MattyDoldilini
New Member
Hey guys I’m wondering if I can get some clarity on an issue that has just come up on my tank regarding my zoas.
back in March my tank broke out with what I suspected to be velvet so I had to move all my fish in qt and go fallow for the 76 days period to wipe out the parasite. In this time I really focused on my 2 zoa frags and trying to get them growing at a decent rate. Everything was going great, actually I had some really nice extensions and huge polyps on my zoa. My fallow period ended about 2 weeks ago and I added my pair of clownfish as they were the only ones to survive the outbreak.
Everything was going fine until about a week ago I noticed my once full zoas looked very deflated and almost lifeless. I checked water parameters and my nitrates were a bit high about 20ppm so I did a water change and cleaned my sump out as well. There’s not detection of ammonia or nitrite in the water column and I replenish nutrients via water change with coral salt pro.
could the issue be that the fish were added? I tried adjusting flow. Ext but nothing seems to be working. Pics below are before and after. Any insight is much appreciated! Thanks!
back in March my tank broke out with what I suspected to be velvet so I had to move all my fish in qt and go fallow for the 76 days period to wipe out the parasite. In this time I really focused on my 2 zoa frags and trying to get them growing at a decent rate. Everything was going great, actually I had some really nice extensions and huge polyps on my zoa. My fallow period ended about 2 weeks ago and I added my pair of clownfish as they were the only ones to survive the outbreak.
Everything was going fine until about a week ago I noticed my once full zoas looked very deflated and almost lifeless. I checked water parameters and my nitrates were a bit high about 20ppm so I did a water change and cleaned my sump out as well. There’s not detection of ammonia or nitrite in the water column and I replenish nutrients via water change with coral salt pro.
could the issue be that the fish were added? I tried adjusting flow. Ext but nothing seems to be working. Pics below are before and after. Any insight is much appreciated! Thanks!
