help with ring of fire zoos

[tmantaylor18]

I ordered some ring of fire zooanthids 3 days ago and none of them have opened up. There are only 6 heads. I have a 30 gallon current solana with the 150 watt halide on top. I have tried placing them near the bottom and in the middle with no success. I really don't want to lose these little guys. All of my other zoos are doing pretty good but none are like these. Anyone have any ideas?Heres a pic of the original colony.

 

[bklynmet]

Did you dip them (Lugols) before putting them in the tank and check for any hitch hikers that may be irritating them?

Do you know when they were fragged? Sometimes a few zoas I've fragged take a few days to open up while others open up within minutes.

 

[ggk1988]

Three days isn't that long. Give them more time. While you wait make sure to test your water.

 

[650-IS350]

lets just say, I got some red eagle eyes from a friend which was in the bottom of his frag tank barely lit. I put it in my 20gal frag tank w/ 4 T5s. I had to put it all the way in the bottom of my 3 level eggcrate, its been 2-3 weeks and 1/2 - 3/4 are now only open. even with TMPCC dips. the first few polyps didnt open till day 9-11.

 

[tmantaylor18]

Update: They completely melted away . I think they were in poor shape to begin with because I have several other frags with no problems.

 

[650-IS350]

I just had a frag of DarthMauls 3-4 polyps. looked real healty for the 1st 2 weeks then 2 polyps melted. I just cut the 2 infected polyps to save the other 2. All the other new frags around them are happy and sprouting new polyps all over the place. Even the new frags I just got 2 weeks ago.