Zoa help

[Nano]

it'd be good to see a pic for sure.
but IME (and my experience is fairly limited)
My zoas do best on the sand bed or low on the rocks, I have tried some in higher flow areas and they seemed to melt overnight, I managed to save them though. Can you visually see anything on them? I would pull the frag for a look?
Also I wouldn't right pods off, especially amphipods, I am on nano reef as well, and a couple people as of late have found amphipods to be the culprits of agitated zoas so placing them in slightly high flow has help, also dipping. but IMO that may only be a temporary fix for amphipods as I am sure they would come back eventually.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by FitoPharmer

The tank is still fallow for over 8 weeks, plus for a 40G system 20G is Macro and Mangrove refuge. So 0 or very close to it on NO3. I only have AP kits for NO3 so I guess it could easily be 1-6 ppm and still show the color for zero?

Absolutely chances are if your macro is growing there's something in there API is not a horrible teat for nitrate def accurate enough

[canadianbudz604]

Pods will pick at them, I just had the same problem with my gold zoas. Stayed up late a few tinmes and watched them eat them.

[daniella3d]

That's why I bought my copperband butterfly as they don't sleep and hunt those nasty amphipods all night. I got rid of them nearly to 99% and only see a rare amphipods here and there (very rare now).

But the real thing that helped my zoanthids is dosing with vitamine C and I have been doing this for over 6 months now.

Mine all seem to much prefer being close to the metal halide and strong flow. They need feeding as well and they seem to do well with Chromaplex, fauna marin food and Reef Energy A and B.

Some zoanthids are nearly impossible to keep (thinking blue and purple hornets) and some are nearly undestructible (like the pink and gold paly, rainbow paly, armageddon and a lot of paly).

I have theared apart those pink and gold only to seem them sprout all over the place like crazy. can't kill those, no matter what.

Oh, and they HATE water change, so I do them as little as I can. I prefer dosing instead and do water change once a month.

Originally Posted by canadianbudz604

Pods will pick at them, I just had the same problem with my gold zoas. Stayed up late a few tinmes and watched them eat them.