stoneroller

The colony of polyps look to me like Palythoa; not to be confused with the oft and erroneously used/misapplied term "paly". Be careful fragging as their toxins are deadly. Wear eye protection and gloves, rinse well, disinfect, etc.

Nah, been collecting stonies too much. I have a couple of new to me polyps - pink elephants and fairy dust.

Need some in Buda so you don't have to go so far!!

...it was a little bit frightening. Wish I had the polyps for that box.

Good news....

Sounds like a rescue gone bad, sorry to say. How's the cucumber doing after all this? To me, those are timebombs waiting to go off. If it dies (or died) and you don't get the body out fast it could be a disaster.

The skimmer is one form of filtration. Do you have biological filtration like a sump with bioballs, live rock, fuge, etc. ? How much live rock in the tank? Tell us about the whole setup, all of the water test results and when you got those tested, water change schedule, and what your goals are for the tank. Or direct us to where it's at. plz To me, that was a lot of fish in a small tank (given the spp listed) on top of the fact that it is fairly young.

Odds are if they are clinging to the glass they are not parasites. Ich is a parasite btw. How long has the tank been set up? What are you running for filtration? How big were the fish that died? What species?

/WWC Tangs

Wouldn't that be awesome. I just can't imagine the number of bad things that could happen in that "water" bed.

What he said... believe it. When I read your OP, I said, here comes disaster. One month is a young tank regardless of what source of bacteria you start with, it has not cycled. It is in a very vulnerable stage where one addition or undetected death can be the tipping point. I'd reduce the bioload immediately and take it much more slowly. I wouldn't wait until a fish starts looking bad or you detect "signs". In fact, if someone asked me to keep sick fish in my tank, I'd say, not a chance. Not that I'm not a nice guy but it's just too much risk to my investment. Second, those brittle starts are valuable assets to your tank. They will search for and eat detritus. Let them be... PS. A harlequin is not a good choice for such a young tank (and IMO many other tanks); the fact being that they are messy eaters and require "large" starfish to thrive. Just don't go there please. For future reference, my Hoven's wrasse loves those little brittle stars, now if I can get him to eat those pesky Asterina. Good luck. Only bad things happen fast in this hobby.

The pink tulip and?

That's a whole lotta chalice. Wow

I wouldn't worry about it too much but also wouldn't add it to your system all at once.

Infectious bacteria? Set it out in the sun. Bacteria (infectious or not) will not survive such. Your other option is to set it in a five gallon bucket of tank water and put a powerhead it in. how many pounds do you have anyway?

not a nudi. Regardless it's out of the tank now. I dip all of my zoas using RO water and a iodine-based coral dip or Lugol's. It doesn't take long for nudis to start falling off, zoa spiders can dig in a little and it may take a little longer. Most of the other critters fall off quickly usually in less than a minute or two. Look for sundial snails while you are at; they are cute but deadly - see below. The most important step is to inspect each polyp for nudi egg cases which are spiral-shaped. Pick them off with tweezers. Again I use a magnifying glass or 2X readers to get a close look. It's worth the hassle to pre-treat and inspect thoroughly regardless of where the frag or colony is from. Truth is I pick off nearly everything (algae, sponge, detritus, clams, black stinky crap, etc.) but the zoas, if it's a nasty rock I may peel them off that and remount.

RAYMOND! It's a girl!

Lesson learned, don't buy fish without doing the research first. I've been guilty of that on too many occasions.

Doesn't look nudi to me. Take a red or blue light and inspect all of your colonies at night with a magnifying glass or 2X readers. I don't see signs of zoapox just maybe some detritus. Keep em clean with a baster or powerhead. What's up with the rubberbands? PS. What kind of zoas do you have that are melting? Where are they from?

You gotta a friend in me...

That's right. I'm in Buda, just minutes from Cabela's.