I have a decent sized frag of bam bam oranges. I've had these for 3+ years, they were my first zoas and i grew them from 3 polyps to about 30 i currently have. I have fragged them a couple times as well for trades. Recently, a couple polyps closed up, turned yellow, and melted away. So i removed the colony and using a razor blade removed the other 2 polyps i could see that were turning yellow, severing them from the colony as far into good flesh as i could tell. I then dipped it in a FW w/ TMPCC dip for about 7 min. They opened fine the next day and i did not see any declining polyps until yesterday, there are about 5 turning yellow right now. I've had this problem before, about 2.5 years ago to another type of zoa and it completely melted away. I could not save it, but that frag was new. This one has been in my tank for awhile.
That said, has anyone ever beat this when it starts? Anybody know what causes it or what it actually is? Why would it just begin on a 3+ old colony?
You can see 2 of the polyps closed on the left, and 2 at the bottom. These will be completely gone when i get home tonight.
All the rest of my zoos are fine this is only occuring in this colony. All zoos get a FW w/ iodine or TMPCC for 7-10 min prior to going into the tank.
Params
temp 80.1
pH 8.3
SG 35ppt
alk 8.3dKH
calcium 460ppm
ammonia 0ppm
nitrates 0ppm
nitrites 0ppm
That said, has anyone ever beat this when it starts? Anybody know what causes it or what it actually is? Why would it just begin on a 3+ old colony?
You can see 2 of the polyps closed on the left, and 2 at the bottom. These will be completely gone when i get home tonight.
All the rest of my zoos are fine this is only occuring in this colony. All zoos get a FW w/ iodine or TMPCC for 7-10 min prior to going into the tank.
Params
temp 80.1
pH 8.3
SG 35ppt
alk 8.3dKH
calcium 460ppm
ammonia 0ppm
nitrates 0ppm
nitrites 0ppm