Zoanthids on back of tank

[fish crazy]

HI all I have hundreds of zoanthids on the back of my display. I do not want to get rid of them I just want to move them with out harm. they are getting to close to some star polyp that I have on the back as well that I want to be there . Any ideas would be helpful. I dont want to just take scraper to them.

 

[Manwolf]

you should take a pic and post it, id love to see it

 

[mtooner1]

i would like to see it as well

 

[fish crazy]

Sorry I did not take the time to set up my camera pix is not to good but it should give you the idea. this is just one of a few spots in my display with them on the back .

 

[nikon187]

A razor as close to the back glass is really your best bet.

 

[kcballer]

that's really stinkin cool actually.

 

[jnbrex]

Why do you want to get them off? They look awesome.

 

[Scott-CapeCoral]

razor blade to scrape them off gently is your best option.

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

Razor blades might cut the bottoms of them, and those are pretty cool, so I wouldn't want to loose them. As you probably know, star polyps and zoanthids are both very fast growing creatures, so if you let them grow into each other, it should probably be fine. They will just spread out the other way. If you really must take them off the back, then I wouldn't advise cutting them all off in a sheet. Make lots of frags and share them with local reefers.

 

[nvdiz]

a sharp razor to peel off the mat

 

[fish crazy]

I have decided to keep the Zoanthids & trim back the star pylop. So much easier & gave the star pylop to a freind. he was excited to start growing it on the back of his tank as I did. I feel bad I didnt tell him how fast it really grows.But then I guess it depends on your water quality & lighting too, maybe not as fast for some. You guys are right it is pretty cool w/zoos on the back .Ill keep em

 

[jmking33]

I dig that..gonna try that on my tank. very cool

 

[xxtriggermanxx]

here's an old photo of my biggest headache. green button polyps. I ended up scaping them off with a razor,bagging them up and giving them to a friend with a tank full of large angels. They liked them alot more than I did. Oh my tank at the time was a 6 foot 135 and they covered the entire back like this.

 

[Friday Night]

here's an old photo of my biggest headache. green button polyps. I ended up scaping them off with a razor,bagging them up and giving them to a friend with a tank full of large angels. They liked them alot more than I did. Oh my tank at the time was a 6 foot 135 and they covered the entire back like this.

Killer pic at the same time that suxs..

 

[donkeys4hire]

Very cool idea. I saw the gsp before. I should fing some really vivid colored zoas and give it a try.

 

[btb72]

what kind of zoas are those? i have those but wasnt sure what kind they were.. and what is a going rate for these?

 

[xxtriggermanxx]

Here's a better picture of some of that tank

 

[scuba guy ron]

Here's a better picture of some of that tank

amazing! tank looks great.

 

[PghFishNerd]

amazing! tank looks great.

Agreed! You call that a headache?! Man, why can't my headaches be like that? :sad1:

 

[xxtriggermanxx]

thanks. the green button polyps where very invasive . they ended up everywhere. that tank is gone . I took it down for an upgrade a year anda half ago... was a very hard day taking that down.

On a side note , my new tank already has encrusting pavona growing on the back glass!