Increasing growth rates

[120gallons]

Are there any tricks people use to increase growth of zoa's?

 

[twon8]

up your flow, flow is directly tied to flow imo

 

[J. Montgomery]

you mean, flow is directly tied to growth?

I agree, zoas handle high flow better than any other type of coral in my tank. I've got a huge colony right in the line of fire of a MJ-mod and they take the beating like its nothing. The montis and acros in the same vicinity are getting their tissue blown off.

 

[Pitcom]

My tentacles on my zoas get real long and curl up like pigs tails under high flow. Really looks cool.

 

[J. Montgomery]

Thats interesting. Most of my zoas have short skirts and grow very close to the substrate.

 

[Hypertek99]

I think flow and light. Some of mine open up only when theres light and close up when there isn't.

 

[J. Montgomery]

Definitely light, I just figured that was a given. The brighter the better.

 

[Pitcom]

Definitely light, I just figured that was a given. The brighter the better.

I dunno, i agree with good lighting. But i have serveral colonies who just cannot handle being near the top of the tank.

 

[Sambo]

Direct feeding will increase growth rates substantially.

 

[Hypertek99]

Feeding only helps the palys grow. My zoo's don't really eat anything and they are all over the place. Oh and leave them alone. The ones that i just let it be and forget about grow a lot faster than the ones i'm always paying attention to and moving around.

 

[Pitcom]

Feeding only helps the palys grow. My zoo's don't really eat anything and they are all over the place. Oh and leave them alone. The ones that i just let it be and forget about grow a lot faster than the ones i'm always paying attention to and moving around.

I totally agree. I feed my tank 5-50 m food for my sps and sometimes direct feed 1-500 for the lps. I figure the zoas can eat out of the water column just fine.

 

[Pitcom]

Feeding only helps the palys grow. My zoo's don't really eat anything and they are all over the place. Oh and leave them alone. The ones that i just let it be and forget about grow a lot faster than the ones i'm always paying attention to and moving around.

I totally agree. I feed my tank 5-50 m food for my sps and sometimes direct feed 1-500 for the lps. I figure the zoas can eat out of the water column just fine. I have frags that have fallen behind my rockwork that i cant get to only to find out a couple months later they have quadrupled in size and re-emerge from the depths.

 

[Sambo]

cyclopeze and arctipods are small enough for zoas to eat..