Zoanthid Algae Treatment

[new2saltyfish]

I have a mini colony of blue hornets that are giving me some trouble. I've had them for a few months (it's actually2 frags that I got from 2 different sources and put them together on the same tile). One of the polyp groups is fine while the other is covered in almost a green slime algae that is difficult to brush off. None of my other Zoanthids have this issue although I did have a small frag of rainbow hornets that had this and melted after a few months. Rather than wait for this to happen again, is there any dip/treatment I can do to help bring these Zoanthids back? I've have the Red Sea coral dip that I dip all new corals in. This worked at reviving an can that got in a fight with a hammer and lost a polyp. Any suggestions?

 

[reefkeeper2]

You can do a dip with hydrogen peroxide. When I've done it I just poured some hydrogen peroxide in a container, added 4 times as much water and dropped the frag in for a few minutes. It might be a good idea to do a search on it to see if there are better dilutions to use. I did mine on the fly. Didn't lose any Zoas but they were closed up a few days.

 

[new2saltyfish]

You can do a dip with hydrogen peroxide. When I've done it I just poured some hydrogen peroxide in a container, added 4 times as much water and dropped the frag in for a few minutes. It might be a good idea to do a search on it to see if there are better dilutions to use. I did mine on the fly. Didn't lose any Zoas but they were closed up a few days.

Just tried this thanks for the suggestion. After reading it looks like some have had success doing this every other day with a max of 3x in one week.

 

[Duds]

I have also done the hydrogen peroxide dip with zoas for algae I follow this guide on reef2reef. I’ve also dipped zoas in the past that wouldn’t open for me in an iodine solution following seachems reefdip instructions per Dongs advice with 100% success rate.

Coral Dip Guide

I put this together because I was tired of searching around for this information. Here it is in all one place for some of the more popular methods of dipping coral. General cleansers and cleaners commonly used for eliminating parasites and bacterial infections. Coral RX – General, 1.25ml/cup...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[new2saltyfish]

I have also done the hydrogen peroxide dip with zoas for algae I follow this guide on reef2reef. I’ve also dipped zoas in the past that wouldn’t open for me in an iodine solution following seachems reefdip instructions per Dongs advice with 100% success rate.

Coral Dip Guide

I put this together because I was tired of searching around for this information. Here it is in all one place for some of the more popular methods of dipping coral. General cleansers and cleaners commonly used for eliminating parasites and bacterial infections. Coral RX – General, 1.25ml/cup...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks a lot! That’s an awesome resource. You used seachem which is iodine based? I see the directions for it on that thread. Are those the same you used?

 

[nickeg79]

Go to the drugstore and buy iodine it’s much cheaper and works great

 

[Duds]

Thanks a lot! That’s an awesome resource. You used seachem which is iodine based? I see the directions for it on that thread. Are those the same you used?

I believe it is the same as in that thread but I remember at the time Dong said follow the directions of seachem reef deep, so I looked it up and followed that. *Edit: I just looked it up and it is the same from reefdip instructions to what is on that website guide.* I did just get iodine from the drugstore I forgot to mention that part exactly the same thing and cheaper. That was more for zoas that I bought that didn’t want to open after a few days and had potential bacterial infections.

I actually dipped the blue hornets I got from you. I’m not sure if you remember I told you how they didn’t open at first then they did. But then something in my tank annoyed them a few days later so they closed up I dipped them and they loved it and they are growing really well for me ever since.

I have dipped zoas that were being encroached by algae using the hydrogen peroxide dip guide in that forum with great results. I used the 1:1 method for 1 minute I shook and swirled the zoas the entire time to try and help then I rinsed them in a cup of tank water then back in the tank.

Hope that helps, good luck!

 

[new2saltyfish]

So regular iodine instead of seachem but follor the directions for the seachem dip?

 

[Duds]

So regular iodine instead of seachem but follor the directions for the seachem dip?

Yes the seachem reefdip is the same thing as regular iodine like what’s in the following link just to be on the same page: https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-povidone-iodine-10-8-oz-prodid-1011812