Zoa Fragging ?

[RonD]

I have been fragging a few of my zoa's as of late. I have noticed that fragging a single zoa polyp vs fragging say a half dozen polyps into the same frag seems to make a huge difference in there ability to spread on there own. One just seems to take so long to have the ability to make another. where as a small colony cranks out another polyp every few days.. anyone else had this experience ? is there a magic number of polyps per frag for better success

 

[Bebo77]

lol.. yeah and what good is 1 zoas....

 

[edwing206]

Probably gonna sound whacky but, I read that when you frag, the zoas go into fight or flight and they spread more or something like that.

 

[RonD]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10241415#post10241415 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bebo77
lol.. yeah and what good is 1 zoas....

Ever heard of a thing called a seed ? one seed can turn into something more generally. Think of one single zoanthid as a seed and that one single zoanthid has the power to turn into a colony of zoanthids over time. So perhaps you might like to ask yourself what good 1 zoas is Bebo77

 

[aquarius77]

yea bebo77

 

[LoudProudNPunk]

i agree, one zoa is great if its a kind you dont have. fun to watch grow.

 

[RonD]

So back to the news..

Do Zoas share nutrients back and forth between one another thru there connected tissue or are they basically self contained individuals once developed

 

[ZooZ]

the best number is 10+/- 1-2

 

[xxtriggermanxx]

I would think that it just looks as if it takes longer with one zoa. because you're starting so small. when you start off with a larger frag it will multiply at the same rate but look faster....as for the 1 zoa issue ,have you ever brought a zoa colony home and had some die off? try that with 1 zoa..you do the math. :eek1: just my 2 cents.