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LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know my coral and frozen food arrived yesterday!

Some of the zoas have opened, but the others are still closed pretty tight. I'm hoping they're still just getting over shock from the travel.

Thanks again!

rgrking · Spawning

awesome!!!! NEED PICS!!!!

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

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awesome!!!! NEED PICS!!!!

I will post some if/when the zoas open up

billrob71 · Will work for CLAMS

estanoche · I <3 the LEFT COAST!

ohhhh the hecklers have descended at full force!!!

lol

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

Hehehehe Jeez, guys, the coral hasn't opened up yet!!! All it'd be is a pic of closed-up zoas!! :P

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

Well it's not lookin' too good. Going on day 3 of unopened zoas, and they just seem to be getting tighter and slowly melting away. The colony that came attached to a small piece of rock is growing a white fungus. I've had this type of fungus in the past in a different tank, and it spreads fast, and no matter what you do to try to get rid of it (coral dip, HP dip, wiping it off, etc) it always comes back, until it covers the whole colony and the zoas die.

Not sure what all is going to survive, but I'm not holding high hopes. All the other zoas I have in there that came from my 2 gallon are fine, thank goodness. But these new zoas just don't look like they're gonna make it.

rgrking · Spawning

Well I know you know how to cure thing on zoa's so I'm not sure what to do to help. Would any extra flow help? dip, flow, dip, flow. lol

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

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Well I know you know how to cure thing on zoa's so I'm not sure what to do to help. Would any extra flow help? dip, flow, dip, flow. lol

I did an HP dip last night and wiped off as much of the fungus as I could while the zoas were soaking. The fungus had already taken down two zoas

After the dip, I placed them in an area of high flow to make sure all the HP and (hopefully) fungus will stay off. If the HP didn't kill the fungus, I will see it back today, and know that they are pretty much doomed. I will be isolating them at that point to let them die, so they don't spread the infection to other zoas in my tank.

What a disappointment

Ready Aquatics · Newbie-Geek

sorry this is happening. We always send the best specimens to our customers and no fungi here either. Hope the treatments work and it doesn't spread to the other guys!

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

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sorry this is happening. We always send the best specimens to our customers and no fungi here either. Hope the treatments work and it doesn't spread to the other guys!

Unfortunately, the zoas never opened after I received them, and the treatments did not work. The fungus did not return, but the zoas were just too far gone that there really was no hope of them coming back. Now, there is just dead tissue left on the rock, and the loose polyps I received had been removed after they started decaying, too. Luckily, whatever they had did not spread to the rest of the zoas I had already had in my tank before adding these.

[1 (permalink)] Posted by LadyOfIreland 12-16-2011, 10:28 PM	Dr. Zoos
Coral Came! Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know my coral and frozen food arrived yesterday! Some of the zoas have opened, but the others are still closed pretty tight. I'm hoping they're still just getting over shock from the travel. Thanks again! __________________ One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish... Will work for coral "If wishes were fishes, we'd all have full tanks."	Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 867 Gameroom cash: $259040 Rep Power: 34
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[2 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 12-16-2011, 11:37 PM	Spawning
awesome!!!! NEED PICS!!!! __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[4 (permalink)] Posted by billrob71 12-17-2011, 08:51 AM	Will work for CLAMS
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[5 (permalink)] Posted by estanoche 12-17-2011, 11:52 AM	I <3 the LEFT COAST!
ohhhh the hecklers have descended at full force!!! lol __________________ SAY NO TO FISH STICKS!! Put screened and vented lids on your tanks! My 80 Gal. Reef Tank Build: So this is where all my money goes My 25 Gal. QT/Angler Cube: A place for my money to QT/grow out Member/VP of Spokane Coeur d Alene Reef Society Friend me up on FB too!	Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,799 Gameroom cash: $1235065 Rep Power: 116
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[6 (permalink)] Posted by LadyOfIreland 12-17-2011, 01:20 PM	Dr. Zoos
Hehehehe Jeez, guys, the coral hasn't opened up yet!!! All it'd be is a pic of closed-up zoas!! :P __________________ One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish... Will work for coral "If wishes were fishes, we'd all have full tanks."	Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 867 Gameroom cash: $259040 Rep Power: 34
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[7 (permalink)] Posted by LadyOfIreland 12-17-2011, 09:11 PM	Dr. Zoos
Well it's not lookin' too good. Going on day 3 of unopened zoas, and they just seem to be getting tighter and slowly melting away. The colony that came attached to a small piece of rock is growing a white fungus. I've had this type of fungus in the past in a different tank, and it spreads fast, and no matter what you do to try to get rid of it (coral dip, HP dip, wiping it off, etc) it always comes back, until it covers the whole colony and the zoas die. Not sure what all is going to survive, but I'm not holding high hopes. All the other zoas I have in there that came from my 2 gallon are fine, thank goodness. But these new zoas just don't look like they're gonna make it. __________________ One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish... Will work for coral "If wishes were fishes, we'd all have full tanks."	Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 867 Gameroom cash: $259040 Rep Power: 34
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[8 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 12-18-2011, 11:26 AM	Spawning
Well I know you know how to cure thing on zoa's so I'm not sure what to do to help. Would any extra flow help? dip, flow, dip, flow. lol __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[10 (permalink)] Posted by Ready Aquatics 12-21-2011, 11:33 AM	Newbie-Geek
sorry this is happening. We always send the best specimens to our customers and no fungi here either. Hope the treatments work and it doesn't spread to the other guys!	Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Jupiter FL Posts: 3 Gameroom cash: $1260 Rep Power: 2
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