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[happyg19]

Please help, what ever is on my zoos is killing them...Its the white stringy stuff.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Are you talking about those string things?

 

[Azurel]

Looks like fungus to me.....Moght want to start dipping them, I know people have had good luck with peroxide dips for fungus. I have never done it so I couldn't tell you how or what to expect. I'm sure there will be some others that will chime in.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

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[Kigs!]

I don't think its the white stringy stuff that's killing/causing your zoas to close up. Looks like your zoas are in the early stage of developing a fungus. Like Aurel stated, research on lugol's iodine or furan2 dips, and hopefully you'll be able to save it and prevent it from spreading...

 

[happyg19]

thanx guys, that was my next step, and it is the white stringy stuff

 

[MATIBY]

How about zoa-pox?
I see little white dots on some of the polyps.

 

[Azurel]

That could be sponge runners...

 

[JGoslee]

I would give it a lugols/tankwater dip and see how it looks in a few days. I've done H2O2/tankwater dip once before as a last resort for fungus and it worked well.

 

[Kigs!]

the strings aren't really growing on the zoas, from what I can tell...they are just growing around the polyps no? If they are sponges, it is possible that they have become invasive and you might want to consider manually removing. I had some problems with invasive sponge growing over some kenya tree corals, choking them and causing them to wither...but they are pretty easy to control.

 

[Reef Gardener]

If you look at the white strings with a magnifying glass I'm thinking those are mini feather duster tubes, I have one zoa rock with them as well.