leaking zoa?!?

[hessfish]

Alright im new to the zoa thing, so i dont know every thing and may just be over reacting, BUT heres the problem:
I was sitting watching my zoas a few mins ago and then suddenly one just started spewing this brown liquid.
What is this? should i be worried? i have been making water for emergency water change? is this necessary?

I have had the zoas for about 3 days, i just bought them from a lfs and they looked beautiful, only thing crawling on them from my examination has been tinny pods and spindly sea stars.

plz help i really want them to work out.

 

[derekdelisi]

Mine do that every now and then. I've had them for years. Don't worry about it at all.

If they keep opening up your fine. If not, get a wrasse or goby to get rid of those pods. I've had trouble with them in the past, not big trouble though. A starving Sixline solved it in a couple days.

 

[hessfish]

lol i think my wrasse took care of that in less than a day, i almost thought he was bothering the zoas.
how long should it take for the zoas to get used to the tank and open fully?

 

[derekdelisi]

That's random. I have had colonies open up in the bag on the way home, remain home in the aquarium, and required no 'adjustment period' whatsoever.

On the other hand, I have had colonies that have remained closed for a week or more. In which case, I posted "oh my god, i just bought a colony, it won't open". Of course, I was reassured that it would open, and it did.

Long story short, between 0 and 10 days.

Always start lower light then move them where you want them. Make sure the current is moderate (not absent). If your zoas do remain closed for a couple days (as I said, this is totally fine) you want to make sure that Algae does not take them over -algae tends to grow where there is less water flow.

 

[RokleM]

It's one of two things likely, either expelling waste or zooxanthellae. Waste is fine, zooxanthellae could be a sign of stress. Have they lost any color?

 

[A. Grandis]

I never heard about a brown liquid.
I've seen brown filaments and brown spheres coming out their mouth, not liquid.

I agree that probably shouldn't be nothing to worry about, when they look normal.

Grandis.