LarryW
Premium Member
So I got home around 5ish, let out our dogs, and I check the 7g. I had about 10 nudi's on a small zoa frag that I had. They had pretty much mowed it down. well, I am not sure if the zoas tried to defend themselves, but the tank was cloudy, all of my other zoas were closed, and my rics, well..... most had melted away... My two fish were fine. So I freaked, and did a 70% WC. The temp in the tank was 80.3, and I didn't check my Water params, since I was trying to hurry and get the WC started. So, I mixed new SW with a mag 9 to get it to clear quickly, and added it to the tank. I pulled the entire zoa frag out, and did a FW dip to get the nudi's off. I then added carbon to the HOB filter, and doubled the amount I usually use to try to clear the tank up.... I then turned off the lights, and hoped i saved a couple. Well This morning the tank is a little cloudy, the fish were still ok, but a couple rics that were already melting are now gone. 
i lost the large mother ric, and most of the babies. I was able to save about 6 i think. The ones that melted were near the top of the rock and close to the zoa frag that got attacked. I'm kinda at a loss as to what happened. I think it was chem warefare, as while I was pulling water out of the tank, my finger tips were tingling... I just felt sick to my stomach afterwards. I was lucky that was the only casulity, but it was a big one. Hopefully the other ones make it though today. I plan on changing the carbon when I get home tonight. the rics that were on the bottom of the rock are the ones that survived. They were the farthest away from the zoas, and in slightly higher flow.
i lost the large mother ric, and most of the babies. I was able to save about 6 i think. The ones that melted were near the top of the rock and close to the zoa frag that got attacked. I'm kinda at a loss as to what happened. I think it was chem warefare, as while I was pulling water out of the tank, my finger tips were tingling... I just felt sick to my stomach afterwards. I was lucky that was the only casulity, but it was a big one. Hopefully the other ones make it though today. I plan on changing the carbon when I get home tonight. the rics that were on the bottom of the rock are the ones that survived. They were the farthest away from the zoas, and in slightly higher flow.
it's just one of those things with reef keeping. 
