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Posted: November 08 2012 at 7:46pm |
I have had the same zoas since september 2nd and havent seen any new heads. My water levels are all good and everything including them seems happy, but they havent even had one new head yet... Something else I a suposed to do? Thanks- Tanner
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Posted: November 08 2012 at 8:27pm |
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Eh, i wouldnt worry about it. I have a frag of some pink zoanthids, that i have had for a year and only 1 head has popped up, but all my other zoanthids have done fine. What zoa? is it?
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Posted: November 08 2012 at 8:28pm |
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I have pink zoas as well thar have been 2 heads for 8 months. Some just go slower
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Posted: November 09 2012 at 6:21am |
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I believe the prettier ones take longer to reproduce, but my standard green and orange zoanthids are not the kind to wait. My eagle eyes take a while though.
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Posted: November 09 2012 at 7:07am |
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I was told these are incredible hulks, but honestly to me they dont look like that..... They are just a darker green and a brownish color.
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Posted: November 09 2012 at 7:09am |
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Pic? Might be mint chocolate chips but again here's where the name game sucks
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Posted: November 09 2012 at 3:35pm |
I think that the growth kind of depends on the zoa I have a green and orange colony that has been in my tank for like 9 months and i haven't seen hardly any new heads on the other hand i have some yellow ones that i got a frag of 5 heads of and like 4 months later i have atleast 30 heads if not more.
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Posted: November 09 2012 at 9:15pm |
 willrileyiv wrote:
Pic? Might be mint chocolate chips but again here's where the name game sucks |
Heres what they look like, but theres not even that much green in the centers. I have fiteen heads, and no more, and its been that way ( the pic is off the internet)
Edited by tfmreefs - November 09 2012 at 9:19pm
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Posted: November 11 2012 at 10:24am |
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try spot feeding them. just read a article about it and i think im going to try it. They mentioned using food pellets, small version of course, and they have seen good growth.
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Posted: November 11 2012 at 11:06am |
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They look just like my.mint chocolate chips. I target feed all my zoas....some eat some don't. I. Use mysis and that fuel stuff mixed in. Some just grow faster then others man
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Posted: November 11 2012 at 11:30am |
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awsome, thanks man
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Posted: November 11 2012 at 12:43pm |
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Np. Text me at 253-861-6548 and ill send you some pics of some of my zoas
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Posted: November 12 2012 at 10:19am |
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Sorry my phone doesnt get pics... its dumb, but you could post or pm it
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Posted: November 12 2012 at 10:50am |
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I have a picture of my mint chocolate chips on my tank build, try giving them more light I have like 10 new heads in the last month. Its about 16 inches under my 250 watt halide.
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 2:02am |
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I was just going to suggest more light... All mine do better with good lighting...
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Posted: November 14 2012 at 6:03pm |
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Cool, well I raised them up higher so I hope that helps!
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Posted: November 15 2012 at 1:46pm |
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I was just curious what everyone is saying. I have the same problem. I thought I had to much light because they look like they are trying to move away from it whenever I put them somewhere in the tank. I have been turning my LED's down for awhile , but some are looking good and reproducing and others are not. Seems like they're little skirts are getting skinnier and loosing color. I guess I will just keep messing with it.
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Posted: November 15 2012 at 2:56pm |
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What you can do is put them into a darker area. If they need more light, you'll see they actually stretch out to get it. At that point, you can move them into a slightly brighter section and watch for the same thing.
What kind of light and how high do you have it off the water? My zoas always have done well with the bright LEDs I have, its usually the frogspawn and others that fade with too bright of a light. Also, make sure you check your water quality and do water changes often. Mine started to brown out when I wasn't. If you're seeing that, do some water changes and they should come back in a few weeks.
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Posted: November 26 2012 at 10:21pm |
i would start spot feeding. i used to not spot feed and all my corals grew really slow. now i spot feed everything, even cheapo zoas and everything grows way faster.
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Posted: November 27 2012 at 6:30pm |
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what are you spot feeding?
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