I was just looking at my tank and I saw a polyp growing in a spot that I haven't seen before. At first I couldnt figure out what it was but it was a nice looking zoa or polyp and it was full sized. Just a day or two ago it wasn't there however. After looking around my tank I realized its a polyp of a zoa colony that I have growing in the opposite corner which has outgrown its rock and started on the sand ( asking to be fragged ). How did that happen? I'm pretty sure it wasn't there more than a couple of days because I have a frag of polyps I bought at the swap growing there so I check to see how they're growing and would have noticed this one there ( plus it is coming out of the sand bed from under a shell or attached to the underside of the shell). Has this happened to anyone before? I know some LPS can migrate from their skeleton but zoas?
Migrating Zoa?
- Thread starter jejton
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puffcrusader696
Experienced Reefer
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- Corning, NY
maybe one tried to attach to the sand and drifted and landed on the rock... but other than that I wouldn't have a clue. lol my guess
DontXtripNfall
Advanced Reefer
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- Midtown - East
there is a thread on reef sanctuary asking about zoanthid movement and apparently they are somewhat mobile...
- Location
- Westchester, NY
Yeah, I have had them jump ship on a few occasions seeking a better neighborhood.
puffcrusader696
Experienced Reefer
- Location
- Corning, NY
woooooow.... now that i think of it mine has moved from neighboring rock to neighboring rock without just popping out another one and plopping on the other rock... so being somewhat mobile makes sense....
- Location
- Westchester, NY
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