PLEASE PITCH IN! Individual Morph Zoa Care Guide!

[Triggreef]

Name: Orange Oxides
Hardiness: pretty hardy
Lighting: low to medium
Flow: low to medium
Growth rate: from about 6 to 10 in a couple months

EDIT: these completely melted on me for no apparent reason shortly after this post. Trying again from another person. Slightly different morph. So far so good.

 

[Triggreef]

Name: JF Nuclear Greens (nukes)
Hardiness: If you kill these your doing something very wrong.
Lighting: all
Flow: all
Growth rate: one for one

 

[kschweer]

Great additions triggerreef.

Name: PZ cyberdemon
Hardiness: pretty hardy
Light: med to low
Flow: low
Growth: about a polyp a month with a 6p colony
Fragging: not sure yet as I haven't tried yet

 

[Oscaror]

Thanks @Triggreef I'll be adding those to the list!
This thread is going just the way I wanted!

 

[Oscaror]

Adding those to the list was hard work, worth it!

 

[tonyespinoza1]

Anyone have info on candy apple orange? Just got one polyp with a baby.

 

[AcroNem]

Anyone have Krakatoa Gods? Just got a three polyp frag they seem to do fine just wondering if someone's found they need special care.

 

[Jonathan Presseau]

Hi guys,

First post on the forum, but I have been following along for some time now via Facebook. This post.. I just had to join so I can follow and contribute. We have a Zoa/Paly garden that is a few months going (39 frags so far) so we are incredibly interested in this post and the forum section in general!

I have a question... when you are speaking in terms of light intensity and you say medium.. can you elaborate? We have Nanobox Duo over the tank which is a custom 10 gallon (16x16x9) display tank which has a 3 gallon frag tank and 7 gallon sump. The LED sits nearly in the middle of the tank and is about 5" from the water level. I run it at 75% at the peak of the day for several hours. While all of our Zoa's/Paly's are thus far looking good I am very much afraid of bleaching them.

Thanks firstly for any response to this question and secondly for this amazingly informative post for an addict like myself.

 

[Jonathan Presseau]

Sorry double post so deleted it.

 

[Oscaror]

Hi guys,

First post on the forum, but I have been following along for some time now via Facebook. This post.. I just had to join so I can follow and contribute. We have a Zoa/Paly garden that is a few months going (39 frags so far) so we are incredibly interested in this post and the forum section in general!

I have a question... when you are speaking in terms of light intensity and you say medium.. can you elaborate? We have Nanobox Duo over the tank which is a custom 10 gallon (16x16x9) display tank which has a 3 gallon frag tank and 7 gallon sump. The LED sits nearly in the middle of the tank and is about 5" from the water level. I run it at 75% at the peak of the day for several hours. While all of our Zoa's/Paly's are thus far looking good I am very much afraid of bleaching them.

Thanks firstly for any response to this question and secondly for this amazingly informative post for an addict like myself.

First off, welcome to the forum! As for light intensities, I've never really thought about it too much. Maybe someone else on the [HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG] will be able to define it better? I usually just used my better judgement as to what high low and medium mean.

 

[kschweer]

Welcome to R2R!! I think the terms low, med, high lighting are pretty subjective. It's going to vary from tank to tank and depend on a lot of things such as tank depth, height of lights above water, water clarity, etc. I think as a very broad way of putting it if you were to divide the tank into thirds (bottom to top) low light would be in the bottom third, med in the middle third and high in the top third. Hope that makes sense. Like I said that's a very broad way to put it without taking into account the factors plus others I listed above. Hope that helps.

 

[Jonathan Presseau]

Thank you both for your prompt replies and welcoming comments!

kschweer, I totally understand what you are saying. I suppose my only variable to your comment (referring to bottom - up approach to low - high) is that your light may be more intense than mine.

Put it to you this way - if you were to run any brand name LED at 100% would you consider that high for the coral nearest the top of the tank? I would consider that higher for all of them - top to bottom. In our larger tank (mixed reef with SPS) I run the AI Hydra at 100% and the tank seems to love it. Difference being its a IM Fusion40 AOI and the light sits at least 14" above the water level. The tank is also 2.5 times deeper. With only Zoa's/Paly's in our smaller tank I wonder if I can run my Nanobox DUO at 100% as well?

More light the merrier or more light the more melty?

 

[naso tang]

I would say you'd need a par meter to tell. Percentages only matter if you have equivalent watts and led type and number.

Yes, we are making assumptions on light requirements when we say high medium low. Most often as mentioned above this just means position in the tank.

I have never run any led fixture i had at 100% so can't relate. I run ai sols, hydra52 and t5s with both my tanks. One tank is dedicated to sps, so i have more light on this one than my zoa/chalice tank. I don't go above 50% white on either tank though.

 

[jack5746]

I'm thinking, people say that zoas/palys are easy to care for, they just need medium light, medium-low flow, and they should grow and thrive.
That is for sure, NOT the case.
Those rules apply to eagle eyes, dragon eyes, radio active dragon eyes, lots of eyes, but when you get into the higher end polyps it gets more complicated.
So I want to start a list of different zoa morphs, with their different care requirements, from what people have experienced with them. This is not like the zoa ID database, this is also about care requirements.
I need people to help out though, here's what I need:

A picture of the zoa/paly
Name:
Hardiness (Melter-Finicky-Hardy-Very Hardy):
Lighting (Low-Medium-High-Adaptable):
Flow (Weak-Moderate-Strong-Adaptable):
Growth Speed (An estimation of polyps per month based off a 1-5 polyp frag, or if not 1-5 polyps then say the amount of polyps):
(Optional) Tolerance To Fragging:

Here's a list that I'll update of what zoa morphs have been posted:
Lunar Eclipse Paly Post # 1, Page 1
Mean Green Zoa Post # 4, Page 1
Gorilla Nipples Zoa Post # 5, Page 1
Utter Chaos Paly Post # 9, Page 1
Sunny D Paly Post # 16, Page 1
Fruit Loops Zoa Post # 25, Page 2|Post # 71, Page 4|
Rasta Zoa Post # 34, Page 2|Post # 63, Page 4|
Blowpop Zoa Post # 43, Page 3
World Wide Corals Pink Krakatoa Paly Post # 46, Page 3
Speckled Fire and Ice Post # 58, Page 3
Ultra Eagle Eye Zoa Post # 61, Page 4
My Clementines Zoa Post # 62, Page 4
Space Monster Paly Post # 65, Page 4
Jason Fox Tangerine Twist Zoa Post # 66, Page 4
Blue Hornet Zoa Post # 67, Page 4|Post # 133, Page 7|
Red Hornet Zoa Post # 67, Page 4|Post # 99, Page 5|Post # 138|
Glitter Green People Eater Paly Post # 68, Page 4
White Velvet Zoa post # 80, Page 4
World Wide Corals Black Orchid Paly Post # 84, Page 5
Nightmare Paly Post # 85, Page 5
Everlasting Gobstopper Paly Post # 97, Page 5|Post # 123, Page 7|
WOW Paly Post [HASHTAG]# 110[/HASHTAG], Page 6
Blue Agave People Eater Paly Post [HASHTAG]# 114[/HASHTAG], Page 6
Blazing Agave People Eater Paly Post [HASHTAG]# 115[/HASHTAG], Page 6
Red People Eater Paly Post [HASHTAG]# 116[/HASHTAG], Page 6
Peter Pan Zoa Post [HASHTAG]# 117[/HASHTAG], Page 6
Atomic Space Monster People Eater Paly Post [HASHTAG]# 118[/HASHTAG], Pagr 6
Toxic Lava People Eater Paly Post [HASHTAG]# 119[/HASHTAG], Page 6
Interstellar Paly Post [HASHTAG]# 120[/HASHTAG], Page 6
Imperial Suns Paly Post [HASHTAG]# 124[/HASHTAG], Page 7
Seduction People Eater Paly Post # 128, Page 7
Planet Zoa Firebird Zoas Post # 131, Page 7
Cherry Charm Zoa Post # 132, Page 7
Super Saiyan Zoa Post # 137, Page 7
Fire And Ice Zoa Post # 139, Page 7
Miami Vice Zoa Post # 140, Page 7
Promethian Zoa Post # 141, Page 8
Orange Oxide Zoa Post # 143, Page 8
Jason Fox Nuclear Green Paly Post # 144, Page 8
Planet Zoa Cyberdemon Paly Post # 145, Page 8

Requesting:
Candy Apple Orange Paly
Krakatoa God Paly
Untouchable Paly
Yoda Paly
Miami Vice zoa
Captain America Paly
Blondies Zoa
Darth Maul Paly
Night Fury Paly
Scarface Zoa
Valentine's Day Massacre Zoa
These are just suggestions, you can post a zoa if it's not on this list!

Please help out, I'll start off the list:


Name: Lunar Eclipse Paly
Hardiness: Very Hardy
Lighting: Adaptable
Flow: Moderate
Growth Speed: 3 Polyps per Month
Tolerance to Fragging: Great

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PITCH IN!
NEW RULE: Many people have different experiences, so now you can post a polyp even if it's been posted

Do you find better success by grouping all your zoas together or do they do better spread out?

 

[emmaleegrech]

Name: Yoda paly
Hardiness: Hardy
Lighting: medium to High
Flow: Moderate
Growth speed: 5 polyps per month
Tolerance to fragging: great

 

[naso tang]

Name: Yoda paly
Hardiness: Hardy
Lighting: medium to High
Flow: Moderate
Growth speed: 5 polyps per month
Tolerance to fragging: great

Wow i've never been able to keep these alive so far. Tried two or three times. Wonder what i was doing wrong...

 

[Oscaror]

Do you find better success by grouping all your zoas together or do they do better spread out?

I put my zoas together but give enough space for them to grow into tennis ball sized colonies. I give my favorite ones a bit more space.
I don't think the zoas really care. I guess the only danger in keeping zoas together is that some extend upwards while others stay flat on the rock, causing small zoas to die from light deprivation. This can be prevented simply by fragging. Otherwise the only reason you should choose between together or spread out is your personal preferences.

 

[Oscaror]

Name: Untouchable Paly
Hardiness: Hardy
Light: Medium
Flow: Low-Medium
Growth: 2 Polyps per month from 1 polyp
Resistance to fragging: Will add when I frag it

 

[Oscaror]

Anyone know why my sunny d's barely open? It's really annoying me.

 

[that Reef Guy]

Anyone know why my sunny d's barely open? It's really annoying me.

Pics Please.