If a zoa head is dying/melting at the top, should I cut it off?

[Just John]

For over a week this head has looked closed on one side and has been slowly shrinking. It now appears that the closed area and the skirt on that side are gone and the remaining tissue is white and swollen. Do I cut this one off because a disease or something else might spread to other heads?

 

[PicassoClown04]

That looks like the skirt got eaten. You have asterinas?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

It kind of looks like it was stung.

 

[ReeferBean]

Dip it in iodine, rinse it, and put it back in the tank.

 

[Just John]

That looks like the skirt got eaten. You have asterinas?

No asterinas or anything to sting it. I think I spoke to you about this same zoa a week or so ago. It was growing quite tall compared to the other heads and the stem was getting thin. Then one side looked folded over / not opened all the way and got a bit slimy looking a day or so later, now this. Here is a picture from a few days ago:

 

[PicassoClown04]

Yeesh . Id just leave it, it seems to be improving

No asterinas or anything to sting it. I think I spoke to you about this same zoa a week or so ago. It was growing quite tall compared to the other heads and the stem was getting thin. Then one side looked folded over / not opened all the way and got a bit slimy looking a day or so later, now this. Here is a picture from a few days ago:

 

[Just John]

Yeesh . Id just leave it, it seems to be improving

It's been a tough week for my zoas. Yesterday I spot fed my favorite zoas some of a free sample of Polyp Booster I got a couple of months ago. 6 hours later the pink diamonds were turning almost black, some blue palys were dark grey, and the bloodsuckers looked stepped on. I guess it had gone bad (?) A couple of pink diamonds barfed out their insides overnight. Somehow they are still open.

 

[landlubber]

It's been a tough week for my zoas. Yesterday I spot fed my favorite zoas some of a free sample of Polyp Booster I got a couple of months ago. 6 hours later the pink diamonds were turning almost black, some blue palys were dark grey, and the bloodsuckers looked stepped on. I guess it had gone bad (?) A couple of pink diamonds barfed out their insides overnight. Somehow they are still open.

i might consider holding off on the feeding if there are problems showing up.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

I’d leave it. I’ve had zoas come back from worse.

 

[Just John]

Unfortunately, it exploded out the side. I removed it.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Unfortunately, it exploded out the side. I removed it.

Interesting

 

[littlebigreef]

Unfortunately, it exploded out the side. I removed it.

I have that come up now and again. I usually do furan-2 dips in case it's bacterial issue. If the polyp in question doesn't respond to dipping I triage and remove it, anything else that looks like it might be affected. Disease can move easily though a zoa colony thanks to the mat so when in doubt, cut and remove and hit the colony with a mild lugol's bath before returning to the aquarium.

 

[Just John]

I have that come up now and again. I usually do furan-2 dips in case it's bacterial issue. If the polyp in question doesn't respond to dipping I triage and remove it, anything else that looks like it might be affected. Disease can move easily though a zoa colony thanks to the mat so when in doubt, cut and remove and hit the colony with a mild lugol's bath before returning to the aquarium.

Thanks. I did that afterwards and the rest seem ok. The stuff that came out the side looks like it has not been alive for awhile.