I have five different zoanthid colonies. Most have only been in my tank for 2 months. The tentacles do not extend the way I see them in pictures. I can get them to extend some by target feeding with cyclopeze. I wonder if there is something else that would help them. Any ideas?
zoanthid tentacle extension
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Mrs.kbmdale
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From what I was told (in the begining, when I asked) and from my own experience now, the skirts lengthen when they are in good water flow and have good water quality, getting what they need from the water flow. Feeding does help this, some of mine will eat and some won't. They eat crushed flake food, cyclop-eeze and brine shrimp. But I will say this to back up what I'm saying... The ones that eat in higher flow still have longer skirts than the ones that eat in lower flow. Hope this helps,
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c-horseman
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hi - i just wanted to confirm this - long skirts are good? i got some zoa's and the skirts gradually came out alot and i was worried maybe there was not enough ~something~ in the water for them to do that. the problem when the reach otu like that is the colour is not as intense.
smp
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In my experience the skirts extend under less lighting, along with the stalk of the polyp.
All of the frags I have gotten were first viewed under MH and after a few days under my PCs they fade, extend the skirts and get longer.
I'm waiting on shipment of a 175watt MH retrokit so I'll know for sure soon enough.
tulkas71
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I most definately 2nd the water quality and flow.
I need to take a new pic of my buttons when I get home and update a "back from the dead" thread.
Ill post link tommorow.
Basically going from topping off with tap to RO/DI was a huge.
Replacing CC to LS.
Lights on timers. (consistant rythm the zoo can aclimate to) <== just a theory
In a nut shell as the conditions improved so did the zoo.
Not saying anything is bad in your tank, but there is a direct link.
Seems like the perk up after water changes too.
I need to take a new pic of my buttons when I get home and update a "back from the dead" thread.
Ill post link tommorow.
Basically going from topping off with tap to RO/DI was a huge.
Replacing CC to LS.
Lights on timers. (consistant rythm the zoo can aclimate to) <== just a theory
In a nut shell as the conditions improved so did the zoo.
Not saying anything is bad in your tank, but there is a direct link.
Seems like the perk up after water changes too.
c-horseman
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...so... long skirts are bad then?
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