zao problem question

[imarkspeed]

ok i have had them for a while and they were doing great but now it looks like something ate thier lims off and these are the only one that look like this . anyone have any idea maybe of what it can be . i think its my flame angel but i hope its not hes been nipping on sps . and i check it at night also and i dont see anything eating it .

 

[john68camaro]

Try doing a dip. You may see a parasite come off that would explain this. On some of mine before I put them in my tank, I found some of the zoo eating I think they are called pyramid snails. Try also doing a google search on it and it should pop up with a picture. Good luck

 

[ducktales]

what kind of dip are you referring to? fresh water? iodine?

 

[Cymaster007]

Id try fresh water first, then let it sit for a day, if no improvement, try iodine. May even be the lighting, how old are the bulbs?

 

[imarkspeed]

im going to dip them but its not the lights for sure they are only 2months old

 

[fastandsneaky]

as stated in other forums, never do a freshwater dip, it will stress the coral out more than it already is. Use your tank water or even fresh saltwater with iodine, revive, or furan2 dip. Using freshwater, you dont have the same pH and other params, its like sticking a human in a chamber full of methane. THe same things happened to my PPE and in a week or two they were back to normal

 

[Cymaster007]

Ive done multiple fresh water dips and not had any major problems- but then, maybe i have just been lucky. I do know that my freshwater dip before has nuked a zoa eating nudi and a few other evil critters.

 

[imarkspeed]

fastandsneaky what did u dip them in

 

[fastandsneaky]

i dipped them in coral revive and sometimes furan2 when i suspect zoapox. freshwater isnt always bad but there are steps that need to be taken as in the same pH temp and what not to cause the least amount of stress.