First zoos

[leakyfaucet]

oh and this guy tagged along.... is he bad?

 

[Jennie]

Very nice looking zoos you got there!

The hitchhiker is a stomatella snail, good for your clean up crew!

:mrgreen:

 

[skipm]

Zoos are great corals and grow quite well as long as properly cared for and fed. You should have a rock full of them soon enough.

 

[leakyfaucet]

Thanks! I am looking forward to seeing them grow. As for the snail... whew! I thought it might be a parasite at first, some sort of nudibranch, and was about to kill it, but I thought it would be good to get a proper ID first. Thanks again

 

[sadielynn]

Nice zoas keep us posted on them as they grow :mrgreen:

 

[leakyfaucet]

How often should I feed, and what? I have frozen Brine Shrimp, and Cyclopeze wafers. Also is there like a biological clock in these corals that tell them to open most fully? They were wide open all afternoon yesterday and last night but this morning, the light has been on for 4 hours, and only a few polyps have opened.

 

[skipm]

They open with light and base their cycle on the day/night cycle of your tank. The brine and cyclopeeze are good, frozen cyclopeeze is better IMO. There are also liquid foods that can be used but you need to be careful with these because overfeeding is quite easy.