white spot on my beloved zoos!

[pauline]

got lots of white spots on my zoos, and it's my favourite one some more! anyone can help? most of the polyps still opening, but spotted some rotten head..

really love this piece, any help would be greatly appreciated!

[raydiative]

those are zoa pox if i am not wrong.. better seperate it from the rest of your zoas if not all may kana...

you can read more about it from here:

http://www.zoaid.com/articles004.php

[LoReNsIa]

Try fresh water dip it. And using a old tooth brush to brush off the pods.

I always recommend reefer to keep a hardworking wrasse like yellow, green or six line wrasse when keeping zoas. So they can help to keep clear of all this unwanted pest.

HTH,

Lorenzo.

[ReDDeviLs]

zoapox, gdluck!

furan2 spotted selling at C328 aunti's shop,hope that helps.

[pauline]

so izzit zoa pox or pest?

haiz..i did buy a six line last time, but it disappear liao..think now muz buy another one le..

now fresh water dipping it..hope it helps..

anyway where can i buy furan-2? just from any lfs?

[pauline]

ard hw much is furan-2?

[ReDDeviLs]

furan2 is a controlled medication, most lfs dun sell them.. not allowed to!

furan 2 is about 18 i think. cant rem liao! comes in a box inside got 5 i guess.

[pauline]

i tried FW dip liao..no use leh..think have to buy furan2 le..

anyway check all my zoos, and all kana the pox liao!!

have to dip all ar? or just add to the main tank?

[ReDDeviLs]

no!! u have to take them out and dip it daily.. rest 3 days dip again..

follow the instruction at the link given above by bro ray.

its tough and v time consuming!

[pauline]

wat abt the cup of water? it says need RO water..but can i used distilled water instead?

and it says that the parameter muz be the same as in the tank..how do i go abt it? add salt?

[ReDDeviLs]

replied ur pm liao

[pauline]

thanks! will try it out tml!

[yikai]

my blue zoo also tio zoa pox. tried my best to save it but.... throw almost all away coz they died, and now left one small little frag of 3 polyp...

[ReDDeviLs]

bro lemon where u got ur zoas from?i mean the 1 that kenna pox

[yikai]

bro lemon where u got ur zoas from?i mean the 1 that kenna pox

remember those blueish indo ones i got from sealife? for $30. after awhile started to stop opening. at first i tot nudi. i wash in RO water and found 1 nudi. but then slowly after few days develop white dots. and den all stop opening for good.

[Creetin]

zoapox... most jialat thing to happen...no one knows why or how...

so lets not be mistaken that zoas are easy to keep!

btw Pauline i have some furan 3 if u want to try u can have it foc. however my previous results were not encouraging... furan 2 is hard to get, if c328 has, then is good for you

alternatively i suggest to just throw it away? cos its too time consuming and u risk spreading the pox to other zoas without a quarantine tank...

[kimwailee]

zoapox... most jialat thing to happen...no one knows why or how...

so lets not be mistaken that zoas are easy to keep!

btw Pauline i have some furan 3 if u want to try u can have it foc. however my previous results were not encouraging... furan 2 is hard to get, if c328 has, then is good for you

alternatively i suggest to just throw it away? cos its too time consuming and u risk spreading the pox to other zoas without a quarantine tank...

Agree with bro Creetin... one of my big green colony gana White spot and I guess I make a right decison to throw it away,,,, else nightmare...

Looking at bright side, try to salvage a few polyps at least it will turn into colony again in no time.... Cheers

[pauline]

zoapox... most jialat thing to happen...no one knows why or how...

so lets not be mistaken that zoas are easy to keep!

btw Pauline i have some furan 3 if u want to try u can have it foc. however my previous results were not encouraging... furan 2 is hard to get, if c328 has, then is good for you

alternatively i suggest to just throw it away? cos its too time consuming and u risk spreading the pox to other zoas without a quarantine tank...

hi, bro thank 4 your offer... anyway already bought the furan 2 at 328... will try it out n will update 4 the progress...

[pauline]

Agree with bro Creetin... one of my big green colony gana White spot and I guess I make a right decison to throw it away,,,, else nightmare...

Looking at bright side, try to salvage a few polyps at least it will turn into colony again in no time.... Cheers

thank bro lee, anyway my other zoo also kana the zoopox liao... haiz, so sad ....some of them r my fav!! will take out all the zoo n try with the furan 2...hopefully it will fully recover.... but anyway thank with all the advice... sad day

[kimwailee]

thank bro lee, anyway my other zoo also kana the zoopox liao... haiz, so sad ....some of them r my fav!! will take out all the zoo n try with the furan 2...hopefully it will fully recover.... but anyway thank with all the advice... sad day

Seem like you have a serious problem here....If I were you,, I will do this way.

1. Take out all affected zoas, left those not affected one in your main tank

2. Change 20 to 30% of water

3. Hard work : Frag those not affected zoas and put back to main tank

4. try out the Furan2 and best is not return straight away after treatment...

5. Your spare tank will be usefull to quarantine.. if you need tank, PM me.

Thats all I can advice and good luck...

[ReDDeviLs]

oh sis,btw after u soak them in furan 2.. rem to wash them with ur tank water first! b4 putting back in the tank if u wan to.

and also, dosing vitamin C will help.

however, be prepared to battle with algaes!

[LoReNsIa]

Sorry to disturb. I just check with terry this morning about furan2. And he mention that if your fishes got white spot, it help too. And so it's ok to add in to your main tank. Since it's going to kill all the good and bad bacteria in your tank. But u got to prepare to change your water every two to three days.

Anw, do share with us the result pauline. cheers and good luck to your zoas.

[ReDDeviLs]

bro, if its gonna kill the bacteria in ur tank, it may result in tank crash. please becareful.

[yikai]

did my red eagle eye zoos also kena the zoa pox? If so, i can spare u another frag also can give u a green eagle eye frag too. juts want to help u battle this trying period (: but make sure all zoa pox dissapear first then i giv u some zoa frags. wait no point, giv liao then infected again (: my red and green eagle eye zoas are growing quite well, so can spare u some frags

[kimwailee]

I remember Furan 2 contain chemical known to cause cancer.... thus, becareful when you handle this solution... make sure you ware glove and wash with Distilled water before return them to main tanks....

Not worth the risk...