Zoa Healing Help

[xabbasx7]

Anyone have tips on how to heal zoas faster after fragging?

I fragged a red hornet and its been about two weeks and it hasn't fully opened up yet.

How long can it take to heal?

 

[milesofreefs]

how did you frag it? did you scrape? did you actually cut it? a good frag should be open by the next day or two. i like to scrape...

 

[xabbasx7]

I used a blade and scraped it off, at least tried to scrape it off but might have ended up cutting it at its base. If it did injure would it heal back eventually? It did survive, but I'm wondering why its taking so long to open up fully. Still in the process of healing maybe?

 

[milesofreefs]

I used a blade and scraped it off, at least tried to scrape it off but might have ended up cutting it at its base. If it did injure would it heal back eventually? It did survive, but I'm wondering why its taking so long to open up fully. Still in the process of healing maybe?

could still be healing. maybe it was the way you glued it did you glue any of the side of the polyp? if its still there and slightly opening it should be ok maybe move it around the tank. maybe theres to much flow on it or to much light.

 

[A. Grandis]

I would leave it alone.
The more you move it around the worse it will probably get.
I would find the spot I wanted it and place it there for good.
I'm sorry but nobody knows when it's going to heal.
That will depend on too many variables.

Grandis.

 

[MUCHO REEF]

Anyone have tips on how to heal zoas faster after fragging?

I fragged a red hornet and its been about two weeks and it hasn't fully opened up yet.

How long can it take to heal?

No one can say. Far too many variables come into play from what you have shared.

1. How long has it been in your tank before you fragged it?

2. How big was the colony you fragged it from, meaning how many polyps orginally?

3. Did you remove it and frag it or did you frag this single polyp in tank?

4. If you damaged it, did you swab it with Lugols as Lugouls has medicinal properties which will aid in the quick healing process?

5. What did you do with it after you fragged it. Did you reattach it to something? If so, what and how?

6. Did you do any reading on how to frag?


If fragged correctly they heal withiw a fee days but it's best to let them sit untouched for at least a week. Fragging in and of itself is traumatic, so really no one can give you an answer right now. I would leave it on the substrate, slightly off center of any pendant lighting if you have it, in line with current, run your actinics only for 2 days if possible, it won't negatively affect anything in your system. At this point it is just wait and see my friend. Good luck and I hope it comes around for you soon.


MUCHO REEF
TOTM - AUGUST 2003