I'm interested in zoas but need to know more.. Please help

[luconi]

Hi. I would like to buy some zoanthids as I hear they are good for beginners (I currently am very successful with a duncan, which I know isn't much but I'm just starting out). Can you please give me some info. and answer these questions about them: Will they release a poison killing everything in the aquarium if it dies or is agitated, are they truly easy to care for, how fast do they grow in general, and will they kill a fish or other living thing if it simply touches it once or twice? Thank you! (Also, can you give me a general price range for more common types?) Thanks!

 

[Friday Night]

Hi. I would like to buy some zoanthids as I hear they are good for beginners (I currently am very successful with a duncan, which I know isn't much but I'm just starting out). Can you please give me some info. and answer these questions about them: Will they release a poison killing everything in the aquarium if it dies or is agitated, are they truly easy to care for, how fast do they grow in general, and will they kill a fish or other living thing if it simply touches it once or twice? Thank you! (Also, can you give me a general price range for more common types?) Thanks!

If you can keep a Duncan your good to go on keeping Zoas/Palys.. Thier very "hardy" and a "set it and forget it" type of coral. good water chem and flow and thats all she wrote....

Price wise: $1.00 to all the way up to $150.00 PP (per polyp)

Im sure others will chime in as well HTH.

 

[650-IS350]

http://www.thesea.org/zoanthids/index.html
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2003/invert.htm
http://www.dailypuppy.com/articles/care-for-zoanthids/574053f1-7f5b-da78-56e8-696f46bd26dc
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/totm/index.php