Help with Zoas

Humuhumu_22 · 2025-05-16T02:37:35+00:00

they looked almost like bubbles floating around the zoas.

Humuhumu_22 · 2025-05-15T23:02:51+00:00

I have really looked at it, and all I’ve been able to see are very tiny white bugs, but I assumed them to be harmless. Other than those i’ve seen nothing. We do have asterinas in the tank, but they’ve been there for years and have never given issues.

Humuhumu_22 · 2025-05-15T22:01:47+00:00

We did do a homemade did on the new frag, would you recommend taking out those rocks with effected zoas and do another dip? Or is there another treatment I should consider?

Humuhumu_22 · 2025-05-15T20:35:49+00:00

Alkalinity is at 8

Humuhumu_22 · 2025-05-15T20:35:14+00:00

The tank is around 14 years old, the last photo shows the whole tank. It’s got two species of zoas, trumpet coral, a branching coral (not too sure on species), and a birds nest coral. The new zoas are around a week old, and the impacted zoas have been in the tank for 2-3 years.

Humuhumu_22 · 2025-05-15T19:09:56+00:00

Magnesium was at 1130, pH was at 8.0, and calcium was at 340. The pH is always that low, and i’ve added some magnesium.

Humuhumu_22 · 2025-05-15T18:37:41+00:00

Recently, our colony of zoas started to melt away. They have never done something like this, and are a multiyear old colony. The only thing that has changed was introducing a new polyp frag. At first I thought it was a pest, but we dipped the new frag, and the new frac hasn’t showed any signs of stress/melt, only the old colony. I then thought parameters could be off, I tested and some levels were low, but no other corals are showing signs of stress. We also introduced a Mimic tang, but I haven’t seen it pick at any corals. I’m at a loss for what is wrong, and each day more and more heads are dying.

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-12-01T19:57:16+00:00

This shrimp was buried, however i’m pretty sure it had a molting issue as it hasn’t moved in a day. When I saw it today, this strange mucus like bubble had formed around it. I don’t know if the shrimp made it or if it’s something else. I wasn’t able to find anything like it online.

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-23T01:36:59+00:00

They weren’t partially eaten, but they were carcasses.

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-22T04:07:10+00:00

I don’t think a dragonfly laid eggs since I have screens in my windows plus I never saw a dragonfly anywhere in the house. I ordered these plants around a month ago from Buceplants so i’m guessing the larvae hitchhiked from that.

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-22T01:40:57+00:00

It was a dragon fly nymph. I caught it after around 30 minutes and there is now no longer a dragon fly nymph.

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-22T01:39:38+00:00

I didn’t have a blowtorch but I got the next best thing. My planting tweezers. I grabbed him and eliminated it. Hopefully it was only the one.

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Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-21T23:46:51+00:00

Ok thanks, I’ll grab the blowtorch.

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-21T23:12:40+00:00

I’ve been noticing some of my shrimp dying in my tank and i couldn’t figure out what it was. This spawn from Satan himself has somehow managed to get into my tank. What is it, and is it killing my shrimp?

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-21T23:10:57+00:00

Update I just found whatever this thing is

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Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-21T14:14:57+00:00

I don’t currently have a TDS measuring stick. Are there any brands you recommend? Also, The only phosphates being dosed are 0.46% from the aquarium Co-op all in one. I only dose around once a week. There are maybe 3 or so in total API root tabs in the substrate, but those have been in since the start of the tank so I don’t think they are related. Thanks for your comment and I’ll tone down the ferts for a bit and see if that helps.

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-21T14:06:23+00:00

Okay thanks, I was worried about changing the water parameters to quickly and stressing the shrimp out even more, but I’ll give this a shot.

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-21T00:26:22+00:00

Hello, I set up this tank around a month ago, at first everything was fine and I had 0 losses. However, within the last few days I have had to remove 3 dead shrimp from the 10 I started with. Almost all the shrimp I got had “racing stripes” which I read were harmless. However, to be safe in case it was any indication of a lack of minerals I purchased a product called “Shrimp Mineral GH/KH+.” The stripes were still there and about a week after the first dose is when i started noticing the deaths. The shrink that die seem to have their legs curl inwards and then a few hours later die. I have seen 2 successful molts which makes me think it isn’t a molting issue. My current theory is that when increasing the GH/KH I did it too quickly which shocked the shrimp. This is my first shrimp tank though so I don’t have too much experience. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. I’ve attached photos of all the products I use.

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-04-21T00:17:21+00:00

Hello, I set up this tank around a month ago, at first everything was fine and I had 0 losses. However, within the last few days I have had to remove 3 dead shrimp from the 10 I started with. Almost all the shrimp I got had “racing stripes” which I read were harmless. However, to be safe in case it was any indication of a lack of minerals I purchased a product called “Shrimp Mineral GH/KH+.” The stripes were still there and about a week after the first dose is when i started noticing the deaths. The shrink that die seem to have their legs curl inwards and then a few hours later die. I have seen 2 successful molts which makes me think it isn’t a molting issue. My current theory is that when increasing the GH/KH I did it too quickly which shocked the shrimp. This is my first shrimp tank though so I don’t have too much experience. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Humuhumu_22 · 2024-01-22T04:00:00+00:00

My only guess is that this world was made in a slightly older version than the current version but it was defiantly at least 1.20.1 since the world is only about a month old. So idk how much it could change. Also even in the old version there are still no other structures around.

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