New Zoa's closed

[jfenton954]

Hi I got a new frag of zoa's at a lfs and they were open and very nice. When I brought them home I put them in my tank about medium height in the tank. There was a small power head gently pushing water to them far away and only two would open so after a week I moved them a little lower and a place with a lot lower flow thinking that was bothering the rest. Now none of them open. I have a new reef breeders photon light that at the peak is 60% but the zoa's don't open at all. I didn't dip them cause I ran out of dip. Water levels are a ok. Not sure why they looked so good at the store and not in my tank.

 

[Akwarius]

Might be light shock. If possible, attach them to a frag plug, dip, and place in an area of indirect light.

 

[jfenton954]

They are under the black strip on the top of the tank so it does block some light. Before they were in direct light

 

[jfenton954]

Black strip where lids rest

 

[650-IS350]

Are they added directly to the bottom of the tank on the sand bed to rest and slowly acclimate to the tank and its parameters?

 

[jfenton954]

No I started them mid way

 

[Chris-tico]

im having the same issue.

how long could they take to get used to the new tank?

 

[13jake]

Start by putting them at the bottom of your tank to acclimate to the new lighting. Also don't worry to much polys can go for easily 2 weeks unopened. I have had that happen more

 

[650-IS350]

Start by putting them at the bottom of your tank to acclimate to the new lighting.

That's how I usually start any new addition. off to the side of the tank as to not be directly underneath the light

 

[jfenton954]

So the pic above has 0 polyps left and I have another frag that one polyp opens and another looks like it is disintegrated.

 

[ZoaCollector]

Dip them in Coral rx pro for like 5-10 min and swish them around before adding back to the tank. Get a small Tupperware container and add 10 drops. Repeat this for a few days every other day. It might not save them but if caught early might help.