Zoas melting and white film problems

pow400

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Ill start off by saying that I dip everything I put in my tank with coralRx before adding it. I noticed this morning that one frag had the white film on it and the frag next to it had melted away almost half of its polyps. So after a panic and another dip with coralrx on both frags ( nothing has fallen off of the frags either time) I looked into the hydrogen peroxide method of 10% hp 90% water to try as a last ditch effort to save these frags. The melted frag bubbled a little ( no surprise I dont think there is a correlation between these zoas melting and the white filmed frag next to it.) but the white film frag bubbled like crazy, killing the fungus I am hoping. Then in the cup I was using to dip in the hydrogen peroxide solution I noticed a tiny light red thing floating, before I could get a picture I knocked it down into the cup. The frag that had the fungus now has this odd red color in this spot and I have no clue what it is. I just figured it might be some kind of burn from the hp solution. Can anyone give me some more steps to take regarding what to do with these frags and identify this weird red section.

EDIT: After looking over the picture I took this morning it seems that red area was there before the Hp dip so now I am really clueless. The picture with the frags side by side was from this morning while the one with me holding it is from after the dip.
 

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Looking closely at the pics it looks like not one zoanthid in the whole system is opened even the ones on rocks behind the frags in the back ground?

White mucus can happen for many reasons from bacteria, wounds , fish, pests, water and so on the list is endless.

Water parameters , maintanance sched , system specs and animal list will help for sure figure out the issue :)

From the looks They're not goners for what it's worth , keep them out of bright light though and in decent flow , turkey baste off any sign of film and figure out what the issue is before taking any serious steps.
 
The ones out of the picture farther back on the frag rack are open. The ones that are on the rock are actually some of the frags I got on Dec 31st. I had moved them off the rack to help give these frags, I got 8 frags on the 31st with three or four of them opening so far and then these two problem ones. I can update when I test the aquarium later today, the only thing I cant test is magnesium sadly.
 
I have a frag of zoas that have been in the tank for the last three months and they open everyday and seem to be growing. I have many small frags that are happy but none are more than a monthish old and I have noticed some small heads on some of the frags.
 
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