New coral closed

[trevormass7]

I got a rock covered in different palys feather dusters and small clams. I didn't know the source of the rock (got it from lfs) so I was kinda scared to add to my tank right away. After noticing none of the palys would open I saw that there was aptasia on it, I removed it but still nothing opens. So finally I did a freshwater dip for about a minute to a minute and a half and boom... small whitish tan bugs fall off everywhere. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that's what's been irritating everything. Please dip and check any coral no matter how great a deal it was before you put it in your display tank.

all those small shapes in the picture are some kind of dead bugs

 

[Tyler_Fishman]

They appear to be amphipods, which are mostly harmless, touching the corals and stressing them can make them stay closed for a while, it may take some time for them to open up again

 

[tupes]

A new coral, especially zoanthids sometime take several days to open.

 

[trevormass7]

They appear to be amphipods, which are mostly harmless, touching the corals and stressing them can make them stay closed for a while, it may take some time for them to open up again

I have amphipods and the looked nothing alike. They kind of look like the silver fish bugs

 

[trevormass7]

A new coral, especially zoanthids sometime take several days to open.

I had them hold it for me for couple days and they said it would open but I took it anyway, nor over had it for for about 4 days and nothing would open. It's been closed for almost 2 weeks. Maybe thays normal I've just never had zoas stay closed that long

 

[tupes]

How old is your tank? What are your parameters?

 

[Tyler_Fishman]

I have amphipods and the looked nothing alike. They kind of look like the silver fish bugs

Picture is too blurry to correctly identify them

 

[trevormass7]

How old is your tank? What are your parameters?

About 7 months old. Ph 8.2 nitrate .1 nitrite 0 ammonia 0 phosphates .1 I'll have to check alk and dkh again when I gwt home

 

[trevormass7]

Picture is too blurry to correctly identify them

Utah my phone camera sucks

 

[trevormass7]

*Yeah

 

[BoomCorals]

Nothing in that picture looks harmful to me. It's all harmless pod type critters from what I can see.

 

[CodyRVA]

IME you shouldn't have issues with the zoas/palys opening within a day or two unless they were freshly cut, considering you bought the entire rock... FWIW there's a difference between copepods and amphipods. I've successfully recorded amphipods eating palys, but never seen copepods do this. The amphipods I recorded were quite large with striped backs.

That being said... the bugs could be coincidence. Could be your chemistry, too much flow, other fish nipping?

FWIW... I have colonies that just close up for a few days for seemingly no good reason at all, but low and behold they open right back up within a few days with no loss... patience?

 

[trevormass7]

IME you shouldn't have issues with the zoas/palys opening within a day or two unless they were freshly cut, considering you bought the entire rock... FWIW there's a difference between copepods and amphipods. I've successfully recorded amphipods eating palys, but never seen copepods do this. The amphipods I recorded were quite large with striped backs.

That being said... the bugs could be coincidence. Could be your chemistry, too much flow, other fish nipping?

FWIW... I have colonies that just close up for a few days for seemingly no good reason at all, but low and behold they open right back up within a few days with no loss... patience?

They were bigger then the amphipods in my sand bed and they did have a store going down their back.

 

[BoomCorals]

They were bigger then the amphipods in my sand bed and they did have a store going down their back.

I have HUGE amphipods that hide in the base of my corals. They can get really big if the fish or other critters don't get to them.

 

[trevormass7]

Maybe it was just a different kind, they looked weird

 

[Zoaforests]

In my expierience all Zoas I have Sold,traded,or bought have always open same day or day after unless alkalinity was way high compared toin there new Did you only fresh water dip or did you try an iodine dip ,or revive,etc. cause the more dips you do = more potential for stress. Personally I never fresh water dip due to the amount of stress and the work to get ph and temp to match as that is a requirement of a fresh water dip. I always used revive or iodine such as lugols and it never allowed um desirable hitched hikers with a hunger for corals in

 

[JJHodges]

Did they start recovering after the dip? I had a bunch of little pinkish gray little blobs like some tiny nudis that wreaked havoc on my palys until I got rid of them. The palys took weeks to recover.

 

[JJHodges]

Did they start recovering after the dip? I had a bunch of little pinkish gray little blobs like some tiny nudis that wreaked havoc on my palys until I got rid of them. The palys took weeks to recover.

The palys were the only thing they would be on. They never migrated and were clearly specialized feeders on palys.

 

[trevormass7]

In my expierience all Zoas I have Sold,traded,or bought have always open same day or day after unless alkalinity was way high compared toin there new Did you only fresh water dip or did you try an iodine dip ,or revive,etc. cause the more dips you do = more potential for stress. Personally I never fresh water dip due to the amount of stress and the work to get ph and temp to match as that is a requirement of a fresh water dip. I always used revive or iodine such as lugols and it never allowed um desirable hitched hikers with a hunger for corals in

I matched the temp but didn't think about ph. A few are starting to open now

 

[trevormass7]

The palys were the only thing they would be on. They never migrated and were clearly specialized feeders on palys.

Yes, a few are starting to open but slowly