Rasta help.

[Scribe]

I bought a nice little pack of zoa's over a week ago. Everything opened within a day or so except the Rastas. They started to open barley...could only see the tips of the skirts. I thought I'd try moving them. They've been completely closed since....and look like they are shedding tissue a bit. Just wondering what you would suggest. I'm thinking of dipping them, to see if it helps, but also wondering if I should just leave them alone, since I've been told they are kind of finicky. This amount of time closed though seems a little more than them being finicky. Any thoughts? They are in the bottom third of the tank a 90 with two 250 14 k radiums and two t5s they are in a lower flow area.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Mattyice008]

I have mine low light low flow, only had trouble with them once and I did a saltwater/iodine dip and they slowly healed. Under LEDs

 

[tuna_bullet]

i would dip, mine are mid level with med flow they grow like crazy i frag em every two months so they dont grow out of control

 

[XavierZ06]

i would dip, mine are mid level with med flow they grow like crazy i frag em every two months so they dont grow out of control

What would you dip them in, I have a few new frags that are doing the same as OP's

 

[tuna_bullet]

iodine or a fresh water dip. or melafix..

 

[joshporksandwich]

iodine dip or coral rx.

 

[Aqua fire/medic]

Iodine for me...... I've kept these under halides, led, and T5. They do best with medium light and low flow IMO

 

[Scribe]

Thanks for all the replies, I'm going to try and do a dip this evening. Fingers crossed.

 

[Scribe]

Well I dipped a little bit ago, and the tissue looked healthier already. I am cautiously optimistic. I moved the frag back to where it was previously when I could see a bit of the skirt. Fingers crossed.

 

[Rob&Gab]

omg please not a freshwater.! coral RX or iodine dip. i hate freshwater dips now. lost over 20different colonys.. about a month ago. sooooo sad :/

rastas will grow almost anywhere in my tank. i have the best growth mid way in tank with med sorta high flow.

and then i have one in high light low flow with amazing growth

LED's are the type of lighting im using btw.

 

[Scribe]

Yep, did freshwater with a few drops of lugol's. I've dipped this way many times with a lot of success.

When you do an iodine dip, what ratio would you use, iodine to water? It's not straight iodine is it?

 

[Tenor]

Yep, did freshwater with a few drops of lugol's. I've dipped this way many times with a lot of success.

When you do an iodine dip, what ratio would you use, iodine to water? It's not straight iodine is it?

I normally do iodine dip with tank water, not with fresh water.

Iodine dip is a lugol dip.

 

[Scribe]

Is Lugol's straight iodine, or is it iodine mixed with something else...for some reason I always thought it was a mixture.

 

[Lokipsl]

I had a polyp of Rastas do that. I bought 1 polyp from my lfs, brought it home dipped it and put it in my tank. It took 2 weeks before it started to open up, once it did it had a brown color. A week later it is looking a little better with more green and the orange is starting to show up. I dipped it in revive after the first week and them just left it alone to donuts thing. Seems like it worked

 

[alliecat]

I think Rastas are slow to acclimate as far as zoas go. I got some this weekend zoas usually open in my tank within minutes. These took a day to open and I don't think polyp extension is still at its best. The guy I got them from says they grow like weeds once they're happy though

 

[alliecat]

Try adding some vitamin c I add it to my water it's good for them