Help ID possible Zoa infection (pictures)

[pascal32]

I was offered the remaining coral collection from a friend who had to move on short notice. He warned that he had zoa eating nudis a while back and "thought" he got rid of them.

So I took everything, put it in a rubbermaid holding bin with a bit of liverock and existing tank water from my SPS system. everything was dipped in CoralRX. treated with FWE and interceptor as a preventative measure.

now a month later I go to move pieces into my system (was supposed to be two weeks, time flies!).

As I dipped to zoos there was nothing notable, one pod, that's about it. Then i noticed the white spots (first two pics), and later something odd looking (second two pics). So I put them back in the holding bin and moved over the acans and euphilia.

any idea what these white spots are?

This one had something in it, not sure what it is:

And this one just looks rough:

thanks for the help!

 

[pascal32]

I will say I haven't done a great job maintaining the holding tank, then again it's only been a month!

 

[feixjai]

Looks sort of like zoa pox? I had something similar on a frag I purchased online that looked like that. It quickly infected my whole tank with zoa pox..

I would do a dip in furan 2 or hydrogen peroxide. Both are pretty harsh dips, but have been proven to work. I unfortunately was unsuccessful with it. Hopefully someone else can chime in.

Good luck

 

[KoralKeith]

Furan 2

 

[gmpolan]

whats furan 2?

 

[feixjai]

whats furan 2?

Furan 2 is an antibacterial medication for fish. It's by API and is proven to help fight zoa pox. There is an article on coralpedia (zoaid) that has a step by step procedure