Zoanthid questions

[twychopen]

Out of curiosity, what salt do you use, and how often/how large do you do water changes? Its prolly a moot point, but might be worth revisiting..

-Justin

I use Instant Ocean (I actually am discussing it with other members currently in my tank thread lol, I want to change to something with more traces). I do water changes every 2 weeks right now. I supplement with Kent Marine "Essential Elements" every Sunday.

[corruption]

Personally, I'd skip out on the Kent dosing, and up your water changes... even if you're not using a higher quality salt than IO (nothing wrong with IO, I like Tropic Marin for my money though) -- you'll still be likely benefiting more from the water changes than the dosing. All those 'essential trace element' doses that I've seen, add a lot of things that you either just don't know about, or can't be tested for.. I'm a big proponent of keeping up the maintenance, and let the rest work its magic. Maybe just try bumping water changes to 1 or 2 a week, small volumes. I'm thinking 3-5 gallons every few days, if possible.

Again, this is probably a moot point to the whole question at hand, more a personal taste in husbandry than anything.. My main guesses are still -- A) differences in light spectrum/bulb quality, B) still adjusting to its environments, and C) a side effect of your tank still going through its early life wax-and-wane as the tank matures. Just keep up the maintenance and enjoy -- they're lovely zoas, even if the blue mouth isn't as prominent

-Justin

[twychopen]

How long have you had them in your tank? More and more places are using an editor (photoshop) to make corals look totally different(as previously stated). May just take some time and maybe change your bulbs out.

About a week and a half

[rockmp]

My main guesses are still -- A) differences in light spectrum/bulb quality, B) still adjusting to its environments, and C) a side effect of your tank still going through its early life wax-and-wane as the tank matures. Just keep up the maintenance and enjoy -- they're lovely zoas, even if the blue mouth isn't as prominent

-Justin

+1 Well said Justin!