New to Zoas

[Ryan1190]

I picked up my 1st three zoa frags about 3 weeks ago. The rastas seem to do well and are always open. Some blue hornets I got only seem to open in the morning or evening and are closed for a large part of the day. Both frags are on the sandbed. What could be causing one to seem fine and the other to be closed?

 

[fairl80z]

Did you dip the corals?

 

[fairl80z]

The reason I ask this is because I had some little flat worms munching on my Zoas ones . A fresh water dip for about 3 minutes did the trick

 

[Ryan1190]

I did not... I'll give that a shot. Is it worth dipping in coralRX also?

 

[fairl80z]

It wouldn't hurt, in the past after a freshwater dip my Zoas have opened up an hour later

 

[cloak]

I usually give my new additions a quick rinse under the faucet before I add them to my DT. I have very good tap water.

 

[sde1500]

Could be the lights are a little strong for it. Could be they are just being picky. I have a frag now that was doing great for a while in the sandbed. I moved it a few inches to the side to attach to a rock, and they closed up and didn't open for a while. I have since tested a few other areas around the tank, including back to where they looked happy before, with little luck. Attached them to another area of rock now and a couple on the frag are starting to open now. Its been almost a month. Corals can be tricky creatures.

 

[Ryan1190]

I went all out and did a Bayer dip. It's something I've been meaning to try so I figured this was as good of time as any. They seemed to do OK, they started opening up right before lights out so I'll keep an eye on them.

 

[fity2pounder]

From my experience Rastas love light. Not sure if blue hornets do or not (never had any). If your dip didn't work maybe try a less lit area.

 

[Ryan1190]

Yeah the rastas havent closed up for a second. The hornets are already at the bottom of my tank, is it ok to move them to a shaded area? They seem to be doing slightly better than before the dip but nothing dramatic. Didn't see anything come off in the sip either.

 

[fairl80z]

I would move them then, or put some thing under the lights to dim them down some

 

[melvinakshay]

lol you picked the most temperamental zoas as your first ones. They are the best looking ones though.

How is the water flow ? I usually find the best results when they are on a rock not on the sand bed. These zoos should be fine at any point in the tank but I keep them at mid level with plenty of light and moderate flow.

PS: They seem to do extremely well with high magnesium

 

[zoobie88]

Those are awesome zoas you got. Love the colors!