KKGaskin90
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Background: New tank, added a large colony of zoanthids (30+) plus a mushroom on a live rock. They stayed open for the first day then closed up and have remained closed ever since (2 weeks). They are in the lower portion of the tank, but not quite on the bottom. They get medium flow. My lights are: 36 Watt Actinic Blue Straight Pin (on from 10am-9pm) 36 Watt 10,000K Daylight Straight Pin (on from 12pm-7pm) 0.75 Watt Lunar Blue LED Bar (on from 9pm-12am). Tank temp stays 80-81 degrees. Water test last night:
Specific Gravity: 1.024
Salinity: 32
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Calcium: 420
KH: 15 dKH
Phosphate: 0.25
Here's what they looked like:
Then I read through some forums and decided a FW dip would help. I put them in freshwater for less than 5 minutes (the mushroom got very angry so I was concerned), shook the rock, and a few critters fell off:
Copepods??? I also brushed them gently while they were in the freshwater and quite a few (10 +/-) dissolved away
This is what they look like now:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48795933@N03/9239998685/
I can't find Lugol's anywhere near us, so I guess I should order some. Any advice on what I should do? I upped the flow to them as much as possible by redirecting a powerhead... I'm pretty desperate :sad1:
To make matters worse, I have a large order of frags (9+ zoanthids plus a few others) coming in tomorrow... What should I do with them? I have a 10g QT but the lights are simple fluorescents for tropical fish...20g pump and heater...other than that it's bare. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!
Specific Gravity: 1.024
Salinity: 32
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Calcium: 420
KH: 15 dKH
Phosphate: 0.25
Here's what they looked like:
Then I read through some forums and decided a FW dip would help. I put them in freshwater for less than 5 minutes (the mushroom got very angry so I was concerned), shook the rock, and a few critters fell off:
Copepods??? I also brushed them gently while they were in the freshwater and quite a few (10 +/-) dissolved away
This is what they look like now:http://www.flickr.com/photos/48795933@N03/9239998685/
I can't find Lugol's anywhere near us, so I guess I should order some. Any advice on what I should do? I upped the flow to them as much as possible by redirecting a powerhead... I'm pretty desperate :sad1:
To make matters worse, I have a large order of frags (9+ zoanthids plus a few others) coming in tomorrow... What should I do with them? I have a 10g QT but the lights are simple fluorescents for tropical fish...20g pump and heater...other than that it's bare. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!
