Help! Are my zoas getting stung?

[Sharkbait19]

Hi,
A few months ago, I bought a small purple zoa frag. Since then, it grew into a massive colony, which I decided to move from the sandbed onto the rock. It looked like this:

About a month ago, I bought a frogspawn and placed it nearby. Since then, the zoas have slowly been losing polyps, and it’s now in pretty rough shape:

Is it possible the frogspawn is stinging and killing the zoas at night? Or is this slow death unrelated. Does anybody have similar experiences and advice?
Thanks!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Another theory of mine is lighting, because as you see, the lower polyps look better. Either way, should I move it? And if I should, how might I go about doing that?

 

[DDenny]

Frogspawn has long sweeper tentacles and I am pretty sure that is the issue here.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Thanks. I’d imagine moving it would be a good option. How should I do that, as it has a good hold of the rock?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Looks like the sweepers are getting down..

 

[Tonyreeffish]

Youre gonna have to take a scalpel or sharp knife and cut around the plug to save what you can. I have successful pulled zoas off rock but you have to be careful not to rip them. If youre determined to move them all you could slowly take a knife and scrape underneath each seperate zoa to keep a tiny layer of rock underneath without cutting the actually zoas. Best bet would be to just save what you can thats on the plug.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Moving them from where they are to a lower crevice. It’s about four inches from the frogspawn. Will that be a better location? Thanks!

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

I would give it a shot. The fact that some of them are extended indicates that they are reaching for light. Make sure they are not under overhangs or shaded.

 

[Sharkbait19]

I gathered a bunch and put them on the sandbed. Hopefully they grow back into a large and healthy colony.

 

[littlebigreef]

I gathered a bunch and put them on the sandbed. Hopefully they grow back into a large and healthy colony.

I’d given them a little help and hit them with a mild lugols bath.