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just curious because I can’t for the life of me find anything in google, on reef2reef, or youtube about what a new polyp on a zoa looks like. wondering if anyone has any pictures of this?
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I get they start small, but I’m talking about what does it look like when they first start forming? are they just super super tiny??
sorry guess I should have been more clearI get they start small, but I’m talking about what does it look like when they first start forming? are they just super super tiny??
so the mat will be a lighter color than the other parts right? just curious, picked up a rasta frag and it has one big polyp then 3 other small ones that are new growth according to what i’ve seen here. but there’s a small portion of the mat that that’s like a bubble but much lighter than the rest. so I assume this is what you’re talking aboutHere’s a super fast grower. The mat (skeleton) will stretch out and slowly a head and tentacles emerge
This is a great question. For my faster growing zoas, I can see the mat stretch out. It’s a light color. Maybe light gray? For my slower growing zoas like rastas and utter chaos, I will see tiny heads pop up but no visible mat. When they’re closed up, they look like a bunch of balls clumped together.so the mat will be a lighter color than the other parts right? just curious, picked up a rasta frag and it has one big polyp then 3 other small ones that are new growth according to what i’ve seen here. but there’s a small portion of the mat that that’s like a bubble but much lighter than the rest. so I assume this is what you’re talking about
That is what I am toying with. I mounted the frag plugs to 1x6 tiles leaning on the back wall to see if I can get quicker growth in my frag tank.Those rastas look freshly glued and from the pic I doubt it. Just give it time. A fellow reefer taught me a trick with zoas. If you place them at the base of a rock where the side of the Zoa can just barely touch the rock, the zoas will start to climb up the rock faster. Not sure if this is true but mine cling on to the side of rock and have attached already. This was a few months or so of waiting however.
Nice Mark! I saw this pic a few weeks ago or so and was trying to remember whose it was. If it works, share! Maybe you can get spot at MACNA.That is what I am toying with. I mounted the frag plugs to 1x6 tiles leaning on the back wall to see if I can get quicker growth in my frag tank.
Cheers! Mark
Like a lot of reefers, I have no clue as to how fast a coral can/will grow. I do know that for 2 years all of my zoas just disappeared. Wasnt until a couple months ago I realized that Asterina Starfish were the culprits. They would devour the polyps. Now they are all growing like weeds.Nice Mark! I saw this pic a few weeks ago or so and was trying to remember whose it was. If it works, share! Maybe you can get spot at MACNA.
Oh wow. IME once a coral, especially zoas, start growing, the don’t stop. Zoas can become a pest after awhile. I have some that I wish I never put in. From 4 heads to 50.Like a lot of reefers, I have no clue as to how fast a coral can/will grow. I do know that for 2 years all of my zoas just disappeared. Wasnt until a couple months ago I realized that Asterina Starfish were the culprits. They would devour the polyps. Now they are all growing like weeds.
Thought I’d share this as it’s on topic:That is what I am toying with. I mounted the frag plugs to 1x6 tiles leaning on the back wall to see if I can get quicker growth in my frag tank.
Cheers! Mark