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09/17/2014, 12:39 AM | #1 |
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where do you place your zoa/palys ????
So im curious as to what people prefer as far as their placement of their zoas/palys. Most of the time we get frags on plugs, so where do you normally put your plugs?? sandbed ?? or do your mount the plugs to your LR. I'm a little unsure about putting zoas/plays on the mainrocks, i feel like if they start growing too much they will take over most of the rock work like gsp. So with that said would it be a better idea to keep them on the plugs and just keep them in your sandbed? would love to see pics of where you guys keep yours.
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09/17/2014, 01:14 AM | #2 |
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I start them in sandbed for a week or so then I place them were I like them without gluing them in another week or two if they like it there and are doing good then I glue them there's nothing to back up why I do it besides makeing sure every one plays nice and is happy if they take over to much then I take the rock out and frag them
I my self don't like leaving them on the frags
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in my case my whole rockwork is one piece, so it may be hard to frag them the way you do. |
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09/17/2014, 01:25 AM | #4 |
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If you don't mind me asking how big is the rock pice
Mine in my 90gal are made up of 12 and some other fill in pice a total of 190lb of rock But my 75 im setting up im not going to put any rock in it
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09/17/2014, 01:35 AM | #5 |
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its about a 12 pound piece but, its just a pain in the @ss to pull out the whole piece .
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09/18/2014, 02:57 PM | #6 |
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I actually keep them on a frag and glue it onto the rock. When they grow into colonies, I cut that frag off. There will be some remaining on the LR to regrow. The frag I get to take out to trade, sell or frag more.
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+1 that mOnkie. I also tend to cut the middle out of large colonies when I need a frag. That way the colony can grow in the middle and not just the edges.
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Just something to keep in mind for those pieces like that. |
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09/23/2014, 02:48 PM | #9 |
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As low as i can go watch polyp extension then raise them.
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09/23/2014, 11:38 PM | #10 |
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always start at bottom, to gradually move them higher ( to allow corals to acclimate properly to your lighting scheme. )
Good but not direct battering flow.
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What about bare bottoms?
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09/29/2014, 02:09 PM | #12 |
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same, put them on bottom first then slowly move them up gradually
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10/07/2014, 02:25 PM | #14 |
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I always end up putting stuff on racks, but my racks don't usually get full blasted with light. If it's something that I know is a lower light/flow specimen, I go sandbed.
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10/07/2014, 04:02 PM | #15 |
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We put ours where we have space next to campitable polyps and let them go, we dont worry about fragging since we dont keep any of the ones that will spread like gsp. I dont keep frag racks unless i am changing something or adding new polyps. A zoa tank isnt a zoa tank if it has polyps on racks Thats a frag tank, seems to be more popular now. I miss seeing real tanks full of polyps
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10/07/2014, 08:49 PM | #16 |
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Why in a sand bed?
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10/07/2014, 08:53 PM | #17 |
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May I also ask what fragging them means, do you have to break the life rock underneath the polyps in order to prevent overgrowth?
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10/16/2014, 07:59 PM | #19 |
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I am stacking the squared tiles because the zoas are growing too fast. I don't like to put them on rocks because they take over the rock, I want to leave space for Sps and I don't have a sandbox so if I put them down they grow over the bottom glass.. Lol I don't know what else to do
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10/17/2014, 03:44 PM | #20 |
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I have had issues with turbo snails going over zoa frags, killed one by dragging it upside down on the rock. My stomatella smails like to climb the zoa stalks too but dont touch the heads.
I know it is wrong but it has seemed like zoa placement was color related, like red/orange/pink like higher light and green/blue lower, but it has gone both ways. |
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All iPhone pics These are the ones up top of the tank And these are the ones in the middle of the tank bad pic but you get the idea |
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10/28/2014, 12:26 PM | #22 |
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i place them where they're happy and open up but like others say, start at the bottom then move them around eventually to find the "Magic Spot" for them.
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10/31/2014, 12:40 AM | #23 |
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I got annoyed with the hermits bugging my fresh cut zoa frags in the sand bed, so I got a frag rack and placed it high up the tank. They seem to be doing much better, probably due to better light and less irritation.
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11/04/2014, 02:20 PM | #24 |
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I have them on my sand bed
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11/07/2014, 01:21 PM | #25 |
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+1 on sand bed or bb
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