Are they dying!?!

anew2thereef · Oct 9, 2019

Hey Reefers,

My twizlers zoas... Are they dying?..? I did a revive dip on them then a fresh RODI water dip (15 mins) each dip and now they have strage black tips on them I’ve never seen this before! Can anyone give me any info of whats going on with them

Thanks

A. grandis · Oct 9, 2019

You did a Revive dip AND fresh water for 15min each?
Why?
And you still ask why they are closed? ;Wideyed

Fishfinder · Oct 9, 2019

first, never freshwater dip coral. Second, what caused you to want to dip them?

TheShrimpNibbler · Oct 9, 2019

15 minutes is way too long. Never FW dip for more than 5 minutes

anew2thereef · Oct 9, 2019

Thanks for the response guys..... When I bought them from the LFS they had a tiny bit brown hair algae, so I put the coral maybe with 6 blue legged hermit crabs in a QT tank that I have.. after observing for about three weeks they started to have like a peeling to them. Sooo I was like ok let’s try a dip of revive and saltwater first then rinse with some RODI water and turkey bastering. But after seeing this I put them back in the QT. The other zoas I did the same thing with blow pop zoa’s and they’re loving it! came home after work and they were open but the twizlers are not I don’t get it...

Thanks
Ariel

A. grandis · Oct 10, 2019

Neither Revive or fresh water dip are appropriate to eliminate algae from zoanthids.
Algae will exist in any mature system. Not to worry too much unless it's in high proportions.
Let them rest and they will come back. There is not much to do for them right now. Just avoid overexpose them to light (specially under LEDs!) or anything that could irritate them like those hermit crabs.