Zoas HELP!!!

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  1. tmv8888

    tmv8888 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    i recently purchased some clay zoas, about 60-80 polyps worth. Acclimated them for about 1 hour, and put them in my 24 gallon nano reef. For some reason, they won't open, and haven't opened since i purchased them. I dose the tank with Kent Microvert every two days in order to keep my carnation coral healthy. All my shrooms are doing amazing, as well as the fish and the carnation coral, but for some reason these zoas seem extremly unhealthy. As far as feeding goes, microvert is the only thing i use. other then that, they rely on the light. They are placed at medium height in the tank, directly under the light. Any help would be great!
     
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  2. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    how long have you had them??
     
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  3. a1amap

    a1amap Astrea Snail

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    Zoas can take some time to open. Under the best conditions they stay open but usually they take some time.
     
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  4. ClimberChris

    ClimberChris Flamingo Tongue

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    My Zoas opened within the first hour of me putting them in the tank. I would put them at the bottom of the tank and see if they open there, if so, slowly move them up and see what happens. I placed my blue zoas at medium depth and they weren't opened as much as the ones on the bottom so I took them down to the lower level and they seem to do better there, but my greens love both low and medium depths.
     
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  5. psiclone

    psiclone Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Just wait and don't disturb them they will open.
     
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  6. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    Zoas are very hardy, I wouldn't worry too much. Make sure there is not detritus on them and I would lowe them as previously mentioned.
     
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  7. tmv8888

    tmv8888 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    No detritus, no noticible physical issues. They just seem really tiny, and none of the 50 or 60 have opened yet. did a water change today, here are my params. PH, 7.5 ish, nitrates, none. everything else that isn't supposed to be there, none... lol. Salinity is about 1.024 or 1.025. my anemone also isn't doing to well. And i know there is some relation to anemonies and zoas. Everything else in the tank (shrooms, shrimp, hermits, carnation, fish) are doing fine.
     
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  8. Screwtape

    Screwtape Tonozukai Fairy Wrasse

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    That PH is really low, what are your magnesium, alkalinity and calcium? Do you keep a top on the tank? Do you have a sump? What kind of lights do you have?
     
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  9. tmv8888

    tmv8888 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    no sump, no refuge, lights are built in to the nano cube itself, they are 50/50's i believe. yes there is a top on the tank. mag and calc, not sure. i'm new to the whole reef thing. I've kept FOWLR's all my life.
     
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  10. Nightstick

    Nightstick Purple Spiny Lobster

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    See if youcan get your ph up to 8.2, might help a little!
     
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