Zoa Colony Help

Luke Schnabel · May 2, 2017

@Krawl how old is your tank? You really shouldnt be getting any reading of ammonia if your tank has been cycled?
In a reef tank you want to check your Calcium, Alkalinity, Magnesium, Nitrate, Phosphate, Salinity. Those are the main ones you'll want to keep an eye on. Nitrite and ammonia should not be readable.

Krawl · May 2, 2017

We have had the tank setup since October of last year. We do a 20% water change once a month. The tank is really not stocked much either.

Oohkris123 · May 2, 2017

Your tank should be more than establish, I'd say it's a mature tank ready for just about anything

Krawl · May 2, 2017

That is what we thought. The coral did okay with what we put in at first. Then added a few nice pieces and left with green Zoa colony and a green star polyp. It seems to be doing good. I think the ammonia spike is because I can't find 2 gobis. Not sure what happened to them.

Branespikin · May 2, 2017

What light are you using?

Oohkris123 · May 2, 2017

With that big of a tank 4 small fishes can die and not do harm to that size of a tank, now if you're having a bunch of benifical bacteria and live stock including coral dying than that'll be your cause of algae outbreak and slow death to living thing you put in

Krawl · May 3, 2017

The light is one we got off of Amazon. It was recommend by a guy that has a large successful coral tank. He has no issues.

And the tank does not really have Algae problems other than what is growing on this now rock.

Branespikin · May 3, 2017

If the zoas are on a plug just pull out the plug pluck it off. Give it a hydrogen peroxide dip for like 5 minutes rinse and put it back in tank. The algea will turn white and your hermits and snails will eat it or emerald crab if you have

Krawl · Jul 20, 2017

Okay so things are not better... worse. We went on a 10 day vacation and the person watching the tank MAJORLY over feed the tank. Zoas and tank look like a science experiment. Took the rock and zoas out and dipped them in coral dip. No real change. Pulled all the junk off of it I could and also scrubbed the rock while in the dip. Been doing weekly water changes and even started a 16 week vodka dosing deal. No real changes 2 weeks into that. Getting a lot of plant looking ailge in the tank to. Not sure why our tank keeps going down hill...