razorskiss
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Zoanthids still open up during the day, but I noticed these white things on the tissue and was concerned. They look kinda like spirorbids but I hadn't heard of them growing on soft coral tissue before.
Are these spirorbids growing on my zoanthids?
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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That's certainly what it looks like, although I've never seen them growing on tissue either. As long as the zoas are still opening, I wouldn't worry too much.
But do post updates!
But do post updates!
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looks like it maybe, I'd give them more flow at the very least. And if you are very careful you can try to manually remove them from the polyps. Make sure to wear eye pro, a mask and gloves obviously. I've never seen this happen but I have had Aiptasia nems grow directly on Zoa polyps that were kept in lower flow, move them so you can see them moving in flow and it should happen less at least IME.
razorskiss
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This particular colony is probably on the lowest flow region of my "zoa rock". I might give a day or two to see if the heads still open reliably or not and, if not, move the frag towards a part of the rock that gets more flow.
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I took a look this morning after lights on, it was only at 5% so not every head was open but basically every stalk that had spirorbids was pretty fully open already. I guess I'll wait and see
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I'll probably also pause dosing daily phyto for a week or so and see how things respond. No fish in the tank so that's basically the only source of external food.
