Secrets For Getting the best growth for zoas

[softiegirl]

i just drip it in on the surface of the water.

 

[Supreme Reefs]

+ 1 on the feeding and fragging but doesnt really go for all zoas/palys

 

[amore169]

I try to spot feed them with food.

 

[Jason edwards]

Feeding helps, Fragging also helps. If the colony is dense only the polps on the outside can reproduce. By splitting the colony you double your growth capability. Iodine in small amounts helps the zoanthids release oxgen that has built up in the tissue that could be a irritant.

 

[wschang812]

sometime when i frag, the frag melts away. is there a reason why they do that? arent zoas considered to be pretty hardy? i heard darth mauls hate to be fragged. anyone with success on the darth mauls?

 

[bodofraggins]

there are a lot of reasons. glue in the wrong spot, damage to the polyp, infection.....
i have never fragged darthmauls.

 

[Jason edwards]

ive never had darth mauls live.

 

[revhtree]

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

++1 on this

 

[roshi719]

Patience!!!:nerd:

That and keeping your hands out of the tank. If you keep moving things and changing the tank around nothing ever gets settled in enough to grow

 

[FaviaFreak]

Patience!!!:nerd:

That and keeping your hands out of the tank. If you keep moving things and changing the tank around nothing ever gets settled in enough to grow

+1 best advice you can give right here!

 

[Gentle Dumpling]

Is it iodine or trace elements that makes zoas happy?

 

[OhDumb]

My experience: Keep your nitrates up and phosphates measurable. I ran a very clean tank with (Nitrates 1-2 and PO4 0) and hardly saw any growth. Then I started battling Dino's and raised my nutrients. The side effect was seeing great growth in my zoas and palys. I now keep my Nitrates at 10-20 and my PO4 at .03. I also target feed Reef Roids once or twice a week. Whatever you do just keep everything stable and stop tinkering (lights, alk, calc, pH, etc..).

 

[CUSE1315]

First question on the iodine dosing for those who are doing it.

You are dosing Lugols weekly? Just following the directions on the bottle for tank dosing?

 

[CUSE1315]

Second question is for those of you who have mentioned Magnesium and keeping it up.

What level would you consider up?

Are we talking 1400 plus?

Any insight is greatly appreciated.