Zoa Gunna die?

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Has been closed for 2 days now. Has been totally happy for a while.
Temp stable at 78
Nitrate: 10
Phos: 0.04
Salt: 1.026
Ph: 8.1
These have all been stable over the past 2 months. Nitrates were previously higher at 20.
I had a Duncan die about 4 days prior over the course of 2 days:
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I use nyos nitrate test, Hanna phos. They were located about 6 inches from each other in my 100 gallon DT in 120 gallon system
 

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I have 4 kessil and as I look back I agree that they look retracted. So maybe it was a longer process. I’m just trying to make sure this isn’t covid of the tank that I should do something aboit
 
Looks like one of your zoas is happy again. They like low to medium like with medium to high flow. Try not to move them to much as they will have to keep reacclimating and will stress them even more
 
How long was the dip. Revive contains lemon extract right. Im asking because i have a similar problem on several zoa colonies despite perfect water parameters. I have already lost several frags and im getting desperate. Peroxide dip has only sped up their degeneration.
 
In my experience, which is limited, zoas can retract for quite some time, especially after being moved, and still open back up once they are acclimated.

If other corals are dying there still may be reason for concern, but I’m glad to hear that zoa is better
 
the bottle says up to 15 minutes. I did 10 minutes. I’m not sure what’s in it. It smells great.
If i had to guess, i would say it was some kind of bacterial infection from the diseased duncan. Revive has anti fungal and anti bacterial properties so it seems. Good job acting fast instead of listening to potential suggestions of having patience and leaving them alone.
Maybe i could have saved mine too if i had used it.
 
In my experience, which is limited, zoas can retract for quite some time, especially after being moved, and still open back up once they are acclimated.

If other corals are dying there still may be reason for concern, but I’m glad to hear that zoa is better
The zoa was happy where it was. That was th concern. It’s a hard game we play. SoMetimes you’re supposed to act fast, sometimes you’re supposed to wait it out. Hard to know when to do what.
 
The zoa was happy where it was. That was th concern. It’s a hard game we play. SoMetimes you’re supposed to act fast, sometimes you’re supposed to wait it out. Hard to know when to do what.
Amen to that almost have to do a toss up and if it doesn't work learn from that for the future. And also my zoas and Duncan and branching hammer are all closed more than normal but that's because they are producing new heads it takes alot of energy out of them to do that. Maybe yours was making new heads like my Duncan is almost completely closed but has 3 new heads popping out of it
 
Here's my Duncan you can see under the main head the 2 new heads
 

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