Removing zoas from bb tank

[pablito644]

Has anyone tried removing zoas that have grown off the rocks onto the tank wall? Curious to hear what the best techniques would be, and if I have any chance of removing the mat intact to glue down to another rock, or if it will just fall apart..

 

[Skeptic_07]

if they grew on to corraline growth that would be perfect. even if they didnt i think you'd be able to slide a razor underneath. get the gel superglue to glue them

 

[capture]

i have done the razor blade technique works well IME.
if you're are detaching from the main colony i suggest an x-acto or scalpel just for its accuracy.

 

[MUCHO REEF]

I agree with both. Most likely you will have some coralline on the glass and this is a perfect surface to add a dab of glue to secure the newly cut away frag to a rock. This works great and the success of the frag is greatly improved as you are gluing a coralline layer to the rock and not actual glue touching the base of the polyps. I did this a lot with my old tank as I allowed polyps to grow onto the glass. I try to discourage that now by place lots of rock around and proliferating polyps moving near the glass in my tank.