Do my zoas look normal to you?

Rupture Reefer · Mar 11, 2019

Ok, wow. That is a lot longer then I thought. These are a colony of Radioactive Dragoneyes. Now I am not too worried about them dying/being dead.
So thanks for all the replies. I am going to get several test kits today. Should I also get nitrite to see if there was somehow a problem, or just not worry about it and get the others?

ylreefer · Mar 11, 2019

All very good info above and nothing more to add to that really except from the photo I don't see any sing of zoa pox. So yes agree they probably are fine and just have yet to acclimate to your conditions. Definitely get some salifert test kits as you will be using them weekly if not more once you start adding corals.

OREGONIC · Mar 11, 2019

Rupture Reefer said:
Ok, wow. That is a lot longer then I thought. These are a colony of Radioactive Dragoneyes. Now I am not too worried about them dying/being dead.
So thanks for all the replies. I am going to get several test kits today. Should I also get nitrite to see if there was somehow a problem, or just not worry about it and get the others?

If your LFS will test your nitrite levels for you I wouldn’t worry about getting that test kit. You shouldn’t really need ot once properly cycled and will probably only use a handful of times. If they wont just a cheap API nitrite kit would be sufficient. If you have a few extra bucks to spend on a test kit get a hannah checker for alk, you will be testing alk more then anything else as your hobby grows and it makes testing super easy. Salifirt or red sea test kits are good enough for cal, mag, nitrate, phosphate.