Sherita Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Yeah, sounds weird don't it? Well, just follow along, if you will.I'vegot three colonies that have refused to open up no matter what. They'vebeen with me for over a year, so it's not like they are new here oranything. I tried the usual, dipping, turkey basting, moving toless/more light/flow. Nothing worked. To me, they still just lookedgrubby, and would not open. So........I bought a cheapo waterpikknockoff just to see if anything else might wash off of them. I thoughtthat perhaps the pulsing stream that is more concentrated to a singlearea might get the colonies "cleaner". I modified the tip by heating itand enlarging the hole a little, to cut the water pressure down a bit.After I assembled my experiment, I grabbed the first tennis ball sizedcolony. Now bear in mind, I just dipped this colony, and turkey bastedit like crazy yesterday. They have been closed for over two weeks. Iflipped the switch on the waterpik and..........EWWW. Lots of nastylooking grot came off from around the polyps. This was stuff that Icouldn't get off even blasting it with a turkey baster. No bugs ornasties like that. Just dirt, detritus, mucus. My zoas had dirty feet.Iwaterpiked them this morning. And this evening Every Last Polyp isopen. This is not an anomaly, because the other two colonies respondedexactly the same way. I tried it as well on a few colonies that were notreally sick, just not opening up like they should. They ALL are openthis evening. And the waterpik washed out a good bit of yuck, even fromthe colonies that had just been blasted with a turkey baster.YMMV, but it sure made my zoas happy.Thismight not cure what ails your zoas, but it's sure another tool in ourarsenal of weapons to keep our zoas healthy and happy. I know thewaterpik will now be standard treatment any time I'm dealing with sickpolyps, or polyps that have closed up and won't open again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 9 out of 10 dentist agree... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Ok Sherita, i want name of what you bought and from where and picks of your mod so i can try the same thing with some of mine.... Fresh or Salt water blast? Thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherita Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Woods, sending pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Why not public ?! The hive mind desires knowledge ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherita Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 I pm'ed because I wasn't sure if I could put ebay links up on ARC (that's where I got my waterpik from). Mods, can I post an ebay link on here to show which waterpik I got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I pm'ed because I wasn't sure if I could put ebay links up on ARC (that's where I got my waterpik from). Mods, can I post an ebay link on here to show which waterpik I got? As fishermen say. Its easier to ask forgiveness than permission If they say no can you pm me also please Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 While not a mod anymore, I would think eBay links to non-fish/reef/coral items would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobR Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 This is great info, + 1 would be interested in this as I have a few zoas that seem to be doing t he same thing. Thanks for sharing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherita Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Ok, hopefully I won't get in trouble for this This is the one I bought. The guy still has some of them for sale. WaterPik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 They can come after me if you get in trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobR Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Ok, hopefully I won't get in trouble for this This is the one I bought. The guy still has some of them for sale. WaterPik Sweet, thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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