Zoa coral

Emma1234

Emma1234

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I'm relatively new to the hobby. I set up my first tank in July of this year. The

CA 420
MG 1400
Alk 120
Phosphate 0
Amonia 0

I have a Zoa in the tank and a much of it stays closed during the day. More of it was open when I first bought it. I've attached a picture. Is there anything I could do to promote the health of the zoa?

zoa.jpg

Thanks
 
Usually when they stay closed it's because they don't like the light level or current. Try placing it lower in the tank and changing the amoutn of flow it's getting.
 
Cloak,

Do you dip them into bucket of RO/DI water. How long to you keep them in there? I don't see any pests on the Zoas. Would they be easy to see or are they microscopic?

Thanks
 
Does anyone know if my clean up crew could be impacting the snails. Is it a bad idea to have a clean up crew with Zoas?
 
Emma1234 said:
Cloak,

Do you dip them into bucket of RO/DI water. How long to you keep them in there? I don't see any pests on the Zoas. Would they be easy to see or are they microscopic?

Thanks
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Actually I have really good tap water, so I just hold them under the faucet for about a minute or so. Placing them in a bucket of RO/DI water would also work, just make sure to shake them vigorously. They'll most likely all close up at first, but after about an hour or so in the DT they should start to open up again.
As far as these pests go, they're not necessarily microscopic, but they can be hard to spot. The best time I've found to hunt is as soon as the lights come on in the morning. You'll want to be looking for nudibranchs, sea spiders, Sundial snails and Asterina stars. If you happen to find one, just siphon it out with some vinyl tubing. This can be a little tedious, but hopefully you won't have any pests to begin with. GL.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=632970
 
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Emma1234 said:
I'm relatively new to the hobby. I set up my first tank in July of this year. The

CA 420
MG 1400
Alk 120
Phosphate 0
Amonia 0

I have a Zoa in the tank and a much of it stays closed during the day. More of it was open when I first bought it. I've attached a picture. Is there anything I could do to promote the health of the zoa?

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Thanks
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if you didn't attach it to a rock, move it to a spot with maybe less current and more light.
 
Emma1234 said:
Does anyone know if my clean up crew could be impacting the snails. Is it a bad idea to have a clean up crew with Zoas?
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you will be alright. the worst that will happen is a snail might try to eat algae off the surrounding area and bump into the Zoa polyps, but wont harm the Zoa. crabs wont eat the polyps. peppermint shrimp MIGHT attack long polyps like torches or branching hammers, but nothing serious if you keep an eye on things.

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Why wouldn't you want to shake it vigorously? Just because the pest might be dead, doesn't mean that if fell off the colony. Not to mention any detritus that may have accumulated.
 
cloak said:
Why wouldn't you want to shake it vigorously? Just because the pest might be dead, doesn't mean that it fell of the colony. Not to mention any detritus that may have accumulated.
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Would you shake your baby after giving it a bath?

vigourous shaking would cause it to stress out. taking longer to open. possibly damaging it and potentially killing it.

corals are fragile.

if you WANT to VIGOROUSLY shake a Zoa frag, go for it.
 
You can't really compare a baby to a zoa.

When I dip frags I always shake them under water vigorously. My corals are just fine. They aren't THAT fragile.
 
OnceTrueFalseBr said:
Would you shake your baby after giving it a bath?

vigourous shaking would cause it to stress out. taking longer to open. possibly damaging it and potentially killing it.

corals are fragile.

if you WANT to VIGOROUSLY shake a Zoa frag, go for it.
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Were not talking about babies here hot shot and corals are a lot more durable than you might think... It's not like your putting the coral in a paint shaker or nothing, just swishing it around in a bucket of freshwater water trying to shake loose anything that's not attached. You know what, you may not have read what I said about rinsing all of my frags under the faucet. What could be worse then tap water, right?

Have a nice day... :)
 
cloak said:
Were not talking about babies here hot shot, and corals are a lot more durable than you might think... It's not like your putting the coral in a paint shaker or nothing, just swishing it around in a bucket of freshwater water trying to shake loose anything that's not attached. You know what, you may not have read what I said about rinsing all of my frags under the faucet. What could be worse then tap water, right?

Have a nice day... :)
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shakin gloose in a bucket of water is not exactly VIGOROUSLY SHAKING something... IF you're in the NEWBIE forum, which i believe you are in, and you tell people to shake something VIGOROUSLY, you're telling me that you cant imagine how that could be translated to a newbie, tough guy?

Enjoy your evening! :fish1:
 
Thanks for all this info. I'm going to give the Zoa a rinse in RO/DI water and i also order the Coral Rx from Amazon. I'll update you later as to how it went.
 
OMG Stop shaking your babies people. There are laws against this! Haven't you ever heard of shaken baby syndrome, where the brain is bruised from colliding with the inside of the skull from the vigorous shaking.

Of course its the same with Zoas and other corals...wait a minute...they don't have skulls or brains for that matter. Never mind.

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