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[schmoore89]

Just purchased a nice looking zoa and had no idea that my decorator crab would totally clip every polyp. Will the zoa's still grow or can I kiss all those goodbye??

 

[twilliard]

Oh yes they love to do that!
Mine that he got were gone

 

[schmoore89]

dang crab. Lol. So they will not grow back??

 

[twilliard]

With having a decorator crab it will be hard to keep him from plucking them off.
I have never put another one in since
You can try to get the zoas from him and reglue to a rock

 

[schmoore89]

Well I placed them in my substrate because the coral cam on a ugly square rock that didn't look good on my LR. If I pull them off of the crab and place them on my LR will they regrow??

 

[twilliard]

They are resilient and as long as they are left alone by the crab they should

 

[schmoore89]

Good deal.

 

[Flatlandsrefeer]

Just purchased a nice looking zoa and had no idea that my decorator crab would totally clip every polyp. Will the zoa's still grow or can I kiss all those goodbye??

Stupid decorators, I had one who would clip right from the middles of my colonies, he got undecorated and sold! Everything grew back nicely.