Giving up

poomba · Oct 20, 2012

Have you ever just given up on a strain in your tank? My red people eaters used to thrive in my tank, but in the last six months they have just sort of shrunk in size and lost all their luster. Nothing else has changed, everything else in the tank is getting better and better. Its just so frustrating, as they have been in my tank for over a year and are now two colonies. Thats the other wierd part, the two colonies have different light and different flow but my system just cant keep Hawaiian PEs happy (my galactic pe is going out too).

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Wesley42079 · Oct 20, 2012

Sorry to hear.

Hopefully things change and your RPE's get better.

Clearwater · Oct 20, 2012

Any changes u can remember? Doing things different ? :sad:

poomba · Oct 20, 2012

Nope, but literally everything else is thriving. Other than some god of wars which are kinda bleh looking.

Russellaqua · Oct 20, 2012

I consider various coral colors within a type (like the varieties of zoas) to be very similar to house plants. Some plants will grow amazingly well for your neighbor, but maybe not for you. Everyone's conditions are somewhat different and we can't test for everything. I suspect if everyone had all of the zoa varieties in their tank, some wouldn't do well for them. It's the way it works for some reason, and it stinks.

ladyreefer1983 · Oct 20, 2012

i hear ya,me too i cant keep pe's either...they will do good at first then shrink overtime...maybe put them in direct flow?...thats what i did with my blue agaves before and they were growing.

got2envy · Oct 20, 2012

Same here...I just purchased a bunch of different PE's and they are doing horrible in my tank

everything else is as happy as can be.

poomba · Oct 20, 2012

Which ones got2envy?

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Starblenny · Oct 20, 2012

Same. I can't seem to keep any "Mary Jane" zoas. So frustrating.

got2envy · Oct 20, 2012

I had some shipped from Hawaii...blue agaves, RPE, GPE and some PPE morphs...they are still alive but are really bleached and shrunken. I find it strange that it is only these in my tank that look and are affected the same way. I also had around 5 frags of around 10-20 polyps each of HPE's that got fungus and melted. I love PE morphs but I am going broke replacing them. I just got some Salted agaves and I hope I have betted luck...they say these are hardier?

poomba · Oct 20, 2012

Yeah, my blue agaves still look good but are really fickle. Ive had them for a year and the four polyps are just starting to sprout baby nubs.

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buddythelion · Oct 21, 2012

Hawaiian PEs in general are so finicky. I'm avoiding them from now on.

zoaking · Oct 21, 2012

I had some Clementines that were doing really good then over a week they wouldn't open up and melted.

BBoley24 · Oct 22, 2012

My dragonballs are ebb and flow... I bought a small polyp from a friend on the board and realized that I already had a small colony from years ago and didn't know what they were... They kept coming and going coming and going and finally I saw enough of the tiny polyps to realize that I have a small colony that just cant keep it together. I wouldn't frag them simply because they're just too fragile. Heartbreaking becasue you'd like to show them off but they look rabid most of the time.

Dsdaley77 · Oct 22, 2012

I have issues with PE's also, just don't thrive like any thing else. I can take something half dead and bring it back in less than three months but PE's are just so stubborn

I gave up on them

Electrobes · Oct 22, 2012

Man the OP's story is identical to my Keds Reds Zoos. I got a frag from a friend, and they blew up in growth along with my Orange Cap. After a year, they started shrinking until they became what I see now... barely surviving. Everything else in my tank looks great, growing well. Go figure, I just see it as a way of reef life that you sometimes can't control. I call it "Ninja Murphy".

manoverboard · Oct 31, 2012

lol ,And they say zoanthids are a beginner coral

Telefonica007 · Mar 13, 2013

Anyone having luck yet with the PEs? I'm thinking of trying something different as a test.... Less lighting warmer water n feeding more! What do u think?

Dsdaley77 · Mar 13, 2013

Nope, but have not tried anything new

I would really like to try the Gumby's and the Red Halo PE from Zoacollector.com though..... Maybe some day.

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tomterreefic · Mar 13, 2013

Had a colony of PD Palys do the same thing a few years ago. Every water parameter checked out perfect. Other corals/fish thriving. Tracing every step back, I narrowed it down to the addition of a Pearl Bubble Coral placed nearly 4' away from a Green Bubble Coral that I had for years. The two colonies couldn't reach each other. So they engaged in chemical warfare and stung old neighbor friends. I removed the Pearl Bubble, but the Green Bubble resorted to stinging old neighbors. So had to remove the Green Bubble as well. Once removed, I took a several water changes while running GAC to stop the PD Paly die off. The PD Palys revived from 1-2 remaining polyps into a colony of 100+ polyps now.

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