bleached zoas.

[skyz]

i wonder if zoas are bleach, and i keeping them at the same spot. will the color come back or ithe zoas will die? sps too?

thanks in advance.

 

[oceanparadise1]

i would def trying movin them, they are bleacing for a reason and part of it could be they dont like where they are

 

[skyz]

but they are growing out babies lol, thats the reason idont want to move them. just wonder if tehy will die later on?

thanks

 

[roshi719]

Did you just change the lighting on them recently?

 

[gflat65]

Or started stripping anything (PO4, etc.)?

 

[skyz]

i just got them from another reefer, been in my tank for about a month already.
the color look more pale.

thanks

 

[roshi719]

Do you have different lighting than your friend?

 

[skyz]

he got 200 gal about 1500watts mh
i got 16 gal with 150 watt mh

 

[flricordia]

Are they white or are they brown? White, they are bleached but that is rare in zoas, brown they are getting too much light and the zooxnthillae algae is over prodcing which could eventually bring about oxygen poisoning. They can go brown/tan and survive though if there is enough food stuffs for the zoanthid to consume and provide enough nutrients for the increaseing algae. This is usually the case with zoanthids. Loose the color but can continue to reproduce and spread.

 

[skyz]

 

[jabber49]

Here is a colony that bleached on me...it is still living but has been that way for couple months. Not sure how to get the color back...moving didnt help