Damn those zoanthids

[daniella3d]

I think that splitting colony in many frags is the only way to go. I am really happy that I got to frag one polyp of my purple hornet that got lose before the colony started to shrivel...as that polyp is standing right beside the mother colony but it is not affected. It seem that the key is to have polyps that are not connected to the common mat. Seem that all zoanthids connected to the same mat are going at the same time. It's really really strange.

I am dosing Vitamine C right now trying to see if it will make a difference and bring back colony that are affected. I also dip them in furan-2 each day to see if that help. It's also very strange that when a colony is not affected by this "disease" it is nearly indestructible. I can cut off one polyp and glue it and within a week I have 4, 2 weeks and I have about 10...growing like crazy. I am managing to keep some specie but they are never in large enough number to sell any frag because of this. I am so afraid that if I sell a frag then I will lose the mother colony and have nothing left.

Man...this is frustrating! :*(

Originally Posted by chandigz

Ya I have the same thing. It's really ****ing me off too. Random frags/colonies Start to shrivel up starting with the stock first and the crown starts to bulge. Its like the stock is being squished and pushing the guts up into the crown. Then they showly disapear. It seems totally random tho. Can't figure it out. Not just new stuff but stuff that i've had for a while too. One day they are doing great then they go to crap. The part that ****es me off is it will happen to one of two of the same establihed frags that are sitting side by side. Now I try to frag my frags so that I have a chance of keeping one if I loose the others.