I thought you waited a week between doses? Do you still do less time the second time around?
Treating zoanthids
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I thought you waited a week between doses? Do you still do less time the second time around?
macdaddynick1
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That is indeed a zoa pox and I've noticed this problem to be more prevelant when you have big temperature swings. And I'm guessing when you change your water you don't match there temperature with your tank. Or your tank experiences other types of temp swings . Furan 2 will help and popping those things become a dip is also good. But it will come back if your colonies get weaker
I do 3 days on and 3 off but if things look like they arent getting consectutively better,,I treat again the next day, two packets of furan 2 to a gallon of clean fresh saltwater,,,,a mild dose but I let them in for 30 minutes,,running a turkey baster inter mittingly,,luckily you have one colony with pox,,Im dealing with 15 colonies flus frag zoas too,,its become crazy time consuming.mentally stressful trying to keep track of whats what and whos who......I cleaned heaters and power heads and skimmer spotless before my treatments but my tank is in basement and cant control these temps swings even close with these crazy weather patterns up north here.. .... tried foam sheets to baracade the tank/sump at night and my temp get too warm,,them if I take one p[iece down then it gets too cold,,cant win
I have the tank set at 80 and I keep a heater in the mix water. It has to be between 78-80. I only change 4 out of 45 gallons once a week. I will see if my temp drops on this weekend's water change.
Here is the pic after dip 3. I also went through late last night picked most of the white spots of in a bucket and used a turkey baster to rinse as I go. It looked really good after doing that. I wish I would of done it before treating tonight. Since I used the same mix today's in a row, does anyone think it could hurt to do 4 days in a row or should I give it the 2 days off?
jasonandsarah
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I wonder if it would be benifical to cut off the couple in the middle that look really bad? The ones on the outside edges are starting to look a lot better.
Out of curiosity why do you keep your tank at 80°? Idk if that would cause the problem because I've never had zoa pox but from what I know 80° is definitely on the upper end of the temp scale for a reef tank. I personally keep my tank at 76° and don't ever like it going above 78°...
Out of curiosity why do you keep your tank at 80°? Idk if that would cause the problem because I've never had zoa pox but from what I know 80° is definitely on the upper end of the temp scale for a reef tank. I personally keep my tank at 76° and don't ever like it going above 78°...
When I was scrapping the white off, a few of the polyps actually just fell off also since the white was so deep in to the polyp.
I just recently raised my tank from 78-79 to 80. I was reading a bunch in articles on zoanthids and treating them. One or two of the articles talked about keeping the reef on the more high side of normal for temperature. I forget the exact reason but I just raised it to give it a try. I had also read an article by Randy Holmes-Farley here on reef central temperature can go 76-83. It also said that in the ocean, the greatest number of corals are found in waters 83-86. I haven't noticed a difference so i might just lower it back.
From what I remember... Tanks kept on the high side tend to spread disease faster and tanks on the low side (slower metabolism's) spread slower. One reason people like lower tank temps. I believe Farley also recommended that keeping temp stable was more important than fixating upon the actual setpoint of the thermometer. FWIW, my tank is 79-80.
All true. I think I need to start checking my mixing bucket and see what the actual temp is. For all I know, it could be 85 and I just don't notice. It doesn't feel warmer to the touch but who knows. I have the heater set between 78-80 on the dial. My reef has a controller that reads the temp and adjust as needed. If I have any plans to continue keeping zoas, this might be a good place to start correcting a few things.
So I came home from work today and most of my corals are closed up. The tank has a little bit of a cloud to it. There are lots and lots of bubbles in my overflow towards like foaming a little. And my protein skimmer has bubbled over. Any suggestions on what might've caused this?
Just a quick update. I turned off the protein skimmer. I replaced all my carbon in the aquarium. I did almost a 20% water change. And I'm just going to have to watch it for the night. A few things that have changed over the week in my aquarium. I have added the MP 10 to replace my wave maker. So I've seen a lot more stuff getting blown up from my bare bottom reef. I have also added a bio pellet reactor about a week ago. But I only put in half of the recommended pellets.
