Light & Flow: the trial and error method

[dbowman5]

Hi, sorry I just scrolled back through this thread. Yes, those indications do apply to palys as well; sorry, I don’t really say zoas and palys because people usually just lump them together as zoas. Zoas and palys look and behave almost exactly the same so 99% of advise given about zoas can be applicable towards palys as well

thanks!

 

[pseudorand]

You could try a longer dip. People just dilute the H2O2 with more water then leave the coral longer. I think it’s +1 minute for every +1 part water. So a 1:5 dip would be 5 minutes. There’s an official dip thread that you may want to check out. Dips do not kill eggs, so if it’s a pest you have to continue to dip. Like a nudi could lay eggs then you do a dip, now the nudi is dead but then the eggs hatch. Now you have to dip again before those baby nudis are old enough to lay their own eggs. I don’t think you have nudis cause the polyps would be disappearing, but you get my point. Maybe text that local guy and ask if he’s got any known pests in his tank?

What are the chances I've just got too much flow for zoas?

I did a second H2O2 dip, but no succuss. My two problematic frags are still always closed, and my others zoas never seem to fully open.

Below are pictures of the entire tank. I have two powerheads pointed at each other. They're the smallest I could find, but they still create quite a bit of flow. if I unplug one I get too much unidirectional flow. An acro and some Montis seem to doing quite well, but I have no good way to adjust flow for the zoas.

After multiple H2O2 dips plus an initial bayer and coral RX dip and moving them to every spot I can think of, I feel like I'm out of options.