Zoa fragging question

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So I’m preparing to frag some plays that are growing pretty quickly. My question is: can I cut the long stalks off or do I still have to cut them towards the bottom? I personally don’t like the long stalks, but if they stay on they stay on.
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If they are getting this long is usually means they are reaching for the light, so you might want to place them a bit higher.

Other than that, cut them at the bottom. If you can scrape a bit of stone of the better. They hold a lot of water inside so it will be much easier to glue them that way. (With expensive zoa I don't even risk the cut, take the stone of and cut that in smaller pieces. No cuts in the zoa's = less stress = more better)
 

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zoas are reaching for more light. Turn lights up or move them. Cut as close as you can to the rock if you can’t get some rock with it.
 
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I meant to add that when I got them, they already had long stalks. The new polyps they’re putting out don’t have the long stalks, and all my other zoas don’t have stalks. Anyways, I will definitely cut low and not high. Thank you!
 
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Update! I wasn’t able to cut any polyps off of the main part of the colony, but I found some growing way under the rock. It had to be pitch black under there Some had fallen off when I first got them and always wondered where they went. I guess they set up shop in my pistol shrimp’s cave
 

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