maestro
04-11-06, 23:45
Just really a word of warning about a new deadly diesease effecting zoanthids that seems to be turning up everywhere like a plague at the moment, its been mentioned in another zoa thread but I think its worth starting a new thread to let as many people as possible know.
The diesease itself looks like white bumps on the side of the polyps
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/zoapox7.JPG
http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=762 (http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=762)
No-one is yet sure what causes the bumps, probably a bacterial infection, it spreads from colony to colony and quite often ends up fatal.
The polyps fail to open to eventually rot away, there is no know cure yet but putting the infected colony in direct flow seems to help.
Also people have had success with removing the colony from the water for a couple of hours allowing it to dry out, zoas are often exposed at low tide and can handle this.
Inspect the zoas your looking to buy really thoroughly, get them to close up by moving the colony and inspect the polyps and matting.
If you do see any that you have an infected colony I would place it in a seperate treatment tank if you have on to avoid it speading.
There is some more info on another thread starting on page 5
http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showthread.php?t=192893&page=5 but think its worth starting a new thread to alert as many people as possible, specially with the zoa swaps being in full swing.
Obviously of anyone has any questions, comments or success with treating zoa poz post away, im sure someone can figure out a way to treat it.
The diesease itself looks like white bumps on the side of the polyps
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/zoapox7.JPG
http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=762 (http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=762)
No-one is yet sure what causes the bumps, probably a bacterial infection, it spreads from colony to colony and quite often ends up fatal.
The polyps fail to open to eventually rot away, there is no know cure yet but putting the infected colony in direct flow seems to help.
Also people have had success with removing the colony from the water for a couple of hours allowing it to dry out, zoas are often exposed at low tide and can handle this.
Inspect the zoas your looking to buy really thoroughly, get them to close up by moving the colony and inspect the polyps and matting.
If you do see any that you have an infected colony I would place it in a seperate treatment tank if you have on to avoid it speading.
There is some more info on another thread starting on page 5
http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showthread.php?t=192893&page=5 but think its worth starting a new thread to alert as many people as possible, specially with the zoa swaps being in full swing.
Obviously of anyone has any questions, comments or success with treating zoa poz post away, im sure someone can figure out a way to treat it.