what is wrong with my zoas?

[xdannyxrocksx]

I have about 8 or 9 small frags of zoas but only about 3 of them are open...i also have cloves and a welso and candy cane..my zoas will not open but how is it that the rest of my coral is doing great my candy cane started with 3 heads and now has about 9 so i dont understand what is wrong with my zoas..im fairly new to coral period so excuse if its such a newby question.

amonia-0
nitrates-0
nitrites- this one is actually bad im going to switch filtration systems soon
calcium its steady at about 600
magnessium is high tho im trying to fight Bryopsis

if any question please ask and hope somebody can help..thank you guys in advance

 

[ozzyvega]

are they new?

 

[xdannyxrocksx]

some are some are about 2 months old

 

[ozzyvega]

did you light acclimate?

 

[xdannyxrocksx]

they are all still at the bottom i have not gotten a response from any of them.

 

[ShawnKPD]

Something you might want to check is the phosphate level. However, I don't think that's nearly as important as your Alk level. I see your Calcium is staying steady at 600 (little high, but should be a problem for zoas) so your Alkalinity may not be low. However, if it is it will cause your Ph to swing more erratically and the Ph swing is something that will keep zoas irritated. Just a thought- Shawn

 

[nanchil]

May be it is getting nibbed by any fishes? Or getting irritated by hermit crabs or the small stars? Did you notice anything like that?

 

[mfinn]

nitrites- this one is actually bad im going to switch filtration systems soon
calcium its steady at about 600
magnessium is high tho im trying to fight Bryopsis

I'm assuming you meant nitrates. What exactly does the test say?
What are you using for filtration?
Calcium is way to high. Get it back down to around 400 to 425 with water changes. That will help with the nitrates.

Is there any bryopsis in or around the polyps that won't open?

What exactly are you doing with the mag to fight it?

 

[xdannyxrocksx]

its a wet dry. with bio balls and yea i know its a factory of nitrates, im keeping the lever of mag at about 1550 or so just trying different methods out but still no luck..am i doing something wrong? i will be throwing out the bio balls soon and go to a fuge...

 

[mfinn]

How much live rock and how big of a tank is it?

 

[mfinn]

Even if the mag is Tech M mag. the level isn't high enough to affect bryopsis.
If it isn't Tech M, no amount of it will have any affect on it.

 

[xdannyxrocksx]

i have a 40 breeder, with roughly 35 pounds of live rock and about another 35 of live sand. It is tech m

 

[xdannyxrocksx]

did zoanthid eating nudis, i have done a dip of the tropic marin iodine. I guess i found my problem

 

[Dave VG]

Good article about this.

http://www.practicalcoralfarming.com/zoonudis.html

 

[nanchil]

did zoanthid eating nudis, i have done a dip of the tropic marin iodine. I guess i found my problem

Always dip your frags in RO water with iodine before you introduce into your tank.

 

[xdannyxrocksx]

yea i will now...newby mistake got to learn some way.