Pin point Ph & zoo issues

[danny zubot]

I will most likely order a new probe today. 50+ dollars ouch!

There are still a half dozen blue zoos left so hopefully they make a come back. I forgot to mension that after I re-arranged the tank I ended up with a smaller colony of blue zoos in a different area, they are gone too! I con't help but wonder if my PH issues had something to do with that? Time for a big water change I guess.

[Xtasia]

Zoos are pretty tough..

Are you sure there no possible irritents? Some starfish in the asterina family eat zoos... even things like spaghetti worms etc eat zoos.. .How long have you had them in the tank? Are they soft at all? like.. mashed potatoes, jujubes or hard nipples?

yes I said nipples..

[GMGQ]

Shine a bright LED flashlight on them at night when they're closed up. Move the light around for several minutes to check out every nook and cranny.

Zoo eating nudi's are a high probability. I just lost a whack of zoos to them. They're recovering now, but I still see a nudi here and there.
You just have to be patient and look really hard.

[danny zubot]

I haven't noticed any kind of predator. I haven't really added anything to the tank for it to hitch hike on, unless it was stuck to my new fish? Some of the zoos are alive but have been closed up for 4-5 days now. I can only hope that they come back eventually.

As for the pin point issues, I ordered another probe and will post my results as soon as I get it.

thanks for everyones help!

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by danny zubot

results as doon as I get it.

thanks for everyones help!

Danny what is DOON

sorry man its friday morning just having some fun with ya

[Joe Reefer]

Get back to work Mike.

[Xtasia]

I was thinking about it last night and I think you should consider doing a reef dip on the zoos. It should help with bacterial and predator issues.

If your PH was out of wack your other corals would be feeling it before your zoos. Are your other Corals looking poor?

What fish do you have? Any Moorish angels?

You still haven't answered my questions... If you want help, could you read my posts and reply.

[danny zubot]

Hey Xtasia, sorry, I thought I had answered them.

Lets see.....

-I haven't been able to spot anything in or around the zoo colony accept that brittle star the one day.
-Thee are a few polyps left that are more like hard nipples, I think they are the ones that will recover. There may have been a few polyps that looked a bit mushy, but the rest of the colony is simply gone!
-My other corals are fine if only a bit faded. For the past couple of weeks I've bee ntrying to bring my CA and Alk levels up from when I was on vacation. Dosing quite heavily.
-Zoos are 2.5 year old by now.
-Fish include, 1 Bi color angel, 2 O. Percs, 1 Regal tang, 1 Red cheek anthis, 1 six line wrasse, 1 YWG, 1 masked rabbit fish.
-other, zebra (fighting) conch, brown, blue legged hermits, Cerith, Nerite, Turbo, snails, Olive snail (live under sandbed)

I think thats all, did I miss anything?

I can't dip this rock without ripping appart the whole tank, see pic below. Blue zoos in question are bottom right, which are 95% gone, but the colony left of them on the same rock is thriving.

[danny zubot]

Got my new PH probe yesterday. Calibrated it with my friend's coralife solution 7.0 and 10.0. It still read 7.45! Something must be wrong with the solution because my corals aren't showing the stress that would be affiliated with that reading. Going to try and find some other PH solution today. Anyone know if Gold's sells it?