Zoapox

[Pufferpunk]

Finally, it seems there is a cure for this & just in time! My colony of green meanies were starting to look poorly & then I saw the dreaded pox. I've been following the thread on this at RC for about a year now--just in case. Did my 1st treatment today. Taking pics before & after each treatment.

http://www.zoaid.com/articles004.php

I'd still like to know what causes my smaller zoas to close up, turn brown & waste away, though.

 

[Azurel]

that's great now we can stop the scerge on our precious zoas....

 

[da6d2003]

Wow. What great documentation. I hope never to have to use the info though. It is nice to know that there is hope for those that do.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Here are my 1st pics of the process.

Before dipping:

Close-up:

After 20 minute dip:

 

[Pufferpunk]

Well, so far, not so good. I took them out for a 2nd dip & they smelled like DEATH! I took a soft toothbrush & brushed off all the dead, smelly tissue & dipped again.

Before 2nd dip (after brushing off the dead stuff):

 

[Pufferpunk]

Poor things... I forgot how beautiful this colony was, till the guy I bought them from sent me pics:

Now I'm really sad...

 

[Periette]

My heart is with you Pufferpunk - keep at it and let us know how it's going. The information is very helpful.

 

[reefboy]

in the past ive had colony's come up with this and i stuck in a really high flow area and they have recovered without spreading it.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I've been checking every night, after my other zoas have closed. I'm sooooo paranoid it's contageous. Non others seem infected.

Here are my Green meanies before their 3rd treatment:

I'll give them a few days & take more pics. Sure hope I've saved them. It'll be a while before they look like the above pic though.

 

[revhtree]

Routing for you!

 

[Pufferpunk]

Think it looks better?

 

[Azurel]

Looks like it's working to me.....Way to go Pufferpunk!

 

[Pufferpunk]

So few polyps are left though, compared to how many were in tht colony.

 

[rocko918]

It's a royal PIA. I had to deal with it for a while. Lost alot of polyp count but did not lose the zoas. I had enough of the ones that were infected that I have them still. Wierd thing is my mean greens were the first ones to show signs of it. I wonder if they are the weakest. Anyway, i thought it was all gone only to see it happen again a month later. But i caught it early and did only one treatment.

Furan2 works well.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Polyps are still closed tight.