For those of you with lots of zoas...
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Paul_PSU
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I have about 5 different kinds. When I got the first few I made the mistake of putting them in crevices of my base rock. They spread and now I have to worry about them going onto other rocks. I put my last on on a small piece of tonga branch rock and it is on the sand and not touching any other rocks. I will do the same with any other ones I get.
cloakerpoked
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I just let them spread and let the SPS or LPS outcompete with them. I haven't had them overrun my other coral yet...but I guess it could happen.
Stray32
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I am not really worried about them spreading, I will just frag them at that point. I will have 8 different zoas arriving on Friday, all on plugs or disks I would imagine, and I am trying to figure out an alternative to attaching the plugs/disks directly to my rockwork, ie by cutting the frag from the plug. Just wondering if any of you guys had tried this before. Not sure how easily loose zoas are to attach to rock.
raynist
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I would break the frag plug bottom off but leave the flat part. You can then mount it to the rock using epoxy. The zoas should overgrow the base in no time and you will never see it again. Zoa's are not easy to to attach to rocks with glue. Every time I have tried it they have come off.
cloakerpoked
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I've actually had more luck with zoas using a needle, and threading them on fishing line and tying them onto rocks than gluing them. I primarily use Figi rock, which has plenty of holes for the plugs to go into, so I never have to break them off. When I propogate my zoas, I've grown very fond of using tiles, rather than plugs anyway...but that obviously doesn't help for the purposes of this particular discussion.
thanatos696
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I would tend to agree with Raynist the zoa's will cover the plug in no time, but if you are dead set on not gluing the plugs down..
I have found that zoa's are fairly forgiving. If the frags come in on flat plugs you could probably get them to peel off using a pair of thin tweezers or an exacto, a gentle touch and a fair amount of time. Like Raynist said they can be hit or miss on being glued. I use 'The original super glue' (GEL) and it holds every time I have tried it. The catch is that it does not hold terribly strong, so it may not work if you have fish that like to reorganize or pick at things.
Here is a link to a video that may help. Video is on Green Star but they behave about the same as the zoa's in my experience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI4bEyWDSZk
Practice on the one you like the least
I have found that zoa's are fairly forgiving. If the frags come in on flat plugs you could probably get them to peel off using a pair of thin tweezers or an exacto, a gentle touch and a fair amount of time. Like Raynist said they can be hit or miss on being glued. I use 'The original super glue' (GEL) and it holds every time I have tried it. The catch is that it does not hold terribly strong, so it may not work if you have fish that like to reorganize or pick at things.
Here is a link to a video that may help. Video is on Green Star but they behave about the same as the zoa's in my experience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI4bEyWDSZk
Practice on the one you like the least
