Do you feed your zoas?

[Cully]

If so, what? How often?

I was under the asumption they are photosynthetic......

 

[Nate82]

i tried to spot feed them brine shrimp and they wouldn't accept it.. i beleive they are totally photosynthetic

 

[rebelprettyboy]

Feed mine everyday!

Mixture of coral frenzy, Reef chillie, Marine Snow, HOmemade mixture with pellets flakes, etc, Mysis, and Squid.

I feed the bigger paly meaty pieces and the smaller ones ive found to love the jucies. Squirt it onto the coral and theyll close up on the little particles. Make sure not to blow the jucies on the zoas to hard or theyll just close of all the direct flow.

 

[ahayes13]

i feed them with cyclopeeze and phytofeast mixture and small amt rods food. some of the larger ones will close up on the meatier pieces. when they feel it on themselves a lot of them will close up to get some of it. others i have smaller reg. zoos a lot of times dont really seem to do much. but i try to feed them anyway i feed them 3x a week with a squirter when i do all the corals.

 

[rebelprettyboy]

I feed 3 times a day

 

[Chelsey]

Mine get whatever they can catch that I feed (Rods food, flake, etc). I notice that the larger palys tend to eat more than the smaller zoanthids.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Some people say they don't eat, but I have seen many eat. Not all of them, but quite a few.

 

[coral88]

It is real easy to find out if they eat or not. Just set food on them with pumps off so it doesn't blow away and the polyp will close around it if it lets go it doesn't eat if the food is gone when it opens it eats. A simple but effective test.

 

[AI NO KEA]

I do every couple of days. Some grow faster than others. The Palys seem to eat everything, but the Zoas don't. My NG's, PD's, RPE's, Nightmares, Mohawks all eat.

Devil's armor

Marijanes

AOG's

 

[kerrysroxy]

Mohawks are so GREEDY ! my marijanes don't seem to eat. Last night fed tank with reef roids and cyclopeeze.

 

[seafansar]

I don't directly feed mine. They seem to grow just fine with light and whatever they catch on their own.

 

[paintballer768]

I have some that will accept and some that wont. I dont spot feed em, just put in cyclopeeze for the fish and mysis and whatever lands on em, they get to eat...if the nass snails dont take it. My armageddons eat like acans though, just not as fast.

 

[Cully]

I'm gonna sit tight for now. I'm not feeding. I may individually trial different things as this tank is an experimental system for me anyway. Should be cool research.

 

[zanclus]

Hey Cully give me a call John...

 

[Cully]

Will do SI guy. At work right now.