(NEW REEFER) zoas look bleached??

Dingo1690 · Nov 3, 2018

I have had these zoas for around 2 weeks..they looked like a brownish pink like a aiptasia color but a couple days after turned like a bluish white kinda blizzard color. Is this okay or no?

saltyfilmfolks · Nov 3, 2018

Yea that normal. I think you got them “browned out” from not enough ligh.
Or , you may be hitting them with too much light. Or they couldn’t acclimate that fast.

Those are palythoa I think , looking at the second pics. They will take over that rock and do contain a LOT more palytoxin than others.

Dingo1690 · Nov 3, 2018

saltyfilmfolks said:
Yea that normal. I think you got them “browned out” from not enough ligh.
Or , you may be hitting them with too much light. Or they couldn’t acclimate that fast.

Those are palythoa I think , looking at the second pics. They will take over that rock and do contain a LOT more palytoxin than others.

Ok they came from the LFS brown but it freaked me out when they went white in my tank. Do I need to feed the polyps with reef roids or anything?

saltyfilmfolks · Nov 3, 2018

Shouldn’t no. Do try to estimate the par in your tank.

When shocked they will expel the zoo ox. But they absorb it from the water.

Dingo1690 · Nov 3, 2018

saltyfilmfolks said:
Shouldn’t no. Do try to estimate the par in your tank.

When shocked they will expel the zoo ox. But they absorb it from the water.

I am confused so should I take them out of the tank then? I really don’t want the chance of nuking my tank

saltyfilmfolks · Nov 3, 2018

Dingo1690 said:
I am confused so should I take them out of the tank then? I really don’t want the chance of nuking my tank

No they won’t nuke the tank. But some folks are sensitive to touching them. Also fragging them becomes an issue and you have to be carful.

Myself , once mine took over the rock I put the rock in they back yard. Lol.

Def dona google search to confirm the ID.

Dingo1690 · Nov 3, 2018

saltyfilmfolks said:
No they won’t nuke the tank. But some folks are sensitive to touching them. Also fragging them becomes an issue and you have to be carful.

Myself , once mine took over the rock I put the rock in they back yard. Lol.

Def dona google search to confirm the ID.

I think your right they do look a lot more like palythoa then Zoas..kinda scary because I have moved them a couple time do to snails a crabs knocking them around..I made sure to grab what they are attached to. But I have fat fingers so I am sure have brushed them.