Post Zoanthid Colony Love Here!!

[LetUsSeeYourLettuceSea]

Hey guys, something I really love to see are bit giant clusters of zoanthids! Post your pictures of your favorite zoa

clusters big or small, love them all!!!
Here are pics of a colony that exploded in a biocube I had going (fire and ice)

 

[jsker]

Nice color!!

 

[_cpate3_]

Just starting to grow mine out!

 

[LetUsSeeYourLettuceSea]

Those look incredible!

 

[Cichlid Dad]

 

[Reef keeper]

Not the prettiest, just huge colonies

 

[LetUsSeeYourLettuceSea]

Reef keeper those might be the most vigorous zoas I have ever seen!!!!

 

[LetUsSeeYourLettuceSea]

Cichlid dad those are insane

 

[Fungusamongus]

My small colony. Growing strong for 2 months.

 

[Steve2020]

Small Zoa island in my 84x30x24 tank. Will probably add some to the rock behind them. I don't want any Zoa's on the main rock structure. Prefer to have them isolated.

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

Hey guys, something I really love to see are bit giant clusters of zoanthids! Post your pictures of your favorite zoa

clusters big or small, love them all!!!
Here are pics of a colony that exploded in a biocube I had going (fire and ice)

 

[Steve2020]

My small colony. Growing strong for 2 months.

Those nuclear green Paly's will choke out the Zoa's in my past experience. I had a Zoa garden with 6 different Zoa species and the rock had two Nuclear Green Paly polyps on it and within 6 or so months they killed the Zoa's. There where well over 100 Paly's on it before I ended up removing the rock and bleached it.

 

[Fungusamongus]

Those nuclear green Paly's will choke out the Zoa's in my past experience. I had a Zoa garden with 6 different Zoa species and the rock had two Nuclear Green Paly polyps on it and within 6 or so months they killed the Zoa's. There where well over 100 Paly's on it before I ended up removing the rock and bleached it.

I will keep an eye on them. The purple seem to be keeiung them in line. I have had many more of those pop up and only 1 new green paly. I will definitely be cautious though. I have read many posts about these taking over tanks.

 

[Steve2020]

I will keep an eye on them. The purple seem to be keeiung them in line. I have had many more of those pop up and only 1 new green paly. I will definitely be cautious though. I have read many posts about these taking over tanks.

Here are some photos of very young tank with Zoa island and then "Holy Crap".

Jan 2021-Zoa island lower left corner. May need to expand photo to see it better.

Paly with a few heads.

Sept 2021


Jan 2022-If you look close you can see a couple Zoa's trying to survive.

Apr 2022-Zoa's all destroyed.

 

[Fungusamongus]

Oh wow. That is insane. Thanks for the heads up. I might be moving these to the corner to isolate them. Make sure they don't take over. So far those purple zoas outgrow mine. You think mine are Nuclear Greens or Green implosions? Either way i know i have to be careful.

 

[Steve2020]

Oh wow. That is insane. Thanks for the heads up. I might be moving these to the corner to isolate them. Make sure they don't take over. So far those purple zoas outgrow mine. You think mine are Nuclear Greens or Green implosions? Either way i know i have to be careful.

I am no expert on Paly's but from what I have read is Green Implosions have long tentacles that are the same color as the body and Nuclear Green have short tentacles a different color from the body. This is what I have read but as you can see mine has long tentacles but different color than the body so that goes against what I have read on a thread on this site.

 

[Steve2020]

Oh wow. That is insane. Thanks for the heads up. I might be moving these to the corner to isolate them. Make sure they don't take over. So far those purple zoas outgrow mine. You think mine are Nuclear Greens or Green implosions? Either way i know i have to be careful.

Check out this old thread:

What is this looking like Zoas thing?

I have had this guy in my tank for a while (years). When I got it it had green body with white stripes. However, due to the low T5 light in my previous tank, the white color stripe was kind of gone. I don't know if it is an anemone type but recently I discovered it does swallow pellets . I...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Fungusamongus]

I am no expert on Paly's but from what I have read is Green Implosions have long tentacles that are the same color as the body and Nuclear Green have short tentacles a different color from the body. This is what I have read but as you can see mine has long tentacles but different color than the body so that goes against what I have read on a thread on this site.

Same. I have seen a lot of variations as well. I was going by an ID guide that basically led me to believe they are Palythoa mutuki. I am not 100% sure. Thanks again.

Have you ever seen super long tentacle zoas/palys? I have these as well. I really like them.

 

[Fungusamongus]

Check out this old thread:

What is this looking like Zoas thing?

I have had this guy in my tank for a while (years). When I got it it had green body with white stripes. However, due to the low T5 light in my previous tank, the white color stripe was kind of gone. I don't know if it is an anemone type but recently I discovered it does swallow pellets . I...

www.reef2reef.com

Yeah, i was reading that earlier today. Thanks a bunch. I will just bebcautious either way. I dont really want any onr thing taking over my tank.

 

[VintageReefer]

Here’s some of mine