Zoanthid experiment

[reefwars]

So I attempted last night to do an experiment on a one polyp frag of blue zoas

I had stuck the frag in a coffee mug with salt water and stuck the frag in the -24 cold to spend all evening out there this morning when I retrieved the cup it was a solid block of ice the coral thawed in my sump and by the time it was in my display all the polyps were out and open and the coral looks fine today

The next experiment will be to leave for one week

Anyone want to expand on this while I'm in the experimenting mood lol

Will post pics tomorrow

 

[Zacktosterone]

lol what made you want to freeze your coral to a possible death?

 

[mussel and hate]

I'm surprised the polyp survived freezing. Proceed with your mad science sir.

 

[mkbtank]

"Sub" scribed. (See what I did there . ).

 

[mkbtank]

Btw I threw out a paly polyp accidentally (sunny d). It was in an open bag with about 2 drops of water for 24 hours. Found it. Put it back in the tank and it was open within 30 minutes. Excellent growers btw- Now I have 50 of them lol.

 

[Mark...]

You would think the cells would be damaged beyond repair. Some animals have a glycol substance (frogs/fish), that help them survive cold.

Interesting experiment.

 

[Zbar]

Interesting,how long has it been since you froze the zoas?
Are They still open?
Lol,I'm wondering the same thing.what drove you to freeze your zoas ?

 

[rogergolf66]

Tagging

 

[A. Grandis]

Never heard about freezing zoas before.
Interesting!

I've heard people saying they left zoas to dry for days and when they placed the zoas back in the tank they opened like nothing happened.

Grandis.

 

[AlexRSM130]

I would wait to see the polyp in long term.

 

[reefwars]

well the zoanthid as of this morning is dead , one polyp remains but the stress wasnt good for him and he didnt make it


so the next experiment you ask?


im going to take 5 single polyp frags and leave them out to dry , each day i will put one back in the tank and then monitor its recovery or death.


cheers

denny

 

[Reefer54]

just out of curiosity, what are you trying to prove or disprove

 

[reefwars]

just out of curiosity, what are you trying to prove or disprove

nothing really i do these types of experiments all the time

its nice to know the extent to which corals survive, ive been in the hobby for many many years and am always surprised with how hardy and delicate these animals can be

 

[mbingha]

Lol I approve of said experiment. It's amazing how we have to have our tanks in such good condition for things to survive and yet they will put up with drying out.

 

[Hudzon]

you do realize these are animals right ?

 

[Reefer54]

I suppose in practical application, to have a paly or coral shipped in just a wet rag or newspaper would almost be better than to have it shipped in water that is foul, like LR, and if palys and others can withstand extremes like this, a lot could be said to saving money on shipping as well as fitting into smaller boxes or more into a larger box....so determing the threshold of said dry\cold\hot exposures with a % of recovery rate, a lot of forward progress could be made to develop a new way or better the existing methods of shipment (unless you can see other applicable means).

i get upset when someone sends me coral in 2day mail, yet only once have i lost a coral from it taking too long (it was a beautiful softball sised blue Lobo, and if it had not fouled the water, it probably would have made it)

I'll follow along.

 

[A. Grandis]

I don't think it's a good idea to keep doing such experiments.
That would be kinda evil.
I thought you forgot the cup outside or something.
Besides, publishing such thing could denigrate the hobby and have that used against us, hobbyists.

It's interesting to the point of curiosity.
When you report intentional death, it's sad to say the least.

What I've mentioned about the dry zoas was an accident reported a while ago by one of the members. Not an intentional experiment.

I would stop doing that.
Not cool.
I just have to hope you agree with me.

Grandis.

 

[Patwa]

hear, hear

 

[JKDMan]

I think some coral reefs are sometimes exposed to air during low tide, and the corals survive , so its not that surprising that they would live.

 

[fijisrfr]

I think you should experiment on yourself! Why don't you go stand outside naked all night in -24 degree weather & let us know how that goes!
I am by no means a tree hugger but I find your experiments akin to a child pulling the wings off of flys.