Zoapox

Pufferpunk · Feb 10, 2007

Finally, it seems there is a cure for this & just in time! My colony of green meanies were starting to look poorly & then I saw the dreaded pox. I've been following the thread on this at RC for about a year now--just in case. Did my 1st treatment today. Taking pics before & after each treatment.

http://www.zoaid.com/articles004.php

I'd still like to know what causes my smaller zoas to close up, turn brown & waste away, though.

Azurel · Feb 10, 2007

that's great now we can stop the scerge on our precious zoas....

da6d2003 · Feb 10, 2007

Wow. What great documentation. I hope never to have to use the info though. It is nice to know that there is hope for those that do.

Pufferpunk · Feb 10, 2007

Here are my 1st pics of the process.

Before dipping:

Close-up:

After 20 minute dip:

Pufferpunk · Feb 10, 2007

Well, so far, not so good. I took them out for a 2nd dip & they smelled like DEATH! I took a soft toothbrush & brushed off all the dead, smelly tissue & dipped again.

Before 2nd dip (after brushing off the dead stuff):

Pufferpunk · Feb 11, 2007

Poor things... I forgot how beautiful this colony was, till the guy I bought them from sent me pics:

Now I'm really sad...

Periette · Feb 11, 2007

My heart is with you Pufferpunk - keep at it and let us know how it's going. The information is very helpful.

reefboy · Feb 11, 2007

in the past ive had colony's come up with this and i stuck in a really high flow area and they have recovered without spreading it.

Pufferpunk · Feb 11, 2007

I've been checking every night, after my other zoas have closed. I'm sooooo paranoid it's contageous. Non others seem infected.

Here are my Green meanies before their 3rd treatment:

I'll give them a few days & take more pics. Sure hope I've saved them. It'll be a while before they look like the above pic though.

revhtree · Feb 12, 2007

Routing for you!

Pufferpunk · Feb 12, 2007

Think it looks better?

Azurel · Feb 12, 2007

Looks like it's working to me.....Way to go Pufferpunk!

Pufferpunk · Feb 12, 2007

So few polyps are left though, compared to how many were in tht colony.

rocko918 · Feb 12, 2007

It's a royal PIA. I had to deal with it for a while. Lost alot of polyp count but did not lose the zoas. I had enough of the ones that were infected that I have them still. Wierd thing is my mean greens were the first ones to show signs of it. I wonder if they are the weakest. Anyway, i thought it was all gone only to see it happen again a month later. But i caught it early and did only one treatment.

Furan2 works well.