I bought a 3 polyp frag a month or 2 ago and the polyps were dime sized. Since then they have become pencil eraser sized. I have tried high light and low light. Can anyone add any suggestions? Parameters are all good and all other palys, sps, and lps are thriving.... Thanks in advance.
Utter Chaos....
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I have that problem with zoas.palys are fine but zoas stay super small
I've seen zoas do weird things in different tanks. I had a colony of watermelon zoas I got from someone that had 75+ zoas that were only a fraction of an inch in diameter. Within several weeks of being in my tank, they were all nearly triple the size from when I had gotten them.
As long as they're opened, I wouldn't worry about them too much, just keep an eye on them to make sure they don't completely melt away. If it helps any I have my UC on the sandbed in full light and they're doing great. Bought a single polyp and I'm up to five or so now.
As long as they're opened, I wouldn't worry about them too much, just keep an eye on them to make sure they don't completely melt away. If it helps any I have my UC on the sandbed in full light and they're doing great. Bought a single polyp and I'm up to five or so now.
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Same here dball..it's strange. Great growth from all my sps and palys.just can't keep zoas around
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I have mother colony and several frags that have multiplied like crazy under just blue leds and very little flow. When open there the size of dimes.
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My Zoe's did a lot better when my water was a little dirty. Once I started getting my n & p values near zero I had a horrible meltdown and lost a lot of Zoe's. I'm carbon dosing and maybe it brought the values down to fast. Open brain was not all that excited about it either. SPS was happy as a lark with quicker growth and coloring up. It's coming back around now just finishing week 8 of CD. I've been taking pics every 4 weeks of the same corals. I'll share that in about another 4 weeks.
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Mine went from two to eight in like a month under low light and very little flow.
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It is my understanding that zoanthids, and palys expand to allow more surface area and thus more light absorption, which would suggest that lower light would promote a large oral disc. Which is what I have always experienced in my tanks.
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+1 what Dave said. Mine are under almost exclusively blue LEDs and are nice sized and multiplying. Have you tried to dip them just in case something is irritating them?
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Ben, It sounds like yours is taking off like mine and I'm happy to hear this.
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yea they are! They are definitely one of my fastest growing zoas.
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Didn't you get your Utter's from me? I thought the last time you where here you picked some up from me.
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I did indeed. I got those and some KO nightmares, both of which are flourishing.
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Yea Ben those Utter's you and I have came from my good friend Greg Leonard. That's explains why Greg's, yours and my Utter's are so healthy and flourishing
