Fire and Ice Zoas turning orange

[Mr_I_Dare_You]

My Fire and Ice zoas closed up for a few days and once they started opening up again I noticed that some of the heads had turned bright orange. The smaller heads are completely orange in the center and other heads are blotchy orange. Most of the other heads are unchanged. They still seem to be a little angry about something but I don't know if I should iodine dip them or what. Any suggestions?

 

[Mr_I_Dare_You]

Nobody knows?

 

[ajespo85]

I drip iodine from time to time straight into the system. zoas and Lps love it. it's healthy, just dose slightly under the recommended dosage, IMO.

 

[ajespo85]

btw, post your params and lighting you're using to help us figure out what's up.

 

[Mr_I_Dare_You]

Parameters are:

Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0
Ph 8.2

My temp has been fluctuating up and down by 3-4 degrees at night since its been very cold on the east coast this week and my tank heater can't keep up with the temp swings in the room.

I didn't test Alk or Calcium because I don't think those would affect the zoas. But, when I tested last week they were in the normal range.

The lighting is a LED Reef Breeders Photon 24 running for 10hrs overall (6hrs of 70% power and 2hrs at dusk and dawn ramping up to 70%)

 

[Mr_I_Dare_You]

I'll look into running an iodine drip. I'm hesitant on pulling the zoas out to iodine dip them because I just moved the tank from another house 2 weeks ago and wanted to give them time to settle in.

 

[650-IS350]

Stress, that should come back to normal state with in a few days to a couple weeks.

 

[ajespo85]

you can put iodine straight into your tank. too much can be toxic, that's why I said to dose slightly under the recommended dosage. i drop about 6-8 drops into my 20 gallon zoa tank once every 2 weeks.

 

[650-IS350]

1 drop per 25 gal I believe but check the directions on the bottle. I only drop 2 on my 37 gal every couple weeks.

 

[Mr_I_Dare_You]

Alright thanks for the suggestions. I'll just keep an eye on them for the next few days. I'm getting ready to move the tank again for the 3rd time in a month and a half. So, I hope they make it through the next move. It's a long distance move so I don't have high hopes.

 

[ajespo85]

you move the tank often?? that could stir up bacteria/nutrients/ammonia etc which isn't good for your tank. could be a contributing factor.

 

[Mr_I_Dare_You]

Just recently. I just bought a house and the lease ran up on my old apartment. I had to move the tank to one of my parents houses. The bottom panel of glass broke in the tank during the move so I had to set them up in a very temporary tank while I had the other tank repaired. Once it was repaired I moved everything back over. I did a 50% water change after every move and I have a very shallow sand bed, about 1in. I have some sps's as well and I would expect them to react to poor water quality before the zoas do. So far, even with all the moves, the SPS's are doing fine and growing.

 

[Jone]

please post a picture of the actual bottle of iodine you dose please,also your dosage and gallons your tanks and plus how often..thnaks

you can put iodine straight into your tank. too much can be toxic, that's why I said to dose slightly under the recommended dosage. i drop about 6-8 drops into my 20 gallon zoa tank once every 2 weeks.