Help with sick zoa & sting acan please

tkh

tkh

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There seems to always be something exciting going on with the tank! Unfortunately today, I've got 2 ailing coral making up most of the excitement.

My first problem is a lil' bam bam frag I have. It's been closed for 3 days, and to be honest I'm not really sure why. I think it may have been bothered by nearby aiptasias, so I have since relocated them far away from almost everything else, but they still have yet to open... I really would rather not lose them!

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My second problem is an acan frag that flipped over during the night and landed on or near my plate coral. I believe it to have been stung fairly badly - anything I can do to help it recover, or just let it be at this point?

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Water Parameters:

Salinity: 1.025, Ca 475, Alk 7.3 dkh, Mg 1340, pH 8.0, temp 80

Apologies for the poor iphone pictures! Also not sure how to straighten them....
 
Your Alk is on the low side for zoas, but if that has been stable there are a bunch of dips to try. Furan2 seems to be the best for infections, but hydrogen pyroxide, revive or coral rx could help too. Make sure to blow them off with a turkey baster to keep algae off. Worse comes to worse my bambams are growing quickly and I could make you a frag for cheap. Try the furan 2 would be my reccomendation.
 
I tried a simple iodine dip yesterday, although I'll look around to see if I can get a hold of some furan2, just hoping they rebound and open up again!
 
+1 one on Zoas.. As for acans... Just let them be.. And spot feed. That's best bet to have them grow back
 
Thanks Jorge! I hadn't been spot feeding the scan, but that makes perfect sense, so I've started that. So far some of the zoa heads partially open, just enough to see the orange inside, but close the second a hermit or snail gets close and stay that way for most of the day. Ordered the furan2, but in the meantime I just hope they recover..
 
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