Dissolving Zoanthids

[DCDN]

Its also hard to remember that zoanthids come from all parts of the ocean. With some being a hundred feet down to others being exposed to air for hours as the tide moves in and out. Often they are grouped all together yet they may have very different needs. I've also lost 2 colonies recently with a different colony on the same rock surviving. It is unfortunate but the best that can be done is to learn from it and try to avoid it in the future.

[Baldy]

The only problem with that is there is no way to learn from something when you don't know what the cause was in the first place

[reefwars]

theres alot in the hobby we dont understand ,you could try the same colony again and come out with a total different outcome this time and the thing about zoanthids as mentioned is they need different things some die fast some die slow, some want light some want little,some like random flow some prefer little flow.when your talking about a species of coral that has such vast requirements could be hit or miss on getting them to grow. its part of the fun of the hobby is trying to get things to flourish and if it was easy everyone would be sucessfull at it but its not and alot of things come into play and even more that we dont understand,this is why i mentioned that they are always misclassified as being a hardy or easy coral to raise.in your case it could be something as simple as too much light or something as complex as starved to death over time.unless it was something directly you did or noticed/changed chances are you wont get the answer your looking for just a bunch of what if's.keep trying different varietys and see what grows for you.cheers

[Tracey2]

this morning, I took one of the colonies that I had placed higher in the tank and gave it a peroxide dip, only 1 pod came off that I could see, that colony is only slightly open now.

[reefwars]

i would feed my zoanthid tank and it did quite well i had around 80 different colonys and i rarely had any melt away unless they were new or unhealthy to begin with if anythiong i took alot of zoas that didnt look well and turned them around.my zoa tank had low nitrates and phosphates and water changes every week.i didnt shoot for a low nutrient system and they seemed to like it , also they were pretty much the only corals in there.alot of them sat directly under a 250w halide,some liked it better in the shade took alot of moving to figure out what grew where once it looked good i left it alone and never touched it afterwards.i ran no carbon,didnt dip any of them.had a low bioload of 2 fish.wasnt dosing anything as well. i believe feeding them and changing water is where my success came from.zoas didnt do well in my 180 or my 11o mixed reefs so i started a small 33g just for zoas it was grown out completely with in 2 yrs.

[daniella3d]

pics?

Originally Posted by reefwars

a small 33g just for zoas it was grown out completely with in 2 yrs.

[Baldy]

Also, a 33g zoa tank like that, would ot work running off the sump from your main tank, or os that something that should have its own sump system?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by TheNewGuy

Also, a 33g zoa tank like that, would ot work running off the sump from your main tank, or os that something that should have its own sump system?

mine didnt run a sump or skimmer just a modded ac110 as a fuge.the biggest problem i had with zoas was neglegence on my behalf like aiptasia , i let the tank go untreated for a year then got plagued with about 300+ heads of baby aiptasia they would grow between the heads and prevent them from opening and feeding.i then bought a filefish who would nip at the zoas.i let nutrients take my tank over at one point and then had to battle numerous types of algae and high phosphate levels.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

pics?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EROt-NevV3c