definately zoa pox? please help ID

[cerino]

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1858160

posted in wrong forum! sorry, there is link ^

 

[650-IS350]

No that's not pox, it's natural for those bottom polyps. They take in sand and debris into their stalks for defense. and that dot or buldge on the disk is their natural design.

this is what real pox looks like and read for the cure.
http://www.coralpedia.com/articles004.php

 

[cerino]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! whew

 

[cerino]

the reason i was asking - if you look at the pic some of them with the sand are not opening at all - are they dead? how should i go about those heads?

 

[650-IS350]

Those are fine, those buggers are pretty hardy and VERY invasive in growth, when I had them they would not be placed on my main rocks as they grow fast ( especially when fed ) and can take over your rock work in a dime. Hard to get rid once they get a foot hold. They would stay in my sand bed.

 

[cerino]

thank you so much!

 

[Jason S]

I have never actually seen a Paly with pox in real life or in pictures. Like Charles said, taking sand into their stalks is completely natural for Paly's.

 

[cerino]

what if it is crushed coral or rock?