Tank crashing due to Zoa Toxins

[Tek]

I was in a rush to finish fragging corals after a long day helping my buddy move to a new home and forgot to rinse the mother colonies before placing back into the display. I came home from the frag swap with slime covering most of the corals and it has killed at least 1/3rd of my corals. Lesson learned and now it seems to be killing more corals and my new frags. I changed 20% of the water and placed some carbon into the flow. Anything else to help?

 

[Lytehouse]

In the zoa forum, people often talk about dipping their zoas in ioding (lugols) or revive (for other types of coral) to relieve stress in situations like this.

 

[Glazner]

Tek, That sucks... I have some lugols if you need it. Also my son and I traded with you on some green zoas for some eagle eyes. I hope your eagle eyes make it, they are some of the best I have seen.... If the green zoas you got from me don't make it let me know and I will get you some more. I kinda felt bad when my son came back with that big eagle eye frag from you....I already fragged it in half. Maybe it's a good thing I got a big frag, It would suck, but at least I can get you started again on the eagle eyes if you have to. Hope it clears up for ya, keep us posted.

 

[Tek]

The Zoas seem to be just fine. The new Acan, birdnest, and some LPS are having issues.

I have plenty of those bright green skirt eagle eyes and it was a fair trade.

 

[Lytehouse]

The Zoas seem to be just fine. The new Acan, birdnest, and some LPS are having issues.

I have plenty of those bright green skirt eagle eyes and it was a fair trade.

For the acan and other lps, the revive may help just to clean them and give them a jump start.

The birdsnest, you'll have to watch for rtn/stn. If it starts, you will have to frag it soon or lose it.

You also may consider shorter lighting period or actinics only for a day or so and let the corals rest.

 

[soonerpuffer]

I had the same problem last time but it killed my pink zoa colony. I learned to be really careful make sure not to cut the zoa in the middle.

 

[cjilge]

skim like crazy, water changes, and carbon. A revive dip is not a bad idea either if needed. keep a close eye on them all. Sorry to hear it!

 

[Tek]

The water changes and carbon seems to have saved the rest of the LPS. The birdsnest is gone, but I have frags of it in my frag tank. The slime from the Zoas only killed/hurt corals it managed to touch, but the crash killed one of my new acan frags.

 

[Lytehouse]

Quick work on your part probably saved you from losing more.

Sorry it was as bad as it was.

 

[Tek]

My sailfin now has a fungus or a bacteria infection after this. I hope this is the last of the issues since everything else is recovering.