Zoa question

[Nwest]

I am completly at a loss with zoas right now... I have had my 180 up now for over a year and everything is doing great. I can add palys in the tank do awesome, add sps doing great, add acans great, and then add zoas and they are gone within 2 or 3 days... The only zoas I have been able to keep in my tank are a colony of tubs blues that I have had for about 2 years now and a frag of blue hornets. Everything either melts or just closes up and never opens I have many different colonys of palys in the tank armor of gods, nuke greens, purple dealths. Just at a loss with this I love me some zoas and would like to add more to the tank but dont want to keep wasting money....

 

[Steelerfan747]

That's strange cause they are easy and hardy. What kind of fish do you have? Any angels that could be picking on them?

 

[Pappy]

Or maybe a emerald crab? I had half my bam bam colony disappearing for some reason and then caught the little bugger picking at them one day


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[ritter6788]

Do you dip the zoas before adding them to your tank? All sorts of pests and diseases will kill zoas. Sundial snails, zoa spiders, zoa pox.

 

[Nwest]

No angels in the tank but I do have a large foxface in the tank.. I have heard of them snaking on zoas once in a while. I do normally dip them in revive, but dont do the full strength.

 

[ritter6788]

I do have a large foxface in the tank...

That could be it right there.