How to improve zoanthid color Videos

I've got a zoanthid that has been closed for about 2 weeks. what causes this and how can I get it to open. tank has been running for 3 months with other softies

Watch your zoas at night once lights have been off a while they open up slightly yeap with their heads shaped like a tube !! ... Zoas they take substrate ie sand particles and calcium and mud particles best to use FIJI or Caribsea mud...Ima have FIJI mud mixed with Caribsea mud and a decent handful or just more FIJI Gold calcium mixed in with the mud in one of my small hang on sumps this will sound crazy but truth is Zoas take substrate through their skin so just before you put lights out suck up a small amount of mud mixed with some extra fine aragonite sand only and put in a cup not much dunni go overboard as they do not take much at all mind mix some good bacterie into mixture... Anyhow just before you put the lights out take some of your mixed substrate into your turkey baster turn off pumps (water flow just for a wee while 20 to 30 mins not even that) and position your turkey baster over your colonies and frag polyps and sprinkle over yeap making sure it goes over the polyps and even in-between yeap they close dunni worry this is just a natural defence reaction which is healthy and do not smother polyps ie bury them as you just want enough like dust icing a cake lightly eh then sit back watch polyps half open to nearly open then get condensed amount of copepods in your turkey bastor next hover tip of baster just above polyps the copepods come out naturally or with a very gentle slow squeeze not to blow the substrate away the pods mostly will swim off but dunni worry again as long as even a few land apon around the polyps that is success then switch your lights OFF !! here is the magic the polyps will close but within 20 mins they will open like aforementioned at night yeap pods will crawl over your polyps and into the heads like a venus fly trap they crawl in and dumbly some will go into the mouth eh ahahaha also at the same time the polyps absorb substrate nano particles through their skin long lashed palys you can see them take larger grains up their body and actually feed them selfs but it is a slow process dunni wait up as it is over several hrs some can do this...Do this once a week and also target feed GOOD bacteria mixed in with the mud eh... In the wild the sea carries nano particles of sand and mud and the zoas take it in to help strengthen their structure yeap if you have ever watched a deep sea ROV apon the floor you can see an infinite amount of pods bouncing about the sea floor yeap you got it nature is EPIC AWESOME !!...your zoas will perk up over a month or so and brighten up and even morph brighter colors trust me if not try it just with a small crappy colony eh and watch and learn from nature she is the BOSS !! but dunni forget to blast the excess substrate off after a day and a half to two days at least just as nature would eh the polyps might look a wee bit tired for a few days after but then BOOM they get strong and bloom... Hope your corals epically bloom for you... ""Polyps are unique in that they use sand and other substrate material into their tissue to help create their actual structure ...They contain the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae which provides some of their nutritional requirements. They will also benefit from additional feedings of microplankton or brine shrimp given to each individual of the colony."" Cheers Mal...

I feed mine with regular pellets. Just drop it on top of each polyp. They catch pellets and close.

I kinda like Sponge Power and Coral Vitalizer by KZ. It's a bit of a hassle due to daily dosing, but it worth it. Im running a Non-Zeovit tank btw.

I used fule before on the bottle it says refrigerate after opened do you have to

Seems like all your doing is trying to make us buy stuff now

you should do a video of the anemanies

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so i could pick up any of these and have the same effect as the other. you would think one is better than the rest. great video keep them coming

hello. i'm doing the balling light method. can i use the fuel together with it? thx

we actually turned off all the flow in our coral beds to get the shot :) It was minutes before one of our shops came and picked up that scoly :) It is actually a pellet, so it falls quickly...

hi what model kessils are you using and what intensity, thanks

Thank you for the help.

I'm already dosing my tank with Red Sea calcium,magnesium and alk and have just started to dose this programme. I have a mixed reef. I was wandering if I can mice the programme In With the calcium like the baling method u described in one of your videos. ?

after opening the A&B combo pack so u have to refrigerate it?

what was the coral in the zoanthids at 4:25

Will this act as a substitute for the supplements I'm already giving my corals or should I use this AND the supplements I'm already giving them?

Hi, I have a question. I recently purchased the Reef Energy A&B and I have been dosing it every morning. I also have a Sun Coral and I was wondering. Will my Sun Coral benefit from Reef Energy A&B? If so, does its polyps need to be extended in order to absorb the nutrients? Thank you in advance :)

can i just dose amino acids just use b?

It did amazing on my corals, i notice changes almost the next day, i stop dozing it because i went for the Zeovit method, and i didn't want to mix things, i gave it to a friend and he also got very good results.

Someone please tell me what that coral is at 4:35! It's driving me crazy

I have a sps / lps mixed reef tank and I currently dose Marine Snow and reef roids one time each a week, is it ok to continue dosing these coral foods along with Reef Energy? Or is it not necessary?

"Imidacloprid is highly toxic on an acute basis to aquatic invertebrates, with EC50 values = 0.037 - 0.115 ppm. It is also highly toxic to aquatic invertebrates on a chronic basis (effects on growth and movement): NOAEC/LOAEC = 1.8/3.6 ppm in daphnids; NOAEC = 0.001 in Chironomus midge, and NOAEC/LOAEC = 0.00006/0.0013 ppm in mysid shrimp. Toxicity to fish is relatively low; however, the EPA has requested review of secondary effects on fish with food chains that include sensitive invertebrates."

I think that the tank looks great!!