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Old 11-05-2005, 05:18 PM
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Default Dip your zoas!

Hi everyone! I'm sure everyone dips their new zoas before they go in the tank.....but just in case..........I got some fairly nice looking zoas from J&L yesterday, and they had quite a few nudis in them. Also on a frag I didn't buy was a really large sundial snail......I watched him suck the life out of a couple of polyps! Kinda cool actually especially since it wasn't my tank!
Not trying to bash J&L, just don't want anyones lovely zoas to crump!
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Old 11-06-2005, 08:14 PM
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I'm assuming you're talking about zooanthids?

I dipped the really cool pink ones I got from deacon hemp (yes the beautiful pink huge ones) and it killed them.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

When he's ready to part with more, maybe he'll think of me......


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Old 11-07-2005, 02:28 AM
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What do you dip them in?
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Old 11-07-2005, 02:47 AM
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YEah I have never heard of zooanthids dying from a dip??? What did you dip them in, and for how long???
Those big pinks look awesome, that musta hurt to loose them
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Old 11-07-2005, 06:01 AM
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Well I'm new at the sw thing. But I have heard 2 diferent ways sofar.

Dip in fresh for about 30sec
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dip in sw with alot of iodide in it

i could be doing it wrong so if someone knows the right way please help me.
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Old 11-07-2005, 01:40 PM
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FW RO/DI dip for 30 seconds or SW and lugols iodide dip for 30 seconds!
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Old 11-07-2005, 05:25 PM
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Heated FW?
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Old 11-07-2005, 05:30 PM
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FW dip should be same temp as your tank.
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Old 11-07-2005, 06:07 PM
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if you killed zoos from a fw dip they must have been in crap condition from the frag. there is no way a fw should have killed them. when you add zoo's to your tank make sure you put them in a higher flow area for a few days so any mucas or buildup gets blown off of them.
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Old 11-07-2005, 11:49 PM
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the FW should also be a SW PH, so 8.0 or there abouts.
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