

thanks i think i will try the FW dip first. btw, i heard revive can be used for soft corals without a problem. i read on reef sanctuary,

"I used to dip in lugol's all the time,Now I use a product called REVIVE smells like pine-sol. Had a friend intenionally buy infected corals redbugs,flatworms...
tried lugol's and the revive. REVIVE KICKED A$$!! after dipping in lugols we dipped in the revive more dead critters. I've dipped softies,lps,sps&zoas No problems yet."

 

[MatthewScars]

Yeah, check for Zoa Pox. That normally did it for me before I got rid of all my zoas for Paly (Palys dont get the pox).

(yes i tried furan II)

 

[wschang812]

thats te first thing i checked. no zoa pox. all my other zoas are fine too. its just weird that only this one isnt doing so well.

 

[MatthewScars]

same thing happened to me man. I just couldnt keep zoas no matter what I tried. fresh water dips, furram II, low light, high light, little flow, heavy flow, nothing helped.

Palys do great thought.