Zoapox

[dapettit]

How do you treat this? Most of my zoa are closing up and have white dots around the top.

TIA,

Dave-

[FireWater]

Try this. I started dosing day before yesterday to try to save some of my zoas. I am not 100% sure I have zoapox, but nothing else has helped them so far. http://www.zoaid.com/articles004.php

[apedroza]

I have used the furanII as firewater stated and it has helped alot. I have noticed that the polyps that survive the pox generally appear stronger and more resistant to it after recovery. Also Vit.C helps them stay healthy as well.

[dapettit]

Thanks, I'll give the furan-2 a try. I guess it would be smart to do the dipping. . .

[FireWater]

I did the 2nd dip last night. All four colonies have made an amazing turn around. My colony of 37 Armor of Gods were about 50% closed, this morning only 3 remained closed. I tried to take pics to document it, but they did not come out where you could tell anything. The other colonies are coming around well also. I did the target dipping as I did not want to put this stuff in my tank. I will do a big H2O change Saturday morning and see how it looks- Hopefully I won't have to do a second round of treatments. If this works I might look into using the Furan2 as a proactive dip kind of like Lugols

[dapettit]

Should I stop using the carbon. I noticed that once the water cleared up thats when I noticed the thing closing and just disappearing.

[FireWater]

On my tank I only use carbon to help clear things up or if I make a mistake somewhere. I do not run carbon continuously.

[apedroza]

I've noticed that when running carbon too much zoas will close up . Naybe stripping too many nutrients from the water. I would only use a few hours after treatment and not run too long.