Thats it, I give up

reef-nut · Nov 6, 2008

I love ricordea the best, but have tried zoanthids time and time agin. Yes, I do have a few ugly ones that will not die, but everytime I try something nice and expensive it does not live. I just got a beautiful 400 or 500 polyp colony of eagle eyes and some morph of fire and ice and some other grren zoanthids and it is starting to die. Its getting a bald spot right in the middle. All the other zoa on the rock are open and look great, but slowly the bald spot is getting bigger. I have several ricordea colonys that you can not kill and a one polyp duncan thats very hardy. I guess its just ricordea from here on out. The only problem with ricordea is the cash. I just got a 13 polyp blue colony that is wonderful, but after shipping it was $300. My wife is still mad. I have orange, blue, green, and some orange green ricordea. Its all in a 20 nano, so it will not take much to just fill it with ricordea. It seems to be the coral for me. Closer to tax time I will be wanting to buy a load of ricordea, so if there is someone out there that can make me a good deal on about 50 polyps, pm me. I also have two brand new, still in the box, coralife aqualight 24 inch double bulb with fans, power compacts with a actinic bulb and a 10,000k bulb in each one, that I would trade for some ricordea. PM me if interested.

paintballer768 · Nov 6, 2008

Thats not normal for eagle eyes to be dying off like that. Im willing to bet theres something messing with them, whether it be a tank mate or some unforeseen parameter in the water thats out of whack.

A local guy couldnt keep corals for anything. Turned out one of his LR pieces was actually a piece of rusting iron, that had been underwater for so long, it looked like a piece of LR. Anything is possible haha

flricordia · Nov 6, 2008

reef-nut said:
I love ricordea the best, but have tried zoanthids time and time agin. Yes, I do have a few ugly ones that will not die, but everytime I try something nice and expensive it does not live. I just got a beautiful 400 or 500 polyp colony of eagle eyes and some morph of fire and ice and some other grren zoanthids and it is starting to die. Its getting a bald spot right in the middle. All the other zoa on the rock are open and look great, but slowly the bald spot is getting bigger. I have several ricordea colonys that you can not kill and a one polyp duncan thats very hardy. I guess its just ricordea from here on out. The only problem with ricordea is the cash. I just got a 13 polyp blue colony that is wonderful, but after shipping it was $300. My wife is still mad. I have orange, blue, green, and some orange green ricordea. Its all in a 20 nano, so it will not take much to just fill it with ricordea. It seems to be the coral for me. Closer to tax time I will be wanting to buy a load of ricordea, so if there is someone out there that can make me a good deal on about 50 polyps, pm me. I also have two brand new, still in the box, coralife aqualight 24 inch double bulb with fans, power compacts with a actinic bulb and a 10,000k bulb in each one, that I would trade for some ricordea. PM me if interested.

I would suggest getting some Kent's Iodine and pouring into a container that will hold the colony, place the colony in it for 3 minutes, then place the colony into a bucket of RO/DI water that is to tank temp for another minute and place back into your tank. It sounds liek you may have nudis or sundial snails.
One problem is that there may be nudi eggs on the zoas, these will not die in the iodine dip, they have to be removed with tweezers. Check here for what the nudis, sundial snails look like. The nudis will be difficult to see because the eat the proteins in the zoas and in turn take on the coloration of the zoas. http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=384
Click on the nudi for a look at what the eggs will look like.
And BTW, the zoas can be removed from the water for several minutes to 1/2 hour while you inspect for the eggs with no harfull effects.

oceaninabox · Nov 6, 2008

I bet theres nudis on them

reef-nut · Nov 6, 2008

Tha tank has been set up almost a year and the only thing I can not keep are zoanthids. My rics are wonderful. It is a 20 gallon with a 130 wt pc, a 280 imperor h.o filter and a nano skimmer. I do water changes once a week I add reef plus and complete. I run a little carbon. Water checks out great. I did just upgrade the light from 90 wt to 130 wt of pc after I added the zoanthids. I think I might have a crab or some critter. How would I find out, turn light on in middle of the night or use a flashlight. It does look like something is sitting on the very top of the rock and munching down.

reef-nut · Nov 6, 2008

Is there anything I can dip them in without buying something. I live in a remote area and low on cash at the time. I would like to act quick.

AlexStinson · Nov 6, 2008

asterina's maybe?

reef-nut · Nov 7, 2008

I was wondering if anyone has ever seen this? I was sitting back in a chair watching my tank and I seen my bi-color blenny picking at the zoa rock, right in the middle where the bald spot is.

JuniorMC8704 · Nov 7, 2008

Keep in ind folks, that flat worm exit from Salifert kills zoa nudis almost on contact. takes about 5-10 seconds to wipe out any in your whole tank.

Just be sure to have a water change and fresh carbon ready to go.

Anytime i get new zoa/palys they get the flatworm exit dip.

doesnt hurt them at all, and any hatched nudis are gone gone gone.