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Slickcg33
06/22/2009, 05:11 PM
So like the title says, i have the zoa pox. I dont know much about zoa pox but i do know about a product called furan 2. I believe its used in the treatment but i think its for a dip treatment.

I have a couple questions about pox if anyone can answer them:

-Is there any in tank treatment methods for this? The reason i ask is because i have a lot of zoas and not just frags, large colonies on base rock, it would be extremely difficult to pull them out of the tank.
-If there isnt any in tank treatments, whats the best way for getting zoas off a rock? i have a large colony on a base rock which i cant pull out of the tank.
-How does it spread.. if one colony has it will they all eventually have it?
-Can i leave the unaffected colonies in the tank? or do i have to pull all zoas out?
-if i have to take them all out, i have a 3 gallon pico tank. will that be a good qt tank? it has only an 18 wtt pc light on it... its been set up for over a year though
-this is a very stupid question, but do pallys get effected by zoa pox, and how do you tell the difference between pally and zoa, do they have longer shafts?
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp273/slickcg33/Disease/Picture001.jpg
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp273/slickcg33/Disease/Picture002.jpg



In addition to the pox, i believe i have a possible fungus thats been eating away at some pallys/zoas for the past month. it looks like agle and the zoas/pallys close up and eventually melt away, there is a picture below of that. Any treatments for this?
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp273/slickcg33/Disease/Picture004.jpg
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp273/slickcg33/Disease/Picture003.jpg

650-IS350
06/22/2009, 05:32 PM
Yup, you do as well as fungus. Time for some Quarantine and Furan2 treatments.

Follow this guys thread he's also treating.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1657090

Slickcg33
06/22/2009, 06:27 PM
thanks for the link. I dont know the proper treatment method, and could you possibly try to answer a couple of the questions i posted?

650-IS350
06/22/2009, 06:32 PM
http://www.coralpedia.com/articles004.php

just use tank water in the separate bucket instead of RO/DI water.