Speckled Krakatoa

[DanielCervantes]

Does anyone know how to care for these guys?
Light par
Water parameters
What type of flow
Direct feedings?

 

[helen ann]

Ohhhhhh @I Take Cars can you help here sir?

 

[Tegridy Reef]

I have mine 100 par
No3 5
Po4 .05
Medium low flow

 

[DanielCervantes]

I have mine 100 par
No3 5
Po4 .05
Medium low flow

I just bought them at RAPs and they haven't opened up since I got them,
I have them about 150 par
Po4 .02
No3 .75
In low flow
Anything that I could be doing wrong?

 

[Tegridy Reef]

Yeah i thibk when i first got mine they didnt open much and i bought another one that was shipped roughed that nevee did open up

But i did put them in differnt tank and they didnt open up much and when they make babies they close up a little bit more but no i dont know why yours wouldnt was just giving some back ground on mine. If was me personally id try get nutrients up more and move them around in tank till they are happy but if you got other zoas in tank that are happy then its probably not a nutrient problem u got a pic of them?

Also do u know if they were recently fragged maybe?

 

[DanielCervantes]

Yeah i thibk when i first got mine they didnt open much and i bought another one that was shipped roughed that nevee did open up

But i did put them in differnt tank and they didnt open up much and when they make babies they close up a little bit more but no i dont know why yours wouldnt was just giving some back ground on mine. If was me personally id try get nutrients up more and move them around in tank till they are happy but if you got other zoas in tank that are happy then its probably not a nutrient problem u got a pic of them?

Also do u know if they were recently fragged maybe?

What I'm thinking is that it's stressed from going to a display tank to a frag tank to my tank. That's what I'm hoping. I have other zoas that are doing outstanding without any problems. It's just the speckled krak.
He told me it was fragged a week ago prior to RAP
I'll try to post a pic when I get home.

 

[DanielCervantes]

Yeah i thibk when i first got mine they didnt open much and i bought another one that was shipped roughed that nevee did open up

But i did put them in differnt tank and they didnt open up much and when they make babies they close up a little bit more but no i dont know why yours wouldnt was just giving some back ground on mine. If was me personally id try get nutrients up more and move them around in tank till they are happy but if you got other zoas in tank that are happy then its probably not a nutrient problem u got a pic of them?

Also do u know if they were recently fragged maybe?

 

[Tegridy Reef]

Could very well b from all the tank trasfers i do have an another option that i heard from a fish store that could b the issue looking at your pic kind of see the same problem that they encountered and me

 

[tristanfish]

They are pretty hardy once you get them going. What other coral do you have in the tank? How old is your tank?

 

[DanielCervantes]

They are pretty hardy once you get them going. What other coral do you have in the tank? How old is your tank?

I have a bit of everything in my tank. Zoas, Acros, goni, montis, acans.
Tank is 7 months

 

[DanielCervantes]

Could very well b from all the tank trasfers i do have an another option that i heard from a fish store that could b the issue looking at your pic kind of see the same problem that they encountered and me

What problem are you thinking?

 

[djbetterly]

did you do any dips?

 

[DanielCervantes]

did you do any dips?

Dipped in bayer

 

[Garia666]

i dont see reason for any panic.
My zoas are out and in all the time.
Just give it some nice lighting and all will be well.
From the out side it looks healty.

 

[DanielCervantes]

i dont see reason for any panic.
My zoas are out and in all the time.
Just give it some nice lighting and all will be well.
From the out side it looks healty.

This zoa in particular hasn't opened in 5 days since I bought it. I have it in about 200 par under ocean revive leds.

 

[Garia666]

So how is it doing. Seen it come out yet?

 

[cprice]

Once they are comfortable they will come out. I've had them stay closed for almost 3 weeks, finally open, and start sprouting babies like crazy. Unless the closed polyps seem to be shrinking (melting) i wouldn't worry about it.

 

[DanielCervantes]

So how is it doing. Seen it come out yet?

Haven't been home since yesterday and haven't seen it open either. I'm hoping it's open already.

 

[DanielCervantes]

Once they are comfortable they will come out. I've had them stay closed for almost 3 weeks, finally open, and start sprouting babies like crazy. Unless the closed polyps seem to be shrinking (melting) i wouldn't worry about it.

I haven't seen it shrinking but it does look kind of deformed in a way.
Will post a pic when I get back home.

 

[Garia666]

i guess everything worked out just fine