Secrets For Getting the best growth for zoas

[baseballman 25]

What are you guys secrets for getting the best growth from your zoas and palys =)

 

[Rocky Mountain Frags]

My experience has been that keeping your phosphates as close to 0 as possible and dosing iodine really helps zoas and palys grow.
I dose lugols iodine once a week per the directions on the bottle.

 

[Stray32]

Honestly I do nothing special and I have tremendous growth in all of my zoas and palys. I use T5 lighting, 3 different spectrum bulbs, and do monthly water changes. It may just be luck.

 

[tc269]

i like my kents coral accel.. and +1 on the lugols

 

[AlexStinson]

as far as paly's/large zoas are concerned I feed them pellets...

 

[therman]

what brand/type of pellets do you use?

 

[reefdan]

i had luck with vitamin C for health when i kept zoas and palys. they also seem to like to eat/sit in detrius every once in a while as long as your p04 is low and your nitrates are below 20

EDIT: they don't do well for me now and wither way under my low nutrient sps system

 

[bodofraggins]

feeding has given me the best results.

 

[Cuda]

leave them alone

 

[justin_freebords]

i too dose coral accel and it seems to help

 

[cultivatedcoral]

Feed them mysis.

 

[FaviaFreak]

Zeovit Sponge Power but be warned if you have aptasia this stuff makes them multiply like crazy

 

[Acezwild]

mysis here also spot feeding them

 

[TonyB]

I started dosing Iodine on a weekly basis and saw an immediate improvement in my zoos and palys.

 

[IFbettas]

For protopalys feeding works well, and for regular zoas I don't do anything. Fragging them will speed up their growth.

 

[reefdan]

^ good point. i used to take a sharp, clean razor and slice the webbing between the polyps of zoanthids. i think it makes them think they're all alone and motivates them to reproduce. that worked very well for me

 

[got2envy]

I have been using Seachems Reef Plus, zoas never looked happier

 

[dtpollard]

Flow is very important. Most like to be moved by the current. Less flow = less growth. Mag levels are important as well. Feeding Palys and PE the Hikari Mysis (They are smaller than most mysis brands), and Cyclopeeze to the other zoas.

 

[stunreefer]

No secrets (with any reefing), keep your tank stable and ensure you're exporting the nutrients you're importing.

 

[wschang812]

when dosing lugols, do you just drop directly in the tank, or do you dilute in some water first and then pour in the tank?