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    Posted: October 30 2006 at 10:00am
Ok all you zoanthid people.  I have several different species of zoos that have been taken over by encrusting gorgonia.  I tried to surgically remove the gorgo but it keeps coming back, so instead I am going to remove the zoanthids from the rocks and attach them to new rocks so I have two questions:
1)  What is the best way of getting the zoos off the rock, I have accidentily pop them off when trying to take off the gorgo
2)  How do you attach them to the rocks.  My plan calls for rock rubble and a very slow moving current and spreading them on the bottom of a ten gallon tank or even better, putting them in shallow cups.
 
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I just glue them on the rock. . . but I haven't yet fragged a zoo yet.

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You can just pull the zoos off and use gel super clue to attach them to another rock.
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On many zoantids and palythoa, you can grab them at the base of the stock with tweezers or hemostats an "roll" them off.  I like to get at least 2, pinch them then roll the tool and they kind of peel off.  Some like to stick with super glue and others don't. 
 
I am a fan of bridal netting for holding them (and other soft corals) in place. put a drop or two of CA glue on each side the zoos. Then take a small strip of the netting, put one twist in it then place the thin part over the zoos an ensure the netting goes into the glue. 
 
We are having a fragging class at the next IMAS meeting and I need to  get some more netting. I will try to remember to take pictures of what I am talking about and post it...
 
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Thanks Amber and Scott. 
I was suspecting that gluing would not work as the few attempts I made at gluing softies didn't worked.  I'll have to try it and will put it on rubble rock.  Scott, you described exactly what I did.  I had a pair of forceps pulling off the sheets of gorgonia and would occasionally 'pop' a zoo off the rock.  The unfortunate thing about this process is that there are hundreds of zoos that will need to be transfered, which will take a while and I'll probably go cross-eyedWink
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Another way is to use pliers or something similar to take some rock off with the zoos.  Then it is much easier to use the glue.  I have a pair of "Hoof nippers" that I like to use.  I use these quite a bit with mushrooms when I want to remove the whole thing and don't want it to come back.
 
 
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