Zoanthid & Palythoa Photographs/Tanks/Videos

[Kuyvlnh]

Got them 2 days ego in PetStore. Hope they grow up fast. They look healthy ?

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[westcoreefer]

nice collection! colorful

 

[ZOAKEEPER]

The world seems so lonely without Zoanthids...

 

[Dustin07]

call me crazy but zooas are still my favorite. there are so many variations

 

[OrionN]

All look pretty good even under white light. I just need to get rid of those pesky aiptasia
Zoanthus Blood Suckers

Zoanthus Rainbow Infusions

Zoanthus Star Gazers

Zoanthus SunnyD

 

[Dustin07]

They're such a fascinating creature. This weekend I cut a single polyp off of a brown zoa that we have. We bought a small colony for a few bucks last winter all closed up as a "rescue" to see if we could get them back to life, not knowing what color they would be. They are thriving and growing like a weed now, but not a flamboyant color... so I took one huge polyp, very carefully as my fragging skills are still developing, placed it gently on a dab of glue on a perfect piece of rock. placed it into my frag tank and realized as it opened up and reached out that I glued it down upside down! doh!!

Yet I still don't think it will die, IDK. Zoas can be the most finicky at times, but the most hardiest in others.

 

[OrionN]

I love the part that you glued it up side down. Let’s see how it does.

 

[Dustin07]

It's funny cause I was super careful, my fragging success has gone from 10% to like 90% so I'm getting better.

This guy was opened up, on my work station, out of the water. I had my frag rock dried out and pre glued ready to go. Carefully picked him up with a razor so I wouldn't pinch him.

Looked like the perfect application. I have had some where I felt I glued them crooked so I wanted the most upright perfect specimen I could get.



Sure enough he's perfectly straight up and down like a tree. Except upside down.

 

[Urka]

Does anyone here any bright yellow zoa's? Can you share the name and a pic please?

 

[Urka]

I have 3 different zoa's so far, but was only able to take a good pic of one. I believe this is Fire & Ice zoa

 

[Urka]

I asked to identify this Zoa in a FB group and some think it's a Blue Hornet Zoa and Others think it's a Purple Hornet Zoa. What do you think?

 

[Dustin07]

Purple hornets I think, the blue hornest I believe are typically a brighter color in the center.

Blue Hornet Zoanthids (Zoanthus sp.) - The Reef Farm

Size: 3 polyps Care Level: Easy * Lighting Requirements: Moderate * Feeding: No Special Feeding * Flow Requirements: Moderate *

reeffarm.com

 

[Urka]

Purple hornets I think, the blue hornest I believe are typically a brighter color in the center.

Blue Hornet Zoanthids (Zoanthus sp.) - The Reef Farm

Size: 3 polyps Care Level: Easy * Lighting Requirements: Moderate * Feeding: No Special Feeding * Flow Requirements: Moderate *

reeffarm.com

Thanks Dustin!

 

[Dustin07]

Thanks Dustin!

I love Zoas, I at times get a bit overwhelmed and frustrated by the gazillion random names given to them and euphylia (especially torches) but I also have to respect it some because there are zoas out there like GMK and LSOH that are notoriously hard to keep (random melt), and others that are massively invasive (Pandoras). so I guess having appropriate names helps since not all zoas are the same...

plus size is important when making a zoa garden. my eagle eyes were very small and I had to constantly prune back bam bams and others that wanted to grow over them.