Zoa dying?

[Ebbott]

So my nice Fire and Ice zoa seems to be dead/dying. Slowly the polyps haven't been opening till there was just one left and then it closed up shop. It seems more closed up than usual (can't see anything sticking out)


I know sometimes corals will just kind of sleep for a while, is this the case? Or is it time to pry that frag disc off?

 

[Ebbott]

I will add that my snails really seem to like to scavenge on my zoas

 

[Ebbott]

anyone?

 

[DDenny]

Hard to tell everything around it looks good but just for background what are your tank parameters. I hate to use the term “dirty” but zoas and other softies tend to like higher levels of nutrients.

 

[Ebbott]

From tetra quick strips:

Nitrates: 20
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
alk: greater than 120 lower than 180
ph: 7.8

 

[ApoIsland]

So my nice Fire and Ice zoa seems to be dead/dying. Slowly the polyps haven't been opening till there was just one left and then it closed up shop. It seems more closed up than usual (can't see anything sticking out)


I know sometimes corals will just kind of sleep for a while, is this the case? Or is it time to pry that frag disc off?

It's not coming back unless you do something. As soon as I lost one polyp I would have pulled the plug and dipped in 50/50 mix of 3% peroxide and tank water for a couple min. That usually always works for my zoas. I also move them to lower light after the dip. Not sure of the logic behind that move though

 

[Ebbott]

I'll be popping that off tonight and giving a peroxide dip a try

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Furan 2 has worked great for me. Mix one pack with 1 cup tank water for 10-15mins for three days and place in high flow