im confused

[nissanrs]

i have zoas, certain parts ae doing ok... i just seen a part die off.. it looked like they were poppd. i seen brisstle worms roaming, but i was told the are cleaners.
please help with any advice

 

[JR's Reef]

We will need some more info like PH, ALK ect.... and maybe a pic would help

 

[mr_X]

there are many possible reasons why your zoas have been dying off. it's not common bristleworms.
here are some predators of zoanthids-
Zoanthid Predators, Irritators, & Diseases

i would check my water parameters first thing.

 

[nissanrs]

nitrates are 0 phospahtes are .1 ph is 8.3
i have some rock that looks like it has spinid worms, but i have a colony of zoos that r real healthy on the other side of the tank.
wat i did do was frag this rock that had the die off, it looks like they were poppd , im gona try to get pics up soon.. put the good colony frag in my refugium.
wen i got this rock not all the polyps were open, it hought i was getting a good deal cause of the size of the rock. the polys some did open but the majority of them look bad now, once again the other frag of zoos i have look real healthy

 

[nissanrs]

tried getting pics up... its saying upload fail

 

[nissanrs]

http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/zz128/nissanrs/dyingfrag.jpghttp://i820.photobucket.com

 

[nissanrs]

http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/zz128/nissanrs/DSC01970.jpg
this is the frag that i saved, does it look healthy

 

[msman825]

put them in a little flow might help. here's your pic

 

[nissanrs]

this is the one that is the dying rock, polys lookd as if they wer poppd

 

[nissanrs]

thnx msman

 

[shapermike]

you have a pest that is killing them. I run in to them all the time and I dip then and QT them before I add them to the system

this might help you to find your problem

Zoanthid Predators, Irritators, & Diseases

 

[nissanrs]

this is on the other side of the tank, they look ok though

 

[shapermike]

It is hard to tell but paly's do much better then zoas. Zoa's get a lot of pest's

 

[JR's Reef]

Its kind of hard to tell from the pic but I see a few white spots that might be zoa pox

 

[nissanrs]

when i fed the mushroom cyclopeeze cubes a lot of wat look like spinid worms came out.. they didnt seem to harm anything but they snatched up some frood from the mushroom

 

[CoralBandit]

+1 to zoa pox do you see little white patches on body of zoa?

 

[nissanrs]

nah not really...
the rock i the main tank looks like evrything detiriated