zoas coming loose.

[Triggreef]

Anyone have this happen??

I have a ton of zoas probably 80 or so different types, and I always bayer dip religiously for new arrivals. I have one colony, sub zeros or panama blues, whatever you want to call them. I started with about 3p and grew to I'd say about 40 or 50. They closed for a while, turned brown on the outsides, and some melted away a few weeks ago. I know now that is fungal and easily treated with chemiclean/lugols.

But right now I have about 15 left that are all looking great. I noticed tonight though, that 2 of them seem loose, like they are blowing in the current. Still open and looking fine, but loose as if they are going to detach and float away. Never really had that happen to other zoas unless a piece of rock chipped off or something. This seems odd to me.

 

[Oscaror]

I always thought members with 1000 posts or more were immune to this, I'd better be on guard then
[HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG] because IDK how to help with this

 

[joshporksandwich]

Cut them and glue them on a frag. If the colony is sick and melting I think some of the healthy ones try to detach and run for the hills. It's happened to me a few times and there's not much you can do but chop chop and start over

 

[kireek]

Seems to me that zoas will do this either when they are stressed or pesky.Something usually happens,a rock buries them,lack of light etc..I have noticed healthy looking polyps relocate themselves this way.So glue those Panamas down as suggested.

 

[Triggreef]

I always thought members with 1000 posts or more were immune to this, I'd better be on guard then
[HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG] because IDK how to help with this

lol occasionally I feel like I've got it all figured out, then something new happens.

 

[CarolinaReefs]

Sometimes I have had this happen also. I have Hawaiian Palys that will detach if you get glue on the polyp. I use a small plastic container you can get from the dollar tree and cut out the top. Fill it half way with gravel (like the crushed coral type) , put the polyp in there, cover with a piece of netting, and snap the lid back on the container. This will give the polyp something to attach to and will keep the current from blowing it away.

 

[Triggreef]

just in case this helps somebody else out.... Much of the reading I've found on zoas with similar issues have been saved by chemiclean. I did try some dips along the way and also used iodine. Sometimes the dips seemed to work, other times not. I did break down and do a complete system treatment with the chemiclean and to be honest, it seems to have helped and everything is looking better now a couple weeks later. No more closed polyps. I did move some of the ones that were giving me trouble into my frag tank where polyps tend to do very well, so that may have something to do with them doing better as well. I do believe that the chemiclean did help.

 

[tuna_bullet]

I do the same as jps was talking about if a colony is really having issues I will frag it out and remove the bad polyps, works well for me just my .02