Need Help please

[gatoralum69]

I posted this is my local forum, but want to see if a larger crowd could help. I have lost a mini colony of darth mauls and now 1 week later I see my salted agaves doing the same thing. Basically there mouths looks like they are wide open. I have spot fed them today as the Darth Mauls I dipped and made matters worse (so I think). Can anyone tell me what might be causing these. When it was happening to the darth mauls these were fine. I have other zoas and palys and all are fine.

 

[organism]

Have you made any changes in your tank? I've seen them do that with high salinity sometimes, are you checking your salinity with a refractometer calibrated with calibration fluid? I also had a similar issue recently where alkalinity swings seemed to cause some problems, are you using an ATO?

 

[gatoralum69]

I use Kalk and alk is constant at 9dkH. Salinity I have checked and confirmed with 2 different LFS at 1.024.

 

[organism]

I did a peroxide dip on mine and put them under high flow for a few days, looking much better... If you want to try it just put the zoas in a bowl with some tank water, then add h2o2 until the frag starts bubbling a bit, then leave them in there for 3-4 minutes and put under decent flow after. Not saying that will definitely help, just something to keep in mind.

 

[gatoralum69]

thanks! appreciate it. Will give it a try.