Only a few zoanthids will open up

[Domlelemsis]

Hello I have a 29 gallon bio cube with some Zoas, and only a couple of the polyps seem to open up. Does anyone have any reason why this is happening or someway to fix this problem?

 

[Jvalle]

Have u checked yiur water first ?

 

[Domlelemsis]

Have u checked yiur water first ?

I have not. Should i check alkalinity and calcium or water quality?

 

[Jvalle]

Everything nitrate alk calcium whatever u can test. Thx

 

[Domlelemsis]

Everything nitrate alk calcium whatever u can test. Thx

ok is there anything else I can do?

 

[Colin_1122]

How much flow are they getting? I had a few zoas die before I realized they need a lot more flow. Now I have them almost directly in front of a power head and they love it

 

[Domlelemsis]

How much flow are they getting? I had a few zoas die before I realized they need a lot more flow. Now I have them almost directly in front of a power head and they love it

Wow! That’s really good to know because I bought that they didn’t like a lot of flow.

 

[Colin_1122]

Wow! That’s really good to know because I bought that they didn’t like a lot of flow.

Yeah at first I did too and then I looked around and it seems like you want to give them as much flow as you can without causing them to close up

 

[Triple.T]

What lights do you have? What does the schedule look like?

 

[Colin_1122]

Wow! That’s really good to know because I bought that they didn’t like a lot of flow.

I’ve also read that pretty much every zoa has different care requirements so it’s possible that some will like high flow while others won’t but I have all of mine in about the same area with a lot of flow and they all are doing well