??? about Blue steels not opening

[koll12]

Okay I recently purchased a colony of Blue steel from the LFS and all of them opened fine for the first couple of days and then I took a saw and cut the stone into about 6 sections..now only a couple will open up any suggestions would help ???

 

[ddwbeagles]

Sure - give them some time. They have already been shipped from somewhere to your LFS, to your house, have just been fragged and they are stressing. Heck - that is quite an endevor for them to be subjected to in such a short window of time. Most likely they will be fine, just recovering from the stresses. Personally, I would not dip them or treat them with anything. Just keep them in decent flow and med lighting and wait about two weeks. Just my humble $0.02 worth.

 

[koll12]

Thanks I guess I'll just try to be patient ..for now

 

[sdime0]

Sometimes those blue steel are a bit finicky. Give them a little time. Good luck.

 

[alovely]

If you have other tanks it might be a good idea to put one of the frags in another tank because like others have said they can be finicky and known to just melt away quick.

 

[dmyers557]

Give them time to heal. I too would put a frag is a separate tank just in case.

 

[megatsea]

I am new to Zoas...why take one frag to another tank?

 

[Scopus Tang]

Okay I recently purchased a colony of Blue steel from the LFS and all of them opened fine for the first couple of days and then I took a saw and cut the stone into about 6 sections..now only a couple will open up any suggestions would help ???

So first off, I agree with all the others - give it some time. Second, I have a question. Why take a zoa, especially one that is known to be a melter under the best circumstances, bring it home, not give it a chance to properly acclimate to your tank and then subject it to even further stress by cutting it into pieces? I'm not trying to be mean or nasty here, I just am really curious as to why someone would do this?