- Location
- LONG ISLAND
No more zoa's for me, have no idea why they melt away. My tank is well established, everything else i have in the tank is thriving beyond belief. Oh well !!
I'm done....
- Thread starter FMF0331
- Start date
- Location
- New Jersey
Reason I stopped buying expensive zoas too. Its a mystery to me.
- Location
- LONG ISLAND
All the money i spent on them..not taking it personally - it's just bugging me.
- Location
- poughquag, ny
do you dip them before putting them into tank ? do you have any fish that would take care of preditors ? and i had a thread in reguards to zoa's from a certain area.
- Location
- Wheatley Heights, NY (long island)
maybe try lowering the salt level. mine came back after I did that.
- Location
- Flushing NY 11355
Never hear about this theory.
I may set aside a pico and try it with some zoa frags. But unfortunately, don't know what parameter I can judge the results with as my all zoa are doing great in all the tanks.
ryangrieder
Advanced Reefer
- Location
- Northern Jersey
well, awhile back i had the same problem. all the "simple" corals like zoas and shrooms would not make it, yet anything else would thrive perfectly. so, i kind of did a run down of everything.
-light, too much or not enough
-water pars. is everything 100% spot on?
-ro water, is my tds good?
-temp, maybe raise or lower it?
-salinity, maybe raise or lower it?
-fish/inverts i own, could anyone threaten them?
-placement of zoas? too high or low in tank? are they getting enough light where they are?
-flow? too much, not enough?
-is the system established enough?
-zoa accumulation period, drip long enough and correct enviroment?
-are they all coming from the same LFS?
-where are these zoas coming from in the world?
-are you dosing anything in the system?
-are you directly touching the coral while putting it in?
-do you use any air fresheners near the tank?
-did you wash your hands or do anything before putting the coral into the tank?
there are alot of questions to ask to figure it out. personally, i found out in order to keep all my zoas thriving, my TDS HASSSS to be 0, my magnesium level was too high, and i had too much flow in the placements i tried in the tank...
-light, too much or not enough
-water pars. is everything 100% spot on?
-ro water, is my tds good?
-temp, maybe raise or lower it?
-salinity, maybe raise or lower it?
-fish/inverts i own, could anyone threaten them?
-placement of zoas? too high or low in tank? are they getting enough light where they are?
-flow? too much, not enough?
-is the system established enough?
-zoa accumulation period, drip long enough and correct enviroment?
-are they all coming from the same LFS?
-where are these zoas coming from in the world?
-are you dosing anything in the system?
-are you directly touching the coral while putting it in?
-do you use any air fresheners near the tank?
-did you wash your hands or do anything before putting the coral into the tank?
there are alot of questions to ask to figure it out. personally, i found out in order to keep all my zoas thriving, my TDS HASSSS to be 0, my magnesium level was too high, and i had too much flow in the placements i tried in the tank...
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