Post by lindsey1984 on Mar 19, 2013 16:00:28 GMT -5
So, I noticed my zoas didnt really open much and the ones that did dont look as good as they normally do. I checked my water and my PH is fine, zero ammonia, zero nitrites, phosphates are fine and my nitrates are between 10 and 20..The only thing i can think of is the LTA is going downhill and affecting the water or I need to do a water change in a bad way. My lta hasnt been happy but he is still alive because he's still flinching and moving. Anyways, any ideas on what could cause the zoas to not open?
secondly I was wondering...a friend of mine had a thought that the LTA and the BTA are poisoning each other. I notice the male clown will go in between the BTA and the LTA, but could this cause problems? They pretty much at seperate parts of the tank. He thought 1)maybe they were having a chemical fight or 2) the clown is spreading enzimes from the BTA to the LTA and vise virsa.
My thought about that is, my BTA is small and bleached AND it has a less potant sting than the LTA and I also thought that since the LTA was bigger and darker in color and has a more potant sting, that the BTA would be affected if that was the case rather than the LTA.
Any thoughts on that? I will say, other than today, my zoas are great, my xenia is getting bigger, my palys have gone from 2 to 7, my button polyps have gone from 2 to 4, my star polyps are def multiplying, and my purple mushrooms have gone from 3 to 5 so my water quality cant be that bad! Any Ideas?
secondly I was wondering...a friend of mine had a thought that the LTA and the BTA are poisoning each other. I notice the male clown will go in between the BTA and the LTA, but could this cause problems? They pretty much at seperate parts of the tank. He thought 1)maybe they were having a chemical fight or 2) the clown is spreading enzimes from the BTA to the LTA and vise virsa.
My thought about that is, my BTA is small and bleached AND it has a less potant sting than the LTA and I also thought that since the LTA was bigger and darker in color and has a more potant sting, that the BTA would be affected if that was the case rather than the LTA.
Any thoughts on that? I will say, other than today, my zoas are great, my xenia is getting bigger, my palys have gone from 2 to 7, my button polyps have gone from 2 to 4, my star polyps are def multiplying, and my purple mushrooms have gone from 3 to 5 so my water quality cant be that bad! Any Ideas?
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