My Purple Hornet Zoanthids WONT OPEN

[Boomboy]

maybe you were looking at different ones.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Boomboy

maybe you were looking at different ones.

Always possible but it was one of the guys who grabbed the mag and showed me. either way. seems like a fungus is developing. guy at the shop said other ones have already died and the supplier said "he has got a couple calls about that" what can you do... even the best shops sell you **** From time to time. its how they stay in biz and we keep shopping. ha ha. ill be bitter if they die... regardless Of species

[Ron99]

Try some iodine dips. 5 to 10 minutes every other day for 2 or 3 days. I had some white fungus developing on some palys and it cleared it right up. Worth a shot.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Ron99

Try some iodine dips. 5 to 10 minutes every other day for 2 or 3 days. I had some white fungus developing on some palys and it cleared it right up. Worth a shot.

I removed all the fungus like stuff by hand in an attempt to stop it. ill try an iodine dip tonight. any brand better to use then Others?

[noirsphynx]

I lost mine too but I'm not convinced they were PH. They much more resembled AOI on zoaid.com. I also looked up Blue Steel zoa's and these ones weren't as blue as the BS, they were more purple like the AOI.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by noirsphynx

I lost mine too but I'm not convinced they were PH. They much more resembled AOI on zoaid.com. I also looked up Blue Steel zoa's and these ones weren't as blue as the BS, they were more purple like the AOI.

Unfortunately i may never know what mine are for sure if they dont open.

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by paddyob

I removed all the fungus like stuff by hand in an attempt to stop it. ill try an iodine dip tonight. any brand better to use then Others?

I'm not sure if any one is better than the others. I used Seachem Reef Dip. It says it has stuff to help with the coral's slime coat in addition to the iodine so maybe that is a bit better than plain Lugol's.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Ron99

I'm not sure if any one is better than the others. I used Seachem Reef Dip. It says it has stuff to help with the coral's slime coat in addition to the iodine so maybe that is a bit better than plain Lugol's.

Easy? assume product comes with good instructions?

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Easy? assume product comes with good instructions?

Yes. Just take some water from the tank in a container, add the appropriate amount of Reef Dip (I actually used about 2.5 times the recommended amount which won't hurt the corals for the short exposure) and drop them in there for 10 minutes or so. Shake them off and put back in tank.

[mseepman]

There's some pretty big threads out on RC about using vitamin C to help zoas do well. some people there mentioned that this cleared up all fungus issues as well. Maybe check some of that out.

Hope they live for you.