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ajn81
02-13-2009, 06:11 PM
Not sure what is going on, but these orange palys have slowly started dying :

http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/imagehosting/4730499627cf6b3ae.jpg

You'll notice, they seem to be dying in a line, and what is left in their place is something that looks like super glue with sand poured on top of it.

Last night I did a freshwater Iodine dip. It doesn't appear to have helped.

Have not seen any white spots or carnivorous snails on them. When I check on them at night, the only thing I see is amphipods crawling on 'em.

Please Help.
naso tang
02-13-2009, 06:27 PM
spaghetti worm? maybe just irritating the zoas?
Puff_love
02-13-2009, 07:12 PM
very nice pic and description of problem. hopefully everything works out.
Som1else
02-13-2009, 07:34 PM
Try a search for zoa-pox. Furan-2 to treat it.
ajn81
02-13-2009, 08:06 PM
spaghetti worm? maybe just irritating the zoas?

Don't think it's an irritant, polyps are disappearing at a rate of like 1 per night.


Try a search for zoa-pox. Furan-2 to treat it.

Considered zoa-pox, but I'm just not seeing those symptoms...maybe I can get a pic of them closed to show the base.

I have heard of zoa fungi. Anyone think that could be a possibility?
ajn81
02-13-2009, 08:20 PM
http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/imagehosting/4730499645eeef08c.jpg

Here is a pic of them closed up, notice the latest victim at the top of the rock.

BTW, this rock was at one time completely covered with polyps.
sweetsorren
02-13-2009, 08:26 PM
Is that white line area some type of sponge? If so maybe its pissing them off.
nahtanoj
02-13-2009, 09:20 PM
first thought is fungus. does that stuff look like a translucent film? hard to tell from the pic. on the pic it does look like a sponge, and i've had a sponge take over and smother a zoa colony before.
ajn81
02-13-2009, 10:03 PM
Do you think a sponge could grow and kill the zoas so quickly? It does look like a translucent film. If it is a sponge, how could I get rid of it?
ajn81
02-13-2009, 10:04 PM
I've just checked and saw two other places in my tank where something very similar to the aforementioned sponge/thing are growing (they are on random pieces of LR-not near other coral).
nahtanoj
02-13-2009, 10:07 PM
i would probably try to scrub it off. a kalk paste might kill it, but you risk killing the zoa's as well.
ajn81
02-14-2009, 11:48 AM
Well, I got my trusty tweezers and yanked the thing off. It all came off in one piece. Time will tell if it comes back.