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10-06-2007, 08:06 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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|  zoa issues
Ive had this colony of green zoas for a month now and some have these black strands coming outta them and they wont open?? All the others are healthy and standing proud!!  any suggestions?? _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock 2 yellowtail damsels.. more to come  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-06-2007, 08:43 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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are the strands black or dark red? | |
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10-06-2007, 09:00 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Take a soft brush and clean the algae or sediment from around the ployops and the rocks. Or check to see that a jet of water is not by chance blasting them in that spot? _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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10-06-2007, 03:50 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
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Originally Posted by crappyballer  are the strands black or dark red? | Black , can u see them in the picture !!? 
tangster , i have moved the whole rock around and blown any possible algae and debris, some are trying to come out but it seems the black stand thingy is stopping progress !! a pair of tweezers maybe!! | |
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10-06-2007, 04:00 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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My guess would be regurgitating zooxanthellae. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-06-2007, 04:09 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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This what some of mine looked like a long time ago when they were stressed.
Regurgitating zooxanthellae  | |
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10-06-2007, 04:15 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
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yeah mine dont look that bad . the best way to descibe it , looks like a feather duster tube but black and not hollow | |
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10-06-2007, 04:18 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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That pic was taken when I took them out of the water and they looked more like blobs then. I couldnt get a good pic of them in the water, so I removed them. | |
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10-06-2007, 04:43 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Zoanthids by Eric Borneman
(Aquarium.Net January 1998 )
Good article on zoanthids by Eric Borneman. Husbandry and zoa health problems discussed.
While I did not see your particular problem discussed...he did cover a number of items that can cause zoanthid demise or poor heath conditiions. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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10-06-2007, 04:44 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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have you taken a brush and cleaned the area vlowing at it may not remover if I think you have a sponge growth of some type maybe a cyano ? Brush them off | |
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