Anyone ever...

[Jacwil]

...buy a single polyp, have it for over a year, and not sprout a baby??????????

It has appeared healthy for months...no growth.

I have shifted it to different levels of light and flow...no growth.

It has closed up for a month, (heard this could happen before new buds appear), but alas...no growth.

Ideas? Other z's and p's within the system have flourished.

Also, I bought it as a single polyp from Bay Corals, as a Red Halo but m not sure it is or not.

TIA!!!

 

[mallorieGgator]

Are the other zoas growing well? Maybe you don't have it in it's sweet spot? Maybe try moving it around

 

[kichimark]

hmmm i have some zoas that take forever to add a new polyp but never a year and nothing.

When you move it to a spot how long do you leave it there?

I know most people do not feed but has it shown any feeding response when something touches the skirt?

 

[Jarred1]

oh man thank god to see someone else with this problem!!! I have a CAR polyp and I have had it over a year with no growth yet. It opens nicely every single day but hasn't grown any and all my other zoas are growing just fine.

 

[jdhuyvetter]

Yes, I had the same thing happen with a PPE. Now I have 4 polyps (in 3 months)

 

[kichimark]

Yes, I had the same thing happen with a PPE. Now I have 4 polyps (in 3 months)

Did you do anything different to gain such growth?

 

[jdhuyvetter]

Moved them into a new tank about 2 months before that. this tank is plumbed into the other one, so the water conditions are the same. But it is lit solely with T-5's. The other tank is lit with solartubes and T-5 actinics.

 

[Jacwil]

When I have moved it, I leave it for a cpl months.

I do see a small bump at the base that COULD be a new polyp but who knows..it's been there for weeks and weeks.

 

[mallorieGgator]

What's the lighting in the tank?

 

[Jacwil]

Current Sundial 4x24w over a 37g. Good quality bulbs.

The polyp has been as close as 10" from the light, to its' current spot which is approx. 22".

I'd say it spent 4-6 months in another tank, separate system, in a 40B under a 6x39 NEP.

 

[mallorieGgator]

What are you feeding the tank and do you soak the food in anything?

 

[Jacwil]

The tank gets fed NLS small pellets as well as frozen mysis and some silversides. The frozen gets lightly rinsed in RO before fed to tank.

Nothing gets soaked first.

 

[organism]

Some just don't grow. I've had some "Solar Eclipse" ones for going on 6 years now. They've grown 8 polyps during that time, but at least they look fantastic.

 

[Jacwil]

Thx for all the insight folks...I'm "fairly" patient so I'll wait and see what happens.

On a side note, can anyone ID this with the polyp partially closed?

 

[A. Grandis]

It's probably wrong temperature. Check temp and change for higher if lower than 79F.
Try feed the polyp and offer some amino acids (small amount!!).
Some times that helps.
Try place the polyp in a higher flow area. That might trick the need for extra attachement to the substrate.
Avoid the use of activated carbon for filtration.
Last try... some zoas like a bluer spectrum (say 14K-ish +).
Good luck!
Grandis.

 

[kichimark]

excellent idea Grandis.