Zoa Pox

[aydemir]

I'm almost certain my zoas have zoa pox, I don't have any furan 2 on hand, is there any other way to cure the disease? I'm ordering some, but it will be here fastest a week from now. Also, if they do survive that long, can I dose the Furan 2 right in the tank or should I remove the zoos and dose outside the tank?

 

[650-IS350]

NO do not dose in the tank.

http://www.zoaid.com/articles004.php

 

[aydemir]

would melafix work?

 

[650-IS350]

Don't know. I use the tried and proven method. Furan2. If it aint broke.....

 

[leveldrummer]

they will survive a while with pox being closed up and ****ed off, get the furan, remove the zoas and treat, if you have some zoas attached to rock that you cant remove, just treat the ones you can and place them off alone back into the tank and see if they do ok.

 

[aydemir]

would it be ok to seperate them from the tank through the whole treatment? I have a bucket I could effectively QT them in, and provide adequate flow and temp, but I wouldn't have lighting. I just don't want to keep placing it back and forth in between the tank and dip

 

[650-IS350]

You can use... PAR32 clamp on . on the bucket while your treating. But in reality its really a DIP treatment. You dip in a separate bucket with the solution for a certain amount of time, rinse completely then place back in tank. That's how i've always done it.

 

[aydemir]

Yes, I would dip it in a seperate container/bucket, but can I keep in a seperate QT bucket throughout the whole process? I don't want the pox to spread to my other patch of zoos

 

[650-IS350]

honestly if its in your main tank potential others already have it. I've had it in my old 100 gal before where Z's on one side got it and off course Z's all the way on the other side also had it. I spent a 2 hours or so, dipping 100's of frags and colonies and having to rinse every single one and place them back in the tank.

Yes tedious but I got every single one treated.

 

[leveldrummer]

im with charles, remove the frags you can, dip them all, rinse and replace back into the tank in an isolate location together for viewing. If you want to QT them all for this process, feel free, it sure wont hurt anything, but i dont think its needed.

 

[aydemir]

Ok thanks for the advice guys, just waiting on the Furan 2 atm :worried2:

 

[GrampaDon]

Is the newer API , Furan-2 that is in packet form equal to 1 tablet.??

 

[aydemir]

I think 1 powder pack treats 10 gallons and there is 10 per pack

 

[Zack_Man777]

whats zoa pox? ive never heard of it and would like to know what it is just incase my zoas get infected.

 

[650-IS350]

see the link i posted above

 

[heckeng]

Also, after and during your treatment, move them as low as you can in the tank, they will bleach really easily after the treatment.

 

[aydemir]

Also, after and during your treatment, move them as low as you can in the tank, they will bleach really easily after the treatment.

Can I do lights out or would that stress them even more? There would still be a decent amount of ambient light around the tank

 

[xabbasx7]

Not suppose to put the furan 2 in tank. I think safer route is to use outside.

I also dose vitamin c sometimes to help with recovery as mstansbery suggests.

 

[650-IS350]

Just follow the link above, you shouldn't have issues. im on the if it aint broke then dont try to fix it by adding more additives in your tank.

 

[aydemir]

about to treat now, I'm using a 1 litre container, do I use the dose of furan 2 as stated by API or do I just use the whole powder packet (treats 10 gallons)
Also, when is it ok to add new zoanthids to the tank? I have some in QT right now that are not affected by pox