I wanna get my zoas pumped up

[FugeTown]

Just rearranged my rock work a bit a put all my zoas in one corner and eventually it will look pretty sweet when the rock is covered, but I wanna know what are you guys are feeding your zoas . My parameters are all perfect and the zoas open up but I want them to get big as possible and multiply fast. If you feed your zoas something good and noticed results please share with me, thank you

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

I don't feed directly as I believe them to not directly accept food, at least mine don't. But I do broadcast coral Frenzy, mysis, and LRS Reef Frenzy. They grow like weeds. My wwc Twizzlers have gotten 2-3 new polyps in past month. My mandarin oranges have gone from 2 to about 100 polyps in little less than a year.

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Mandarins currently
My zoa garden start
Some random orange skirts I started as 6 polyps in about 6 months time.

 

[FugeTown]

Mandarins currently
My zoa garden start
Some random orange skirts I started as 6 polyps in about 6 months time.

I like those fat green zoas, were they always fat like that or did they start of small like the other ones in the pics?

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

They're actually green button polyps. A paly I believe. They've always been on the larger size than the zoa

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

They randomly pop up around my tank. Have 2 other colonies forming out of nowhere

 

[FugeTown]

They randomly pop up around my tank. Have 2 other colonies forming out of nowhere

Pretty sweet zoa collection they are growing in together real nice looks really cool especially all the different colors

 

[Reef_Collector28]

I've never seen zoas directly eat. Bigger palys usually take in food like powdered or Mysis shrimp. You can add regularly amino acids like Fuel by Seachem. Helped me in my biocube to grow zoas and palys like crazy but usually just stable water parameters will grow them just fine. Also good water movement is key for them to have nice long skirts and good polyps extension. Algae tends to grow on them and closes them up so indirect, low medium flow is good

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Thanks! Always a work in progress

 

[FugeTown]

I've never seen zoas directly eat. Bigger palys usually take in food like powdered or Mysis shrimp. You can add regularly amino acids like Fuel by Seachem. Helped me in my biocube to grow zoas and palys like crazy but usually just stable water parameters will grow them just fine. Also good water movement is key for them to have nice long skirts and good polyps extension. Algae tends to grow on them and closes them up so indirect, low medium flow is good

Good tips, Thank you