AugustWest
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Share your picture of your rare or high end zoa colony 20+ polyps
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Diamond Jack
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Dam those are nice!
rickcasa
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I prefer tank raised zoanthids like the other ones you posted vs these newly imported wild colonies, they look nice but there's something about zoanthids that have grown out in a captive system that makes them look better and healthier
absolutely agree im with you organism some of the nicest pieces i have or had were grown in captivity, its nice to still be a part of wild orders but the best stuff is already in circulation and has a much better chance of long term survival.
with wild colonies come wild problems mainly bacterial infections and pests, they take time to acclimate to aquarium water and like you mentioned their growth patterns are sparatic at best and the substrate to which its bonded is not always suitable for aquariums.
one of the first things i do for wild pieces is pull of any dying or dead sponges,clams, mussels and check and treat for pests before they go into qt , then its in my grow tanks they go.
for me i use a few types of lighting, i grow zoanthids and propogate for many years now , i run leds on my display ( radion pros) but my growtanks are now all t5 again and use to be a mix of led/halide and t5, i find growth and stability is better with the t5's plus color changes are less frequent.
wild zoos do better without the strong light acclimation and overall all my zoanthids do better under less intense light...not saying that zoanthids dont like light in fact some of them go crazy for it but when mixing hundreds of different types it seems t5's is where im staying now.
all my grow tanks are 12" in height and my display is 20" so not sure if that helps you or not , i dont think the depth matters much untill you match it with a certain fixture or bulb of. i have zoos that grow at water surface under leds that do fine as well.
buddythelion
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Biocubehqi
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WOW! Send me a frag!
+1 those are amazing!
11purewater
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Gold Mauls or something
Gold Mauls or something
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Gold Mauls or something
Justbecause
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That's sweet..
11purewater
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Thank you!
11purewater
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random palys,sorry blurry
random palys,sorry blurry
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random palys,sorry blurry
ChallengedOne
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Just see lots of frags of high end zoas but rare to see colonies. Thought it would be fun.
Me first
What is this one ?
11purewater
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11purewater
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That's beyond massive!how about a massive green bay packers colonie
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