In a bowl of tank water, I added peroxide with a syringe until they began to bubble. Then let them sit for ~5 minutes. Then finally, and this is very important, dropped them face down into the sand bed. -face palm-
What's irritating my Zoas?
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In a bowl of tank water, I added peroxide with a syringe until they began to bubble. Then let them sit for ~5 minutes. Then finally, and this is very important, dropped them face down into the sand bed. -face palm-
Regardless of all that, I think your problem is the RBTA. I believe they're known to have chemical warfare against zoas. I never experienced that myself as when I researched getting an RBTA I read articles stating that they're incompatible with zoanthids.
When nitrates are zero or are not zero? Cyno breakout with zero nitrates doesn't make sense to me. I'm always open to learn though?
I've also never read about rBTAs being incompatible. They seemed fine for months, and I though the anemone would have to touch them to affect them. I'll have to look into this.
They look much better now, though there are a couple polyps that still haven't opened. I'm confident that the problem was cyno/Dino between polyps. Hopefully cyno. I'll give the colony another powerhead blast this weekend during the water change.
Marius Swart
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These guys still haven't recovered.
I placed them in the QT Monday evening. They stayed without lights for 4 days, and I brought them back to the display, after blasting them with a baster, last night.
Within an hour or lights on, brown strings were back...
I placed them in the QT Monday evening. They stayed without lights for 4 days, and I brought them back to the display, after blasting them with a baster, last night.
Within an hour or lights on, brown strings were back...
unfortunately, I had the same issue back when my 40 was "new". i had zero nitrates and it seemed like my coral would form that stringy and it would strangulate them (if that makes sense).
I lost 3 frags to it because I couldnt get it to stop. Once I raised the nitrates, it stopped
I lost 3 frags to it because I couldnt get it to stop. Once I raised the nitrates, it stopped
Did you ever determine what the stringy material is?
It doesn't seem like cyano. It's brown, more dusty than slimey and isn't growing on the sand. It also doesn't come up in mats. It seems more like diatoms, but that seems unlikely since the tank is a year old.
