wat's happening to my zoo?

[shoelevy]

hey guys, take a look at this, some of the polyps of my zoo colony haf this white thing growing over them

it looks like there's ANOTher white stuff growing over the polyps

i can't get the chance to scrap the white stuff to see wat it is since the polyps retract wen i touch them

its been like this for maybe 4 weeks and its spreading very very slowly...only a slight noticeable spread is detected after 2 weeks

is there a cause for alarm?...bleaching?

any ideas guys?

[Dispar_Anthias]

can't really tell from pic.... but it seem like fungus... yeah deadly suggest you do FW dip

[shoelevy]

here's another closeup

[neokn]

FW dip how long?

[shoelevy]

can't really tell from pic.... but it seem like fungus... yeah deadly suggest you do FW dip

FW dip for how long bro?

btw...after the dip all the white stuff will be gone or i'll haf to wait for it to come off?

[shoelevy]

yr reply to my quest bro?

[sunny03]

it a kind of fungu

soon you will see those white close polys will become thinner and smaller

[shoelevy]

it a kind of fungu

soon you will see those white close polys will become thinner and smaller

hey...yaya!>...i noticed that too...the polyps getting smaller and seldom open up as big as others

ok so now wat shold i do bro?!

fw dip?

for how long?

[shoelevy]

yoo hoo

can anione can tell me how long to dip in freshwater>??

5mins?

10min?

[Dispar_Anthias]

yoo hoo

can anione can tell me how long to dip in freshwater>??

5mins?

10min?

a 5 mins dip will do.... zoos are very tolerant of FW dip

[shoelevy]

ok

thanks brother

will inform u of how it turns out

[cheese]

FW = Fresh Water?

[shoelevy]

yeap

FW=freshwater

aniwae, did a 5min freshwater dip this morn...hope it works to kill the fungi

hey dispar, does this fungus only affect zoos or can it spread to other types of corals as well?

[shoelevy]

dispar?...can answer me my last quest please?

[ReDDeviLs]

i think only the zoos.

[sunny03]

not really think will affect other corals

will find out from you once i got back my books

[Dispar_Anthias]

Yup it only affects zoos...

[shoelevy]

hey!

i did a fresh water dip and what suprised me is LOTS of mantis shrimp nymps emerged from the polyps themself!....as in they swim out from inside the polyps!

there were at least 10 that died in the dip

i dun noe wat to tink of this!!!

does this mean there's a big mother mantis inside laying eggs?

[Dispar_Anthias]

hey!

i did a fresh water dip and what suprised me is LOTS of mantis shrimp nymps emerged from the polyps themself!....as in they swim out from inside the polyps!

there were at least 10 that died in the dip

i dun noe wat to tink of this!!!

does this mean there's a big mother mantis inside laying eggs?

Are you sure is mantis shrimp nymph... i guess its some copepods