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clamgal
Sun, 31st May 2009, 08:17 PM
I just purchased two frags and they have not opened. It's been a few days and the Nassaurius snails have been at them. I don't know what to do...:confused: I have other zoas in the tank and all are alive.
Gseclipse02
Sun, 31st May 2009, 08:35 PM
were these mine ???

some times they take a long while ... i think princer7 said hers took 4 weeks ... i have some working on 10 days
clamgal
Sun, 31st May 2009, 09:17 PM
No, JT. Yours are doing well and opened the same day...very nice. How are mine doing? Let me know...
Adriana
Gseclipse02
Sun, 31st May 2009, 09:29 PM
they are great !!! very nice looking...
tate1
Sun, 31st May 2009, 10:00 PM
Do they have a brown film on them?
clamgal
Mon, 1st Jun 2009, 07:33 AM
no brown film...
MKCindy
Mon, 1st Jun 2009, 07:43 AM
Give them more time, As long as they are still plump your good. I think they take longer to open if they have been dipped. They tend to shed a layer of skin and that seems to irritate them into not opening up as fast. The sluffed skin is probably what the snails are after. I have some I got Friday that are just now starting to open.
blindside
Mon, 1st Jun 2009, 11:45 AM
I have the same problem with some blue hornets. :( I hope they will be ok. They look super sealed up.
ReeferMadness512
Mon, 1st Jun 2009, 02:42 PM
I also got some Blue Hornets that have yet to open. They now have a brown film on em....still hoping for the best though.
clamgal
Mon, 1st Jun 2009, 03:09 PM
I haven't checked them out today. I'll see when I get home.
blindside
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 11:13 AM
Well mine have like melted away. So there is nothing left of my blue hornets.
clamgal
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 11:50 AM
Yeah, all I have left are the plugs...
Gseclipse02
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 11:59 AM
Yeah, all I have left are the plugs...


that sucks ....
blindside
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 12:40 PM
What zoas did you lose clam gal?
ReeferMadness512
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 12:49 PM
My Blue Hornets are also just a frag plug now. Bummer
stoneroller
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 02:44 PM
Mine don't look so good either. I've tried these blue zoas (AOI, blue hornet, etc) from Africa or Caribbea or whereever; they don't seem to last long. Hope others have better luck.
Gseclipse02
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 02:53 PM
i have heard they require as much flow as SPS do yall have high flowing tanks ???
sharkie
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 07:50 PM
I also got some blue hornets and some pink stardust ladies and they have not opened up yet. Luckily for me they have not melted away yet.

I did put them in a higher flow area in my frag tank to help encourage them to open up.

ReeferMadness512, blindside, and clamgal: Did you have yours in a high flow area?

Other than the flow, I could not find anything else that could help encourage them to open up. So, I am going to be patient.

But I would be open to some more advice. :)

I am keeping my fingers crossed that one polyp of each survive.
JTrott
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 07:58 PM
WOW!!!!!! Just out of curiousity everyone, what store did these come from.......I don't want to waste any of my money.........
subsailor
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 08:00 PM
Taken from a Newsletter

It's important that everyone knows that these colonies are found in very shallow water, and in high surge zones. We have been very successful keeping them open and thriving by providing them with high flow, and moderate lighting. Definitely the high flow is the key to these gems, so please take care of them appropriately and pass this message onto your customers.
sharkie
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 08:02 PM
WOW!!!!!! Just out of curiousity everyone, what store did these come from.......I don't want to waste any of my money.........

I would prefer not to say where we got it from, as we are looking to solve the problem.

And I do not believe it was necessarily the seller's fault that we are experiencing the problem.
sharkie
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 08:08 PM
Taken from a Newsletter

It's important that everyone knows that these colonies are found in very shallow water, and in high surge zones. We have been very successful keeping them open and thriving by providing them with high flow, and moderate lighting. Definitely the high flow is the key to these gems, so please take care of them appropriately and pass this message onto your customers.



Cool...that makes me feel better that I am on the right track on getting them back to health... :)
Gseclipse02
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 08:24 PM
WOW!!!!!! Just out of curiousity everyone, what store did these come from.......I don't want to waste any of my money.........


you cant really blame the seller if that was the case every bussiness/ person would close down

it happens even stuff from the best places ... could be many things
sharkie
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 08:36 PM
These sound like great topics for the vendor feedback forum or general discussion; but since this is an emergency forum, can we stay on topic?
Pennies2Cents
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 09:46 PM
I just purchased two frags and they have not opened. It's been a few days and the Nassaurius snails have been at them. I don't know what to do...:confused: I have other zoas in the tank and all are alive.

Clamgal,

I just now saw this thread were these mine? Mine were sold on LR pieces. NOT Plugs.
clamgal
Tue, 2nd Jun 2009, 10:32 PM
Actually, yeah they never opened up. I'm thinking maybe I did something wrong.
Pennies2Cents
Wed, 3rd Jun 2009, 03:02 AM
Actually, yeah they never opened up. I'm thinking maybe I did something wrong.

PM Sent.
Mr Cob
Wed, 3rd Jun 2009, 12:32 PM
It looks like a lot of people are having problems with keeping healthy African zoas such as Blue Hornets, Purple Hornets...AOI etc. I have blue hornets and AOI...both took about a week to open up when I got them. They are doing great now but there should be disclaimers about these types of zoas when they are purchased because they require different care.

They literally like HIGH flow and do best in moderate to low light, the light must be direct though. I'm keeping them healthy in two seperate tanks, one with PC bulbs and the other with T5. I have random direct flow on both small colonies.

Hope this helps.
Tavio
Wed, 3rd Jun 2009, 08:44 PM
I just got these african blues bout a day ago (pretty exited!) theyve been doing great. Open since I got em. Heres a pic sorry bout the bad quality. Hope you dont mind me posting.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb253/tavio_07/DSC08112-1.jpg
sharkie
Wed, 3rd Jun 2009, 09:16 PM
I just got these african blues bout a day ago (pretty exited!) theyve been doing great. Open since I got em. Heres a pic sorry bout the bad quality. Hope you dont mind me posting.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb253/tavio_07/DSC08112-1.jpg

Bleh, now you are just bragging. :) I hope mine look that good when they open up!
sharkie
Wed, 3rd Jun 2009, 09:17 PM
It looks like a lot of people are having problems with keeping healthy African zoas such as Blue Hornets, Purple Hornets...AOI etc. I have blue hornets and AOI...both took about a week to open up when I got them. They are doing great now but there should be disclaimers about these types of zoas when they are purchased because they require different care.

They literally like HIGH flow and do best in moderate to low light, the light must be direct though. I'm keeping them healthy in two seperate tanks, one with PC bulbs and the other with T5. I have random direct flow on both small colonies.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the informatoin...
Crazyeyes
Tue, 9th Jun 2009, 12:28 PM
Some times they do take a while to open, because they ship them without water, or they aren't used to your water yet, the only thing i would be worried about is a zooanthid eating nudibrach, I had one of those once which is why you some times need to dip your coral. Another thing to check is the calcium levels.