Zoa Left Out Of Water

Kehaulani · May 30, 2015

So yesterday I was gluing a little colony of zoas to a frag plug, placed it on my fish tank stand so it could fuse together before placing it back in the tank. Well, I forgot it was there and only now just found it. I feel completely stupid for doing this and I believe it's a goner but was just curious if anyone else had experienced something like this and if their zoas magically lived? It looks dried out (it was out of water for over 24 hours) which is why I think it's dead but maybe I'm wrong? I don't know.

Oscaror · May 30, 2015

Idk if zoas can survive that long but I know acros withstand days out of water in the wild without any damage.
And yet they're so freaking sensitive.

Kehaulani · May 30, 2015

Yeah I placed it back in the tank but I'm not very hopefully. Kinda bummed about it

that Reef Guy · May 30, 2015

Put it in the water and see what happens.

Kehaulani · May 30, 2015

that Reef Guy said:
Put it in the water and see what happens.

I placed it back in the tank. Hoping for the best

Kehaulani · May 30, 2015

It's the frag in the back, right below the flash of my camera. Looks pretty pitiful.

jcosta26 · May 30, 2015

How the heck so I post a question that I have

Kehaulani · May 30, 2015

jcosta26 said:
How the heck so I post a question that I have

Click what forum you want it under and then click new post or if you are on your phone there should be a pencil at the top of your screen. Click that and write your question. I post from my Android cause its convenient

jcosta26 · May 30, 2015

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no pencil or anything, I'm confused

Kehaulani · May 30, 2015

jcosta26 said:
no pencil or anything, I'm confused

Hit browse then click the topic you want to post under. Then you'll see a pencil at the top of the page once you open up the forum.

jcosta26 · May 30, 2015

Thank you

Kehaulani · May 30, 2015

You're welcome

steve&mari · May 30, 2015

Corals are crazy I took gsp to a swap and had few frags left in cooler I forgot about. Cooler sat outside through January till summer went to go to a swap n found em tossed bags onto cover of bed of truck week later few of the bags had green polyps coming out. Yes gsp are weeds but gotta try to see if it can pull through.

Kehaulani · May 30, 2015

steve&mari said:
Corals are crazy I took gsp to a swap and had few frags left in cooler I forgot about. Cooler sat outside through January till summer went to go to a swap n found em tossed bags onto cover of bed of truck week later few of the bags had green polyps coming out. Yes gsp are weeds but gotta try to see if it can pull through.

Well that gives me a little hope. Like I said hoping they come back around.

joshporksandwich · May 30, 2015

I've done that and they have survived lol. Well not 24 hours but like 14-15 and the 3-4 frags made it. I've actually by mistake also left frags on ro water for 1-3 days and they also survived.

Kehaulani · May 30, 2015

joshporksandwic said:
I've done that and they have survived lol. Well not 24 hours but like 14-15 and the 3-4 frags made it. I've actually by mistake also left frags on ro water for 1-3 days and they also survived.

Were they common zoas or high end ones? Do you remember what type?

Oscaror · May 31, 2015

Kehaulani said:
Were they common zoas or high end ones? Do you remember what type?

Naw JPS has no high end zoas. His collection is pretty pitiful.

that Reef Guy · May 31, 2015

joshporksandwic said:
I've done that and they have survived lol. Well not 24 hours but like 14-15 and the 3-4 frags made it. I've actually by mistake also left frags on ro water for 1-3 days and they also survived.

How long did it take them to recover?

Both the 14-15 hours out of water and the 1-3 days in RO Frags?

Legendary Corals · Jun 5, 2015

I've had success before, but even with the low percentage rate the effort to put them back into the tank and hope they open up is still much better than tossing them!