Rasta Zoanthids
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90greefman
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Mine do great. Started with one a year ago I now have 2. JK. They are small polyps, they are very slow growers in my tank, but are very hardy. I have fragged them and either sold them or traded them and they all have done great. They are one of my favorites.
scuba guy ron
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Imo, any zoa can randomly melt. And in large part, growth will depend heavily on your water perameters as well as lighting, and flow.
90greefman
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Good point, any zoa can melt. I have had that happen to a few colonies in my tank, just not my rastas. Thank God!
Friday Night
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True. like the big "Darth maul melt scare" just keep your water chem in check and your good to go. have both and thier doing great.
90greefman
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I have Darth Mauls and they do great too! Oddly enough my eclipses were the ones to melt for no reason. They at first grew like crazy.
90greefman
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90greefman
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I am assuming you mean the rastas. I see about 1 polyp a month. I have several frags in different spots in my tank to see if they grow any better in one area vs another and they do not in my tank. I have the suntek t5 lighting system with 6 lights over a 90g. Works great!
StillerNat
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mine grow about 1 month per polyp as well. i only got 3 now. my red hornets grow faster than these.
Friday Night
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I dont mind "slow growers" because thats one of the best parts of this hobby watching coral/zoas grow (to me at least) but the size of the rastas.. small as hell lol..
Jordan_Oreo
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bringin back the thred ! I am getting some rastas in a week, just wondering how much light they like ? high or low, aswell as flow. I have a 12" high 80G frag tank now with 8bulb T5HO. SO EXCITED FOR THEM !
Thanks
Thanks
charliet21
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I got a single head about 7mouths ago... and i now have..... the same SINGLE head.... its the only one i cant get to grow
A. Grandis
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Try feed the polyp tiny amounts of coral food once a week and make sure flow/light and maintenance is in check. Stability...
Grandis.
aguila88psi
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lol, they can be slow growers but as grandis pointed out feed micro foods, powders and liquid coral food will do wonders, you can feed once a week and your whole tank will benifit
Here's some I recently picked up from sexy corals
Here's some I recently picked up from sexy corals
A. Grandis
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Yes, they will use the extra energy to reproduce/grow.
Also, depending on the food you offer, the colors will be improved.
Target feed them once a week small amounts of dry coral food. Turn off the pumps and make sure the fishes won't get on the zoas' food. If you feed at night, the polyps are most of the time extended and fishes aren't as active (unless you have some nocturnal species, of course).
Target feeding helps to maintain water quality, once the food aren't all over the system and goes directly to it's destiny!!
Please search for threads about target feeding the zoas for more info...
Good luck!
Grandis.
Yes, they will use the extra energy to reproduce/grow.
Also, depending on the food you offer, the colors will be improved.
Target feed them once a week small amounts of dry coral food. Turn off the pumps and make sure the fishes won't get on the zoas' food. If you feed at night, the polyps are most of the time extended and fishes aren't as active (unless you have some nocturnal species, of course).
Target feeding helps to maintain water quality, once the food aren't all over the system and goes directly to it's destiny!!
Please search for threads about target feeding the zoas for more info...
Good luck!
Grandis.
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