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Some zoanthid questions.

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gatorracer

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I have read some descriptions on care at some web retailers but I have a to ask the reefers on here because you guys help more than those stupid copy and paste guides they use.

1. Are they easy to care for? Lighting? food?

I have 5.7 watts per gallon in my tank and add phytoplankton weekly

2. How do you frag one? Can different colors be placed next to a differnt color or will the die? How do they reproduce?

There is an e-bay seller that sells you 9 different kinds and promises 100+ polyps per shipment. I have a fairly large cool looking rock that I would like to try and frag all of these to, even though I know it will be work I thought the end would be worth it. Do I put them on the new rock with super glue?

Thanks for your help in advance...

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SnowManSnow

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You should have plenty of lighting for zoos, provided you are buring the correct spect.

They are very easy to care for... They are normally suggested as a beginner coral.

As far as "fragging" the best way to prop. zoos is to simply let them multiply and spread. It takes time.

Different colors ... yes.. it shouldn't be a problem. Zoos are fairly passive reef citizens.

I would buy your zoos somewhere locally if you can. ALways better to buy from a mom and pop store if you can find one in your area. That way you PICK what you buy AND the coral doesnt go through the long and drawn out shipping and acclimation processes.

Oh... and some fish will eat zoos and such... make sure your compatible!

Good luck!

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ChrisRD

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Just to add to what Snow said... ....not sure feeding the phytoplankton will help them, but they do eat small particulate foods. Generally the mess from feeding your fish will be enough, but you can also try some Cyclopeeze, etc. Also, if you periodically "storm" the tank with a turkey baster or powerhead you'll see them grab the suspended detritus.

As Snow said the easiest way to frag them is let them spread. If you put a few pieces of rubble rock next to the colony they will spread on to them and you've got mounted frags.;)

IMO they do better with lots of flow too. The flow also helps keep detritus from building up in between the polyps.

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gatorracer

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The major reason I want to buy them on e-bay is the price.

I live in South Dakota and we have a very good LFS about an hour away but all corals are 3 for $100 and the real nice one as are 50-75 ea. This is not zoanthids only it is all corals.

When I figure the cost of the auction with shipping it ends up being about $16 a frag so it just seems to be a better option for the zoo's. Plus we dont get a lot of different color variations up here.

I guess I wasnt specific enough above, so here is a more discriptive question. I was told that zoos could be cut off at the base and superglued to a rock. I was hoping to cut all of the zoos off the frags and put them in a conglomerate of colors on a new mother rock. Will this work or will I kill half of them and have one ugly rock? :P

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Bojangles

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One thing I've noticed about the ebay auctions is that they jack up the shipping prices pretty high in auctions like that one. Make sure you check it out so you dont end up paying $50 to ship a single frag in shipping alone. Personally Id rather go through an online dealer. Most have guarantees, which they dont want to have to support, and therefore ship it right the first time.
 
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elreydelospesces

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Be careful of Ebay. I am an experienced Ebayer and know that some people can really screw you. This fellow only has a 97% satisfaction rating with only 34 transactions. With that few transactions his rating should be 100%. If you want to give him a try, make sure he'll allow a refund-but with livestock that is hard since you could kill the zoos and try to blame him. try www.premiumaquatics.com

Good prices, great service and good pricing.

Good Luck!
 
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