Rasta zoas being irritated.

[degibson84]

My tank is a 220 gallon display with an eshopps fuge. I run a gravity fed turf scrubber over the fuge with a BRS dual reactor hog and carbon. The skimmer is a tunze 9410. My lighting is an older Catalina 6 bulb t5 unit with moonlights that run 24/7. Each t5 is 80w running 3 blue plus 2 coral plus and a purple plus. The substrate came from reefrocks.net with the purchase of my dry rock.

As far as corals. I have a large bubble, two small acan colonies, a large frogspawn, hydnophora colony, a few different zoas, few different mushrooms and a local reefer just have me a monti cap frag. The only corals being affected were the Rastas. I moved them and they look great. One of the acans colonies is being touched by one of the hydroids and so is the bubble. Neither shows any signs of being affected.

 

[reefwars]

My tank is a 220 gallon display with an eshopps fuge. I run a gravity fed turf scrubber over the fuge with a BRS dual reactor hog and carbon. The skimmer is a tunze 9410. My lighting is an older Catalina 6 bulb t5 unit with moonlights that run 24/7. Each t5 is 80w running 3 blue plus 2 coral plus and a purple plus. The substrate came from reefrocks.net with the purchase of my dry rock.

As far as corals. I have a large bubble, two small acan colonies, a large frogspawn, hydnophora colony, a few different zoas, few different mushrooms and a local reefer just have me a monti cap frag. The only corals being affected were the Rastas. I moved them and they look great. One of the acans colonies is being touched by one of the hydroids and so is the bubble. Neither shows any signs of being affected.

the bubble will be more resistant as it has alot of flesh but the acans are def prone to them especially the rock its on.

hydroids cant grow on slimy flesh , they attach to polyp stalks, rocks,sand etc. so softies like leathers, gorgs are usually safe. clams are a easy target as their shell is ideal but the clam its self is safe

some corals will not get affected but some will

the ATS will help with nutrient export and absorption but isnt as effective as carbon dosing is as it targets two differnt things , one targets algae to absorb nutrients while the other feeds and cultivates a highly aggressive strain of denitrifying bacteria to reduce nutrients , the bacterias waste is then exported using mechanical filtration(oversized skimmer)

you could look into VSV dosing but im not familiar with your skimmer so it would have to be rated for about twice your system volume, also VSV requires very detailed dosing and needs to be done daily or every other day , risk of overdosing is an issue as well .

 

[degibson84]

My skimmer is not rated that much higher than my system. I think it was rated for close to 300 gallons.

Another member told me to try Red Sea nopox. I am going to research it a little more. But it sounds very good. He also said that he doses just under the maintenance dose to keep slight levels of po4 and nitrate.

 

[reefwars]

My skimmer is not rated that much higher than my system. I think it was rated for close to 300 gallons.

Another member told me to try Red Sea nopox. I am going to research it a little more. But it sounds very good. He also said that he doses just under the maintenance dose to keep slight levels of po4 and nitrate.

ive no exerience with that product but may be worth a shot if reviews are good


heres my experience with pests and " cures " , if its a solid cure then most the hobby world would know about it or be on it , if its brand spanking new then you may be the guinea pig and if it works then great

our hobby is full of things that work miracles and things that are lemons , if its a good product the hobbyist will have a review down for you somewhere


wish i had an easy cure for you