Zoos melting

Primetime33

Primetime33

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I have noticed that a few of my Zoo colonies appear to be melting. Could this be due to my current low Mag level or more likely due to the low nutrient tank? I have been using Prodibio for the last 4 months and have noticed my zoos melting over the last week or so. I have a SPS domintated tank but love zoos as well. Is Prodibio and zoos not a good mix?


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Thank you,
Brock
 
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wow primtime, seems like you and I are going through the same thing..check out my post...wierd thing is that I have started dosing to get to low nutrient levels as well...
 
I have some friends with majority SPS loaded tank that run zero nutrient tanks and CAN'T keep zoa's. but know of some that CAN keep them in a zeo tank.
 
I am going to see what happens over the next week or so. If things get worse, I will sell my Purple deaths and Jokers, I know they are palys but dont want to lose them this way.
 
Why sell, have some friends hold them for you. THey grow fast and you can give them a couple polyps as a payment for holding them for you.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12374309#post12374309 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by delsol650
Why sell, have some friends hold them for you. THey grow fast and you can give them a couple polyps as a payment for holding them for you.
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Good point !!! :)
 
My 120 was a 0 nutrient tank without any store bought "systems", then I switched to Prodibio to help feed the corals and get some colors back in my sps. The whole time I never had any problems with zoas melting. They cetainly don't multiply as fast in a clean system, but they never melted either. Only time I would have a problem was if I got some frags from a dirty tank. I had to be real careful how I put them in my tank and where, or they would close up and never reopen. Although, I have since started to dose Vitamin C and that seems to have stopped as well.
tom
 
I have heard a few people commenting on the C dosing but I cant find the link..does anybody have that thread subscribed and can post??Thanks
 
yeah found it...what a shock the search not working!! thanks primetime...What do you think? is it c dose time??
 
I agree with the lower nutrient thing being hard on zoas. Everytime I do a water change my zoas look terrible while my SPS and LPS look wonderful. I lose the majority of my zoas a couple of days after a water change. I would dip those in RO/DI for a minute and then dose the tank with Vitamin C.
 
I will read up on the Vitamin C dosing thread. I like to read a lot before doing anything.

Harley, my zoos have not gotten worse but not any better either. hopefully I have gotten through this w/o more damage.
 
I agree on reading up on it. Most of what you will hear is subjective. Many of the vitamin c brands have gelatin and other inert ingredients in them that will make your skimmer act up. One that that you will most likely not find is any "vitamin C killed my tank" results.
 
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