Tough break. The blood shots are like others have said notorious for melting, or closing and disappearing. I have had a few run in's with things like this. Usually it takes time. Constant inspection for algae growth, or pests. I have experimented with a few things. Peroxide works, however most every time when they finally reopen, their color is washed out so bad! I have Utters that did this and it's been 2 months and the color is not completely back yet. But the last time I had zoa's not open for 2 weeks, I took them out and let them sit in my bathroom on a towel on the counter for an hour, no lights on. I basically let them start to dry up. It's ridiculous sounding I know. I had accidentally left out zoa's for 3 hours after cutting and once put in the tank, they were open in like 10 min. What made me want to try it, is that most corals will do a "water change" like an anemone. Which zoa's and paly's kind of are. Chalices do this as well. So I thought that with them drying out slightly in ambient temperature once placed back in the tank with low light and no flow that they would do a "water change." I have only done it once, and within 30 min they had opened. Not completely, but I would say about 40 percent. They did this for 3 days. Since they have been completely open. Just something I tried. But looking forward to hearing how this all turns out. Take care
I started a sort of reef insurance with local guys here in case something happend to my nicer pieces I would have backups to get them back. I also ended with some nice pieces from others as well.
