I am about ready to get rid of Zoas from my system. They simply have too many problems it seems with an even longer list of possible things that caused those problems as well as a long list of possible fixes. Every problem seems to require you to figure out the problem and this just seems to add to instability for everything in your tank. You try one thing and it does not work so you go to the next thing and so on. There is no stability in that process. They say these are hardy corals that are great for beginners but I could not disagree more. They are problematic corals that always have problems and should be avoided by beginners. I know expert reefers who constantly have problems with them.
I'm thinking the same thing. I'm new at this. But I've got torches, frogspawn and mushrooms that are doing great. But I can't keep zoas to save my life
The best advice I ever got for corals is.... LEAVE THEM ALONE and keep your hands out of the tank. Stop moving them and messing with them. I had a frag of zoas not open for 2 months, yes, 2 months. It recently opened and they're thriving. Zoas are very fragile. I have a bunch of them and really, the best thing to do is to just leave them. I don't dip mine, never have dipped a coral; I let nature take its course. Everything is doing wonderful. Zoas will also stay closed for a while if they're going new ones. If you do want to use a treatment for dipping; MARINE MALEFIX - this if a gift from God. I dose my tank once every 2 months for 6 days and then do a water change. Melafix is absolutely amazing. It will get everything; flat worms etc. TRY IT!! You can use it as a dip.
I agree that finding the root cause should always be the goal. However, I find that Zoas tend to get the pox or melt for a wide range of unexplainable reasons. It’s possible to have perfect parameters, a perfect ICP water test and still get the occasional outbreak of Zoa pox. With all that said, unstable water chemistry, lighting or flow will definitely cause MORE pox outbreaks.
@@HackersReef hi! How many time per day and how many day per week that I can do treatmenr like u cause my zoan colony got infection like your video I guess. It does not open when I brought it home 7 days already! Many thanks for your help
so at the beginning which is which or are they all sand irritation or are you just treating zoas with sand irritation. I have been super in to hackers reef for a while but this video just frustrated me in general. even the knife. knives aren't good for mixing. better than a spoon but not nearly as good as fork. thats just me being picky but its true a knife moves things around and scraped it up sure but think of the prongs on a fork like a highrise and the effect of wind between sky scrapers when there is a storm this "wind" between the prongs is flow and pressure and going to do a far better job at mixing anything than a knife or spoon unless you intend on making a batter. but yeah that's just a side story. really in editing at some point you should have compared the two rather than saying look at the start of the video with no descriptions on the ailments. Please remake this video and get someone to edit it with you. the deathly boring real time video was fine but the lack of effort or information is what has put me off. sorry for being a douchebag but I had to say it because as someone new to zoas i am trying to learn everything in detail so I can identify an issue before it becomes an issue
I am about ready to get rid of Zoas from my system. They simply have too many problems it seems with an even longer list of possible things that caused those problems as well as a long list of possible fixes. Every problem seems to require you to figure out the problem and this just seems to add to instability for everything in your tank. You try one thing and it does not work so you go to the next thing and so on. There is no stability in that process. They say these are hardy corals that are great for beginners but I could not disagree more. They are problematic corals that always have problems and should be avoided by beginners. I know expert reefers who constantly have problems with them.
I'm thinking the same thing. I'm new at this. But I've got torches, frogspawn and mushrooms that are doing great. But I can't keep zoas to save my life
Good water chemistry I think will fix it. I explain how the tank gets too acidic on my website homepage. I agree dipping coral is a good idea.
The best advice I ever got for corals is.... LEAVE THEM ALONE and keep your hands out of the tank. Stop moving them and messing with them. I had a frag of zoas not open for 2 months, yes, 2 months. It recently opened and they're thriving. Zoas are very fragile. I have a bunch of them and really, the best thing to do is to just leave them. I don't dip mine, never have dipped a coral; I let nature take its course. Everything is doing wonderful. Zoas will also stay closed for a while if they're going new ones. If you do want to use a treatment for dipping; MARINE MALEFIX - this if a gift from God. I dose my tank once every 2 months for 6 days and then do a water change. Melafix is absolutely amazing. It will get everything; flat worms etc. TRY IT!! You can use it as a dip.
Thank you ❤
is it safe with inverts like shrimps, snails and crabs, anemone etc?
Is this zoa pox deadly
My heater decided to up the temperature to 27°C over night and boom Zoa pox!
I dip them in furan with fresh water with furan and as im dipping them i take a lil clipper and try to remove as much of that pox as i can.
I got a zoa garden in I tell you it's not easy keeping them beautiful you got to treat them like a baby lol over 120 frags in my zoa gardening
But if the issue is on the tank and you put them back again wouldn't the issue just come back
I agree that finding the root cause should always be the goal. However, I find that Zoas tend to get the pox or melt for a wide range of unexplainable reasons. It’s possible to have perfect parameters, a perfect ICP water test and still get the occasional outbreak of Zoa pox. With all that said, unstable water chemistry, lighting or flow will definitely cause MORE pox outbreaks.
@@HackersReef hi! How many time per day and how many day per week that I can do treatmenr like u cause my zoan colony got infection like your video I guess. It does not open when I brought it home 7 days already! Many thanks for your help
So after a week after the treatment and you still have Zoa pox
Ya I'm thinking I won't be wasting money on that "medicine".
I tried this now they’re not opening at all. Sorry to say I think they’re dead
so at the beginning which is which or are they all sand irritation or are you just treating zoas with sand irritation. I have been super in to hackers reef for a while but this video just frustrated me in general. even the knife. knives aren't good for mixing. better than a spoon but not nearly as good as fork. thats just me being picky but its true a knife moves things around and scraped it up sure but think of the prongs on a fork like a highrise and the effect of wind between sky scrapers when there is a storm this "wind" between the prongs is flow and pressure and going to do a far better job at mixing anything than a knife or spoon unless you intend on making a batter. but yeah that's just a side story. really in editing at some point you should have compared the two rather than saying look at the start of the video with no descriptions on the ailments. Please remake this video and get someone to edit it with you. the deathly boring real time video was fine but the lack of effort or information is what has put me off. sorry for being a douchebag but I had to say it because as someone new to zoas i am trying to learn everything in detail so I can identify an issue before it becomes an issue