Palys/zoas closing up. Help?

[srpntmage]

ok, help needed here. I have a few polyp colonies of Hawaiian PE and PPE. About 3 weeks ago they started to look weird and then closed. They never melted or died off, but they never opened again.

They are alive, as I can see the PPE open slightly once and a while. Any idea what the deal is? My parameters are fine, and other colonies are very happy. I already tried dipping them in Revive and have checked for pests. Furan 2 dip maybe?

 

[mpekoske]

is anything nipping at them? or do you have any fish that look like they are bothering them?

 

[650-IS350]

I've had PPEs stayed closed and barley open up for almost a year. while every other polyp was happy and reproducing. Those were PPE's that were sourced directly form Tyree.

Any Tangs, Rabbit fish, puffers, file fish in the tank?

 

[Redseadragon12]

Same thing happening with all of my zoanthids... they have been partially closed for 6 months now. I have tried everything. Dip in lugols, furan, pimafix, melafix, peroxide, freshwater... even mardel quick cure

Also did a 100% change on water took out all substrate so its just a bare bottom tank.

Alkalinity always at 8.5

My only guess now is that it is an infection either fungus or viral that will never go away like herpes..

 

[Redseadragon12]

Kind of sad to just watch them languish havent had a new polyp in over a year. Also I have other coral growing very well like SPS, anemones, toadstools. Fish are doing great never happier.

Even my green buttons and palythoa are flourishing. Only thing impacted is zoanthids so It must be infectious.

 

[Jyetman]

Kind of sad to just watch them languish havent had a new polyp in over a year. Also I have other coral growing very well like SPS, anemones, toadstools. Fish are doing great never happier.

Even my green buttons and palythoa are flourishing. Only thing impacted is zoanthids so It must be infectious.

This is the same with mine on going for almost five years now. The bigger ugly brown ones thrive but colorful smaller zoos eventually close and stay closed for months. They don't melt away, some isolated polyps disappear and others in colonies months later start to open up again. Vicious cycle when one colony recovers another close up very irritating to watch. It must be virus or something very tiny not seen by human eye because nothing seen in FW dips.