This is my 1st loss since restarting in the hobby with my 1st mixed reef. I bought a Zoanthid (Eagle Eye?) cluster of +/- 15 polyps from a BRS member who is very experienced. It did not do well almost from the beginning. There are 2 other Zoanthids. 1 big rock colonies that is growing new polyps and 1 2 polyp frag that has gone to 5 polyps in 4 weeks. The Palys and everything else is also growing (Gorgonian is growing like a weed). I tried multiple locations for the Eagle Eye. A week ago I noticed that a piece broke off the main chunk which I retrieved from the sand and glued to a piece of rubble. The new frag seems to be doing well. I tried a 15 min Seachem Reef Dip yesterday, but it looked so bad I threw the main chunk out this AM for fear of infecting the rest of the Zoas.
Water is pretty good from what I am testing:
8.1 PH
0 Nitrates
0.1 Phosphate (best I can tell on the API test)
6.5 KH (up from 5 as I am starting BRS 2 part)
440 Ca (up from 320 with BRS 2 part)
1350 Mg
1.026 salinity
20% water change every other week
Any thoughts or just one of those things? Should I pull the 3 Zoas for a Reef Dip?
Water is pretty good from what I am testing:
8.1 PH
0 Nitrates
0.1 Phosphate (best I can tell on the API test)
6.5 KH (up from 5 as I am starting BRS 2 part)
440 Ca (up from 320 with BRS 2 part)
1350 Mg
1.026 salinity
20% water change every other week
Any thoughts or just one of those things? Should I pull the 3 Zoas for a Reef Dip?