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03-11-2006, 08:39 PM
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Little Fishy
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whats wrong with my zoa's
There is a brown coat of whatever on my zoa's. It is on the stems. Any Idea of what it is or how to remedy it. Some open up half way and the rest aren't opening at all. its been like this for a while. they haven't been dying, they but the little ones stopped growing. Any Ideas?
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03-11-2006, 08:53 PM
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What are your water readings? Lights?
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03-11-2006, 09:48 PM
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Little Fishy
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Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 30. ph 8 - 8.2 Salinity 1.024
Lights are coralife 24'' PC 130W
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03-11-2006, 09:51 PM
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Photo Junkie
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Do you mind posting some pics?  it will help.
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03-11-2006, 09:56 PM
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Well your readings look pretty good,yea a pic might help can you get one?
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03-11-2006, 09:58 PM
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Little Fishy
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This is the only pic I have right now. You can't see the brown but that is all the farther they open up. I will get a better pic tomorrow.
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03-11-2006, 10:00 PM
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Eat more PIE
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Well I dont see much from the pic you might want to look at them up close with a magnifying glass just to see if you see anything on them like worm etc etc.whats the tank temp?
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03-11-2006, 10:04 PM
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Little Fishy
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03-11-2006, 10:05 PM
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ok temp is good hummm Im thinking something might have stressed them out recently anything unusual happen recently?
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03-11-2006, 10:10 PM
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Little Fishy
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When I first got them they opened up all the way everyday. After about a month they closed up for about another month. I thought they were dying. Then one day, back to normal. Now they have this brown stuff on there stems. It has been there for at least a month and a half. The orange ones open up more lately but still have this brown stuff on them. The green ones haven't opened up at all and have that brown stuff all over them.
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03-11-2006, 10:12 PM
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Does the brown stuff come out of the center of the zoes? is it slimey looking and stringy?
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03-11-2006, 10:13 PM
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Little Fishy
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I got a RO unit about a month ago and have been doing 20% water changes once or twice a week to try to get the water quality up. That is the only abnormal thing I have done in probly 4 months
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03-11-2006, 10:15 PM
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Little Fishy
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It is on the base of them on the outside. On the orange ones the brown stops about half way up. And that is how far they open up now.
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03-11-2006, 10:23 PM
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sounds kinda like a bacterial infection maybe a reef dip would help.
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03-11-2006, 10:27 PM
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Little Fishy
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