ggabrielcc Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Hi, I got some Zoas about a week ago, my parameters are all good but they either are half open or won't come out, I have 0 nitrites, a small amount of nitrates, alk/ KH is at 8.3, salinity is kept at 35, calcium is 420. I also got a GSP at the same time which is only just coming coming out. I also have Xenia which are happy and pulsing and a big cabbage leather which is doing very well. maybe its a pest? or it could be due to the fact the light is having problems where it keeps turning off for a couple seconds every 2 h. Or maybe its because they have been knocked off their rock a couple of times as I need to get some gel reef glue. Thanks for any help Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Yes,just temperamental like normal. I had zoa's close for close to a year,but still popped babies out then magically they opened up one day and were fine after that. What are your parameters ? Quote Link to comment
ggabrielcc Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 12 hours ago, Reefkid88 said: Yes,just temperamental like normal. I had zoa's close for close to a year,but still popped babies out then magically they opened up one day and were fine after that. What are your parameters ? parameters are alk/KH is 8.3, nitrites are 0, nitrates are 3, ph is 8, Ca is 420 and salinity is kept at 35. its an odd tank as when I first got it and had no clue about reefing I had corals in a day after setting it up and somehow Coraline algae took over the tank in a matter of weeks, everything was going extremely well, then It had a crash while I was on holiday and it never really recovered and I lost almost all my coral so I did I complete clean and re make about 2 months ago but its just got a lot of hair algae and diatoms and the corals are surviving but apart from a green cabbage leather they don't seem to be thriving, its weird. Quote Link to comment
jambon Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 It is a matter of time to establish and along with your maintenance also it will come together. You just need to find the "sweet spot" . Do not rush it, as fast changes could throw it off. 1 Quote Link to comment
ggabrielcc Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 bad news, I moved them to my 10 gallon for a couple days which I don't think was a very good idea at all but it was because something kept flipping the frags over, I found out it was the emerald crab but since putting them back in the tank they seem to be thinning out and I can see the zoa through its skin, the bigger polyps on the sunny D don't look too bad but the fire storm really doesn't look great. I definitely think It was a stupid mistake to move them into a different tank for a couple days. hopefully if I leave them completely alone they may come back. 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Its more than likely because they are stretching for light. I have had TONS of zoa's do this back in the day. 1 Quote Link to comment
ggabrielcc Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Reefkid88 said: Its more than likely because they are stretching for light. I have had TONS of zoa's do this back in the day. oh ok, the only thing is before I moved them they weren't like this Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 How is lighting between tanks ? Quote Link to comment
ggabrielcc Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 13 hours ago, Reefkid88 said: How is lighting between tanks ? both lights are pretty good, one is TMC reef photon (the main tank for the zoas) and the temporary tank has a giesmann teszla. I don't have a par meter but I'm confident in he lights Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Move it closer to the light, it wants more. Quote Link to comment
ggabrielcc Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 yeah I've moved them about 6 inches higher, hopefully that helps 🙂 Quote Link to comment
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