zoos need help asap

[truthdesigns]

I just got home from my snowbaording trip and my zoos are not looking so hot. Pics to explain

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/dripbmx/2-3.jpg">

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/dripbmx/1-6.jpg">

 

[thecichlidpleco]

Well, how long were you gone for and did you have a responsible babysitter?

 

[mvite]

Yeah--It's not looking good from here but there are definitely some blanks.

Like the questions above and--Were any new corals added recently?

Even the zoas behind the big group look hurtin'--post back and update us.

 

[geoxman]

I would first test your water parameters and let us know what they are-mainly alk and PH. They seemed too stressed to do a FW dip. Just check levels and get back to us. good luck

 

[truthdesigns]

wow,
ph is at 7.8 - 8
Nitrates or at 40
Saltinity is 1.024
I don't have a alk test.

This is a 2.5 gallon tank with a homemade overflow into a Aqua Clear 20 filter. I have one 26watt 6500k buld and one 9watt attinic bulb. My rics and torch coral look really good. I added the zoos about 3 days before I left town. They were about 50% open. Now they look really stretched and nasty. I need to do some research on small reef tanks. Should I do a 50% water change which would be about a gallon? Also The zoas are getting alot of water current do they not like to much flow?

 

[mvite]

Ouch! I would do a water change for sure. Half is good.

Maybe the zoas weren't any good to begin with?

As long as its not totally directed at them, they like some current--in my experience.

 

[truthdesigns]

So I pulled the zoos out and started fragging them when i noticed that some spots on the rock they are on smells really bad and has alot of black dead spots. I tried to frag as many as I could and I ended up with a lot of small frags. I did do a 50% water change and today the zoos look a lot better but they still are not 100% open. I post you with some pics later!

 

[truthdesigns]

here are some pics, I have noticed that there is a spong looking thing on the zoos that are in the 1st and 2nd pic, I have had those for about two months now and they just started closing up. Pic 3 and 4 are the new zoos. I have a crap load of pods in this tank. Would they be upsetting them?

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/dripbmx/8.jpg">

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/dripbmx/4-3.jpg">

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/dripbmx/5-2.jpg">

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/dripbmx/3-3.jpg">

 

[zeppelin]

The bad smell and black indicate decaying sponge. That takes out allot of freshly imported zoos. During initial shipping there is always sponge die off. I always use a solution of about 10-15% peroxide(the solution you get at any drug store)/90% freshwater to dip them. It kills any bad bacteria forming on the decaying sponge. Fragging them was a good thing, so you can see the sponge. Scrape as much of the sponge off the rock as you can first, do a dip, and the zoos should recover. Good luck.

 

[nUgZ]

With such a small tank, anything that dies can cause a big problem.

 

[jpeggerling]

I think your babysitter killed them. LOL ( I ****ed in your tank )