zoas look sick :/

moses reef · Nov 21, 2017

Hey guys i need some tips please. The only local fish store is kind of sickly and i just got these guys 2 days ago. Now that they are not fully open i can see some small air bubbles and a little bit of brown algae. Also the zoas arent opening nearly as much as at the store. Before my tank had 0 algae and perimeters are all perfect. should i be worried about the algae? Zoes will open up later? Thank you!

PS the zoas are in a low to moderate flow area.

zeeGGee · Nov 21, 2017

Those are not zoas..it's goniopora.

dbl · Nov 21, 2017

I moved this over to the LPS forum for better response.

jtvaughn · Nov 21, 2017

Looks to me like your colony is dying. Not much you can do about the algae growing on it now. If your DKH is good (8-10 I prefer) and CA2+ is good (420-440) then it could be something else causing problems.

ChiCity · Nov 21, 2017

moses reef said:
The only local fish store is kind of sickly and i just got these guys 2 days ago. Now that they are not fully open i can see some small air bubbles and a little bit of brown algae. Also the zoas arent opening nearly as much as at the store.

As mentioned, those aren’t zoas...
And since that’s a gonipora, it means it’s an lps.
And since it’s an lps let’s talk about that brown algae you mentioned; it’s actually not any normal algae...

What you have is BJD, or brown jelly disease.
Extremely contagious to other lps, especially torches and acans.

You also have majanos.

I’d stop shopping at that lfs....
They have gonnaherphasyphilaids

moses reef · Nov 21, 2017

dbl said:
I moved this over to the LPS forum for better response.

thanks im new :/

moses reef · Nov 21, 2017

ChiCity said:
As mentioned, those aren’t zoas...
And since that’s a gonipora, it means it’s an lps.
And since it’s an lps let’s talk about that brown algae you mentioned; it’s actually not any normal algae...

What you have is BJD, or brown jelly disease.
Extremely contagious to other lps, especially torches and acans.

You also have majanos.

I’d stop shopping at that lfs....
They have gonnaherphasyphilaids

should i just toss the entire thing?

ChiCity · Nov 21, 2017

moses reef · Nov 21, 2017

ChiCity said:
Yes!

think it has messed up the tank already?

Shaddow_wolf169 · Nov 22, 2017

No it's not dead nor is it brown jelly dip i iodine use a toothbrush to gently scrub the skeleton NOT the polyps meaning flesh. Then place back in low flow and low light also get some gonipower it will come back. Also Superglue over that Majano anemone.

moses reef · Nov 23, 2017

Shaddow_wolf169 said:
No it's not dead nor is it brown jelly dip i iodine use a toothbrush to gently scrub the skeleton NOT the polyps meaning flesh. Then place back in low flow and low light also get some gonipower it will come back. Also Superglue over that Majano anemone.

thank you!