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ckmullin
04-05-2013, 04:51 AM
So...a new little frag of zoa started very slowly expelling a dark (nearly black) ...um...something aprox 12 hours after tank introduction. I've ready anywhere from zoa poop to expelling excess zooxanthellae. The black masses of 'somethings' are 1 mm diameter...made up of smaller 'somethings' aprox .2 mm diameter.

Anywho care to take a stab?

As always thanks!


I've photoshoped the pics to give the best visible 'something' contrast. Fom eyeballing it...the color is nearly black.
http://i50.tinypic.com/b3keg0.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/1h4h07.jpg

Ram3500
04-05-2013, 05:06 AM
Gross

ckmullin
04-05-2013, 05:09 AM
Gross

you don't like zoa's poking turtle heads? :lol:

daniella3d
04-06-2013, 02:22 AM
It looks more like they are expealing their zooxanthellae. They look kind of bleached.

11purewater
04-06-2013, 02:27 AM
It looks more like they are expealing their zooxanthellae. They look kind of bleached.

+1

11purewater
04-06-2013, 02:28 AM
are they on the bottom of your tank?

Coralgurl
04-06-2013, 04:47 AM
They were from my tank and found under a rock. Not sure how long they were there. They didn't look quite so pale, more grayish when they came out of the tank. I had them mounted but they must have gotten knocked off and weren't noticed as being missing. Any saving them?

ckmullin
04-06-2013, 05:21 AM
About 24hrs later and looks the same. Time will tell...if nothing else, I've learned zoa can poop zooxanthellae! :)

daniella3d
04-07-2013, 01:34 PM
saving them? only time will tell. Are they worth saving? anything rare? if not I would not worry about them too much as common zoanthids are easy to find and cheap to replace.

I would not place them in too strong light for now, more at the bottom of the tank until they regain some zoo. shutting off the pump and feeding them with Fauna Marin UltraZoa might (only MIGHT) help, depending if they are eating or not.

denny_CC
04-07-2013, 02:26 PM
They'll come back easily, can have full color in a couple weeks.

reefgirl189
04-07-2013, 02:57 PM
Saving them? Yes. It's possible. I had the same issue: a little frag went missing and I found it a month later, bleached white as snow. A few months down the road the palys got all the color back and started growing like weeds. I didn't think they were going to make it but they did. I never saw mine 'pooping' as these ones are in the picture though but they must have at one point.