What's happening with my zoa's

[LePep]

I bought these Zoa's about two months ago. After a while I noticed a couple of nudibranch so I did a dip (Kent). In the last couple of weeks the tentacles have gotten long. Why is this? Too much light? To much flow? They don't seem unhappy or unhealthy. I just don't like how they look

My setup: 120 gal, 40 gal sump, ER 180, Vortech pump

 

[MUCHO REEF]

For two possible reasons.

1. That is the result of very good flow to which is giving them as much as they can consume from the food chain, it's a very good thing to have this happen in your tank. I remember taking a colony from a great spot with good light spray but a very mild current. I lowered them a bit in the tank and made sure the current was hitting them constantly. The skirt lenght tripled in less than 2 weeks.

2. Perfect lighting in conjunction with flow will yield the same results.

Translation, don't change a thing, your tank is hitting on all cylinders my friend. It's what we all strive to achieve.

Two thumbs up.


Mucho Reef

PS, also, this could just be a charactoristic of this particular zoanthid ( long skirts ) and they were just unhappy in their previous tank.

 

[LePep]

Ok, thanks a lot! :rollface: