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Seltzer dip… on Zoanthids?

April 26, 2017dip seltzer zoanthids

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Seltzer dip… on Zoanthids?

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Dear WWM crew, Thank you for your valuable advice and web site. I have a 65 gal w/ 20 gal sump, 4PCs (2 actinic, 2 10000) that has hermits, snails, 2 Zoanthid colonies, a small mushroom, a 5″ toadstool leather and a hand full of Chaeto. It’s about 10 weeks old. The water chemistry seems pretty stable 76F, 1.045 salinity, nitrates 10, nitrites 0, Alkalinity 180, pH about 8.0. I’m doing about a 3 gal water changer per week. In my reading (here and elsewhere), I read about the necessity of giving the Zoas a dip. I posted a few places asking for advice on the seltzer dip (which sounded the least stressful) but didn’t get answers until after I went ahead and dipped them (I waited a week, but it was the holidays). The Zoas did not like the seltzer at all. They closed and started producing a lay