Zoa experts ?

[The Beaut]

How do you remove one polyp from a really thick colony. Let me clarify, I just got a rock covered in zoas, there are about 5 or 6 polyps i would like to isolate out of the 100 plus. These are a completely dif color from the rest.

 

[msman825]

I have used a scalpel or a razor blade before. just dont slice the polyp.

 

[The Beaut]

thx

 

[mfinn]

Re: Zoa experts ?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7524600#post7524600 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by The Beaut
How do you remove one polyp from a really thick colony. Let me clarify, I just got a rock covered in zoas, there are about 5 or 6 polyps i would like to isolate out of the 100 plus. These are a completely dif color from the rest.

If the ones you want to isolate are separate from the others and you don't mine breaking the rock they are on, I use a cheap wood chisel and hammer. If they are mixed in with the others checkout this link. It has another method and some good tips when you work with zoanthids.


http://www.zoaid.com/articles.php?id=3

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Cork borer

 

[Pazazz]

Measure the polyp and mark them then you the correct size drill bits and your cordless mikita!!! LOL when it is out of the tank of corse....

 

[EvilInSin]

You might want to count how many polyps in it is from a certain point... I just say this because I have tried to get a single polyp out of a group 3x's now and I never get the right one! They all look alike in this bunch when closed.

 

[The Beaut]

Thanks everyone. yep, I tried last night and missed it. I will try counting from the edge.