Betta-Chetta
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Hey guys ive tried to keep zoas and they open for a week and then they close up. What am i doing wrong? I have t5 compact lighting and i dose with fuel, calcium and alkalinity twice aweek and feed reef roids.
Zoas wont open up
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EriksOasis
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What are your tank parameters?
40B Knasty
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What kind of Zoas? How old and what kind of bulbs are they? What is your crab, shrimp, and fish stock list?
Some are really picky about where they need to be placed. Like Fruit Loops in my experience has been a rollercoaster. Radio Active Dragon Eyes and Rastas could careless. Some zoas require different height in the tank for lighting/PAR or flow from high to low.
Check for bugs.
Some are really picky about where they need to be placed. Like Fruit Loops in my experience has been a rollercoaster. Radio Active Dragon Eyes and Rastas could careless. Some zoas require different height in the tank for lighting/PAR or flow from high to low.
Check for bugs.
Betta-Chetta
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No bugs and they are all on the bottom of my tank in a 14 gallon biocube. Zoas range from 2 weeks to a day old in my tank. Bulb is only 4 months old. Compact t5 and stock is 1 maroon clown, banded trochus snails, turbo and 1 blue knuckle hermit
40B Knasty
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Are you sure those are T5s and not fluorescent compact lighting?
40B Knasty
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What kind of salt are you using? You shouldn't have to dose alk or cal. Zoas do not have a need for calcium, because they do not have a skeletal base. Alk dosing can be harsh on a tank if you do to much. Even jumping up a whole point can be harsh. Find out your alk and if it is between 8-11. You are good to go and replenish it with a weekly water change.
Do you use Prime to detoxify your water and are you using .000TDS water?
Do you use Prime to detoxify your water and are you using .000TDS water?
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Do you have a tank picture? Regular water changes should suffice to keep your levels stable if you only have few corals.
Betta-Chetta
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I do not have a recent picture and i try to do water changes every two weeks. I have a lot of coral. Only a few zoas though. The rest are a mixture of coral. Had some sps but they bleached
40B Knasty
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Your problem is your lights most likely. Not enough photosynthesis/feeding.
Betta-Chetta
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Parameters didnt change. All my other coral do fantastic besides the zoas and star polyps been closed for 3 weeks now. Ill have to take a picture when the lights come on. Everything is super happy except the zoas and star polyps. Talked to my lfs and they said my lighting isnt the strongest for sps.
Im upgrading tp a 60 gallon cube so ttying to figure out lighting isnt the easiest part out of the whole thing.
Im upgrading tp a 60 gallon cube so ttying to figure out lighting isnt the easiest part out of the whole thing.
