How long have you been keeping Zoanthids and Palythoas ?

[MUCHO REEF]

How long have you been keeping Zoanthids and Palythoas ? Please make your selection above? Thanks.

Mucho Reef

PS. Please make a selection in the reefing experience poll as well.

 

[Jarred1]

started reefing 2 years ago and have kept zoas for about a year now.

 

[KafudaFish]

done

 

[kichimark]

Ah man. Well I really got into the whole reefing about 10 years ago with a stock nano and kept softies. Then that crashed for unknown reasons. I put everything away...went to college...came back and set up a FOWLR tank then wanted a nem...then some shrooms...then zoas and the rest is history. That was over a year now on the last part. I was an intern aquarist for a bit before that...does that count still? Ah I will say collectively 3 years then.

 

[MUCHO REEF]

Thank you sir. :wavehand:

 

[A. Grandis]

Since 1995.
Still learning about zoas every day. Believe it or not.
Love'em!!

Grandis.

 

[syrinx]

I bought my shop in 1992- and had been reefing for ten years prior.

 

[XSharkboyX]

Going on 12 years. I have been keeping zoas/palys since the beginning of my reefing addiction.

 

[SIR PATRICK]

Got my first zoa- a blue one, was 3 polyps, in the summer of 1998. A freind gave them to me. He got them as a freebie from a 10 pieces of coral for $99 sale from Dr.foster and smith.

My tank killed them in short order....but I have been hooked on polyps ever since.

Short story-

I didnt know much about copper back then....and I put my LFS water in my tank every time I baught a fish from them. I had enough copper in my tank to kill any coral I baught and stumped me on why I couldnt keep coral for a good long time.

 

[Scopus Tang]

Been keeping them since one year after getting into the hobby. Had a wild colony I grew out of a single volunteer polyp that showed up on a terminated pipe organ coral.

 

[XSharkboyX]

Got my first zoa- a blue one, was 3 polyps, in the summer of 1998. A freind gave them to me. He got them as a freebie from a 10 pieces of coral for $99 sale from Dr.foster and smith.

My tank killed them in short order....but I have been hooked on polyps ever since.

Short story-

I didnt know much about copper back then....and I put my LFS water in my tank every time I baught a fish from them. I had enough copper in my tank to kill any coral I baught and stumped me on why I couldnt keep coral for a good long time.

What happened to those days? LOL

 

[Friday Night]

96-97

Lmk the "1" 20+ years is......................... :smokin:

 

[MUCHO REEF]

HELLO :wavehand:

 

[MUCHO REEF]

Lets not forget this poll.

 

[mfinn]

I think it was in 1990 I saw my first polyps and had to have them.
They were some brown grandis polyps. There were 5 polyps, about the size of quarters and the store wanted $45, which in my mind was alot at the time.
A short time later I picked up some green and brown button polyps from a friend and even though I like the brighter colors that zoanthids come in these days, I still have both in my tank.

 

[MUCHO REEF]

What happened to those days? LOL

They're coming back soon.

 

[SushiGirl]

Since 2000, with a 6 1/2 year break. First ones I got were a good sized rock of bright orange zoas and some bright green striped palys. Zoas were one of the first corals in my new tank this time around. Now have 3 frags of them and one of palys. Definitely will be having more...always been hooked on zoas!

 

[returnofsid]

Ever since starting the saltwater side of this hobby, a little over 5 years ago!

 

[Peter T]

Zoanthids were the first corals I ever purchased along with a small little frag of kenya tree coral. Man did those kenyas take off!

 

[edsreef]

For me, it was kind of a trick question because although I've kept Zoas & Palys for 20+ years (that was my official answer), they were always just hitchikers on live rock that I did absolutely nothing special to care for/propagate/etc until more recently. In my early years of reefing I knew zip about them and all the colorful ones available today I never saw then.