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Tanerious Swimeroundus
Are these guys dead?it was my new arrival from an online store, if theyre DOA i just send in a pic and get new ones, so are they?

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this a chalice
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an these are suppose to be zoas
 
I thought the zoas were suppose to be a nice bright red, instead of brown lol

And im acclimatin em now :)
 
They are not dead. Acclimate for about an hour or two and put them in the tank. Do NOT put the water in the bags into your tank.

Check them for external parasites. Look for little brown spiders. Look for little FLAT as a piece of paper worms that are brown/tan and about 3- 6mm long x 2 - 3mm wide. Those are flat worms. Check them for white spots on the polyps - zoa pox.

Do some google searches for zoa predators and saltwater pests that host on corals.

Do a water change.
 
Those are not dead at all. They are closed. Like they should be. Acclimate them, add them to your tank, and give them a week or so to open.
 
I dont mean literally nothing, I obviously read about them, and the species I was purchasingh before I bought.

I just jumped to conclusions, for me, it getting -40 + Shipping creatures in water + Them looking brownish made me think they were dead
 
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