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Snowsrfr 
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 Topic: Saving the polyps...killing the cloves....
Posted: January 28 2012 at 6:35pm |
Against my better judgement, I bought some Purple Koosh zoanthids recently (even though I asked for a photo), and was told when I bought them there were a few blue clove polyps on the frag. So, I thought OK, I'll just cut them off, and have the polyps I want. Well they started off like this (Purple Koosh on the right), but the blue polyps have since taken over the frag the Koosh don't even open any more. Any ideas on how to remove the clove polyps or am I just SOL? 
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 6:39pm |
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I had the same thing on a red devil people eater, i just fragged the zoo, singles heads, and very carefully scraped off the cloves.
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 6:45pm |
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OOH the ones from the frag farmer are looking good:)
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"wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 6:52pm |
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Dude just sell the cloves as purple koosh and say you didn't know which ones were which ;)
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 8:06pm |
 BillyC wrote:
Dude just sell the cloves as purple koosh and say you didn't know which ones were which ;) |
That's basically how they were sold to me. Lol.
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Posted: January 29 2012 at 9:30am |
Could you cut the tops of the cloves off, just thinking if they cant filter feed they cant eat and will die?!.
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Posted: January 29 2012 at 12:51pm |
laynframe wrote:
Could you cut the tops of the cloves off, just thinking if they cant filter feed they cant eat and will die?!. |
I could cut them off. Worth a try. Not sure how they feed, reproduce, etc. But I'm just pissed I got sold a frag of zoanthids I've been really wanting and have to deal with the B.S. 
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Posted: February 02 2012 at 12:03am |
Here is what I have donein the past with the clove polyps. You can use a light bristle tooth brush, you could also use your finger nail or the back side of a razor blade. another thing you could do is use glue to cover them up. I have done all of these things with success.
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Posted: February 02 2012 at 12:23am |
Snowsrfr wrote:
BillyC wrote:
Dude just sell the cloves as purple koosh and say you didn't know which ones were which ;) |
That's basically how they were sold to me. Lol. |
Is that really the way that they were sold to you? Really? You didnt get a picture no, but you were aware of cloves for sure. Like you stated before. You contacted me about them, so I figured you knew exactly what they were. So the real question is why didnt you take care of them prior to your problem? see above for how I get rid of them, all with great success. Hope your frag does well
all you have to do is ask and I would tell
Edited by dustponds10 - February 02 2012 at 12:24am
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