Zoa Poop?!

[ckmullin]

About 24hrs later and looks the same. Time will tell...if nothing else, I've learned zoa can poop zooxanthellae!

[daniella3d]

saving them? only time will tell. Are they worth saving? anything rare? if not I would not worry about them too much as common zoanthids are easy to find and cheap to replace.

I would not place them in too strong light for now, more at the bottom of the tank until they regain some zoo. shutting off the pump and feeding them with Fauna Marin UltraZoa might (only MIGHT) help, depending if they are eating or not.

[denny_CC]

They'll come back easily, can have full color in a couple weeks.

[reefgirl189]

Saving them? Yes. It's possible. I had the same issue: a little frag went missing and I found it a month later, bleached white as snow. A few months down the road the palys got all the color back and started growing like weeds. I didn't think they were going to make it but they did. I never saw mine 'pooping' as these ones are in the picture though but they must have at one point.