Help with ID of these Zoas

[iujj012]

Hey guys I need some help iding these zoas I just picked up for my tank. I think the green with red center ones are wham n watermelon, but have no idea about the orange or other greenish ones. Oh and yes that aptasia is getting the treatment tomorrow lol. Thanks guys

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[reefer999]

Orange bam bams, eagle eyes, radioactive dragon eyes, and Green Bay packers

 

[iujj012]

Orange bam bams, eagle eyes, radioactive dragon eyes, and Green Bay packers

Awesome! Thanks for the help. Now, the really tall ones are what? Different coral?

 

[reefer999]

Protopalys some people call them Texas trash or seafoam palys I think. If I were you I'd get rid of them.

 

[iujj012]

Oh ok, I was wondering if they were a pest or anything....whats the best way to get rid of them? What problems do they cause?

 

[reefer999]

I consider them a pest because they grow like weeds and they don't look nice. You can get a scalpel and remove them.

 

[lhm nole]

I use tweezers to pluck off unwanted zoas leave a little piece will be a good chance they grow back

 

[iujj012]

Are the toxins in these harmful to my tank though, if I pull them off with tweezers?

 

[reefer999]

Take the rock out and do it in a container, not inside the tank.

 

[iujj012]

Ok I will do that, just basically pulled them off then?

 

[reefer999]

Yeah if the tweezers don't do it then use a scalpel if you have one. Good luck

 

[iujj012]

Thanks lol. I'll probably need it

 

[cmcoker]

wear gloves and an eye shield and/or face shield. palys are toxic and they can shoot at you. I got squirted in the face last week by a zoa and had a numb area on my face for about a half hour...
look up paly toxin

 

[iujj012]

Ok great advice there. Thanks. I think after reading about this I may just let them be lol

 

[cmcoker]

don't mean to scare you off. If you are aware of the potential, you can be careful and take precautions then you should be fine...

 

[iujj012]

My thing is there are apparently intertwined in with the good zoas, I want, which I'm thinking will make it even more difficult to get them off without damaging the good zoas.

 

[cmcoker]

yeah, you could put that frag onto some frag disks or rubble rock and let the desirable zoas grow out onto the disk. Once they have grown out to the disk/rock, cut away the original piece. Keep an eye out for the trash palys growing out too though..
Or if you could get a insulin syringe or other fine gauge needle and syringe and inject the individual trash polyps with a small amount of vinegar that should melt them.
I use this to kill pulsing xenia all the time. I had a bit of xenia growing in between some keds red zoas, I injected the zoas unintentionally and it melted about a quarter size section of the zoas, they are growing back though..

 

[iujj012]

Cmcoker, thanks for the advice! I think I will go that route and set up a rock next to it, also get a needle and use vinegar, any specific kind of vinegar?

 

[cmcoker]

just regular distilled white vinegar. Also remember they squirt as a defense mechanism, so still use protective gear

 

[iujj012]

Ok will do. Thanks.