Fraging Zoanthids
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Topic: Fraging Zoanthids
Posted By: Chris
Subject: Fraging Zoanthids
Date Posted: July 28 2005 at 11:50pm
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I have a few zoanthid rocks that are so covered in zoanthids that they are stretching out about an inch to make room for more heads to grow. I think that zoanthids look better when they are close to the rock. So how do I get these zoo rocks under control? I have placed rocks on top of the zoos to get them to attach to those rock which they do but they also grow out from under the rocks. They grow under the rocks better then they grow onto the new rocks. I have placed new rocks on the edges to try to allow more growth but they don't attach them selfs to the new rock very well. What should I do? I like short zoanthids not long ones.
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Posted By: jbutler
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 8:56am
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Chris, I've got the same thing happening with some of my zoos. I usually just take a nice pair of small scissors and cut each individual polyp off. I've found that after cutting off the polyps, a new one will start to form at the surface of the rock. Also, the polyps that you cut off should be just fine so make sure you keep those for frags.
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Posted By: KeoDog
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 8:30am
If you cut the zoos make sure you don't have any open wounds on your hands or touch your mouth or eyes. They are very poisonous and you could become very sick. Super glue works great to attach zoos.
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Kevin Kunz (Sandy, UT)
300g reef
"A trade by which one gains and the other loses is a fraud." Ayn Rand
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