Zoas melting

[Nano]

well it looks like the shock from what ever happened in my tank is melting 90% of my zoas, 2 ricordea are detaching themselves from the frag plugs and I am down to one snail. So far my zoa casualties are,
blue eye blondes
purple hornets
radioactive dragon eyes
orange oxides
xmas
supermans
teal rings
green tea paly
orange explosions
some pink ones
dennys mix frag
watermelons
possibly my hammer and frogspawn as well.

what a bummer. thats a good $400+ worth of corals

[daniella3d]

That's really sad. Could be due to the contaminated carbon as when I got copper poisoning all my zoa and paly where turning wierd and many have melted away over a day or 2 after that event.

Also alkalinity swing are very detrimental to zoanthids but if there are so many of them affected, it could be copper.

Have you done copper test?

You could try dosing some vitamin C to see if that help.

Originally Posted by Nano

well it looks like the shock from what ever happened in my tank is melting 90% of my zoas, 2 ricordea are detaching themselves from the frag plugs and I am down to one snail. So far my zoa casualties are,
blue eye blondes
purple hornets
radioactive dragon eyes
orange oxides
xmas
supermans
teal rings
green tea paly
orange explosions
some pink ones
dennys mix frag
watermelons
possibly my hammer and frogspawn as well.

what a bummer. thats a good $400+ worth of corals

[Nano]

Where do I get vitamin c. And no haven't been up to the city to get a copper test.

[Nano]

anyone? I want to try to salvage what I can. not counting on much left over by the end of the week,

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Nano

Where do I get vitamin c.

Drug store, grocery store?

[Nano]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Drug store, grocery store?

well yeah any specific type? like vitamin pills or drops or powders? anyone know of a good kind?

[The Grizz]

Regular Vit C tablets will work, just crush them up.

BTW: CRAPPY DEAL DUDE!

[Nano]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Regular Vit C tablets will work, just crush them up.

BTW: CRAPPY DEAL DUDE!

your telling me dude.. and thanks!


BTW your eagle eyes or what ever they are are ok so far. hoping they last

[fishytime]

I wouldnt use the tablets....most will contain fillers, colors, and other crap the neither your zoas or the rest of your tank need......IF you wanna start dosing Vc.....go to a pharmacist and ask for ascorbic acid.....google the dosing amounts

[daniella3d]

Or order sodium ascorbate (pure vitamin C) online from www.iherb.com

http://www.iherb.com/NutriBiotic-Sod...4-g/10178?at=0