Just how hardy are Zoas???

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chucktd321

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I was taking some zoas off a rock last night and i had epoxied them to a rock a while ago so i had to chip them off the rock. Well they came off... flying across the room and i couldn't find them! 12 hours later when i woke up i saw them in the corner of the room. And they really didn't look too bad. I dropped em back in the tank and we'll see what happens when the lights turn on. So basically the frag was outside the tank for a little over 12 hours.

Anyone else have any stories where they completely destroyed a frag and they came back? Or some other story showing how hardy they can be?
 
I believe in many places they are exposed to air during low tides so I am sure as long as they don't dry out (duh) they will be okay if you put them back into the tank with the proper parameters.

Do I got stories? not really...still fairly new to z's and p's. I did have a rock fall on a zoa but it came back in about two days( not suggesting you do this though haha).
 
If they're rare & expensive, they probably won't make it...if they're a brown hitchiker, they'll be fine!

Joking...I've had them out of water for 6+ hours before without issue. Ig they were still moist you might be okay but time will tell. They may stay closed and look unhappy for a few days though...

As kichimark mentioned many corals are subjected to low tide and make it.

Good luck!

-Eric
 
Some places will ship zoos just wrapped in a moist paper towel. They will probably be fine.

As llebcire said, there is a opposite correlation between hardiness and price.
 
yea i know there are a lot of corals that are exposed during low tide but thats usually 4 hours or so and they are always kept moist.

These were just Green Bay Packers and they were dry to the touch and they look like they are opening up but def not too happy. I really think they will make it though. Thats 12+ hours out of water on the floor drying up.
 
The difference between low tide and your floor is you have dust and absorbant carpet to worry about. Keep us posted :)
 
Alysiak00 said:
The difference between low tide and your floor is you have dust and absorbant carpet to worry about. Keep us posted :)
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just gotta worry about dust here...switched out carpet for wood floors and tiles a while back.
 
Not quite as crazy as sitting out of water for 12 hours but my cousin was fragging some LA lakers and ended up launching the colony 10 feet across the room. They opened the next day and were fine.
 
They are extremely resilient. What you have experienced isn't uncommon at all. They can endure very cold temps, but the one thing that they can't tolerate is hot or extremely warm water. They can even withstand 100 degree direct sunlight at low tide, but place them in water above 100 degrees and they will begin to slim and melt into mush. Check out the link below, you will be truly surprised at what happened to this reefer. Enjoy !!!

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1618267&highlight=zoanthids+out+of+water

Mucho Reef
 
wow 4 months eh. Thats insane, and i agree with one of the last statements in there. They can go through such harsh enviroments yet can melt for it seems to be no reason at all.
 
I had a 2 polyp frag of red people eaters that decided to detach itself from the frag plug about six months ago and I could not find them anywhere and then just a few days ago I was moving some stuff around and I moved a rock and noticed something sticking out of the sand a little bit and it turned out to be the frag that got blown away so I attached them to a plug and they opened the next day
 
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