Zoanthid and toadstool touched...

[flipstyle72]

so while moving some coral about a week and half ago, the small rock of zoanthids i have fell and briefly touched my leather. I quickly moved it back, but it's been about a week now since that happened and maybe one of the zoanthid polyps still opens. The rest (10 or so) have not reopened. Could they be lost cause? goners...?

 

[cloak]

Probably not. Toadstools & zoanthids have always played nice together IME. Have you checked the zoanthids for pests? Sometimes this will make them close up for awhile. What are your parameters? How does everything else look?

Check this out.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=632970

 

[flipstyle72]

hmmm... that's good news i guess. lol wonder what it could be. I haven't noticed any pests. Some hermits occasionally climb on them but bugs or worms? not that i can see.

parameters:
ammonia - 0
Nitrates - 12 as of yesterday.
Phosphates - last week i believe it was 0.1 or 0.01 I don't recall off hand but I wrote it down
I hadn't checked nitrites in over a week though...

Tank seems fine. I have the toadstool and torch which have been in about 2-3 weeks and thriving. Just added A duncan and hammer yesterday which seem to be doing awesome. Also, have 3 rock flower anemone since the tank cycled that TBS gave me. All have been doing awesome.

2 clowns which were introduced about 3 weeks ago? also doing great and settled in nicely.

I DO have a little green algae on the glass near the sand bed and on one of the rocks it seems to have grown. I wouldn't say it's an outbreak, but I am not really sure how much is ok or not.

thanks for the link! reading now!

** oh also, i have another plug of zoos with about 12 polyps on it which seem to be doing fine.

 

[shesacharmer]

I have a group of Palys (similar to Zoas) snugged right up to my toadstool and they do fine. I'm sure they will rebound from their fall but take them out and look for a bristle worm or other pest bothering them.