Ideas for zoanthid aquascaping

mskurdah · Apr 5, 2012

Hi all:

Big surprise, my appetite for corals has exceeded my ability to aquascape. I'd like to have fewer rocks so that I can stop feeling like I'm playing Jenga every time I have to reach into the tank, but I'm worried about putting more than one zoanthid on a larger rock for fear of killing one of my babies when someone becomes a bully.

Does anyone have any experience / ideas for how to have multiple zoanthids on a single rock / or for aquascaping in a "minimalist" style (ie lots of negative space) while still having a lot of diversity for a nano?

Appreciate any advice

kershak · Apr 5, 2012

maybe this can help you

I know rising gas prices, rising shipping prices and rising are bringing us all down. That is why we are happy to bring this to all of you. It is the newest member of our Basic Line. Now I had some of these at Macna last year and we pretty much sold out of them. We now have some available in limited amounts.

First is our Micro Rock 4 (MR-4). This is as basic as they come. A ceramic four hole Micro Plug Frag Station. These will hold four micro plugs flush at the surface. Great for a small colony of zoanthids. Just let the colony grow across the rock. Then pop the micro plug out and replace it with another one. The zoanthids will grow right over the new plug. No glue....no zoanthid coming off the plug from a bad glue job and pretty much little effort to propagate a coral. It can be kept in your display tank and will offer pretty much continues propagation with minimal effect to the look of the colony. A razor blade may be needed to cut the plug from the colony matt but the hole goes completely through the rock so the plug can be pushed out from the bottom. These are already being sold in England and we are shipping another batch there soon. So we made a few extras to offer to our customers here. They are $8 each and come with four plugs. Additional plugs can be purchased for $15 per 100 count bag. They will fit inside a 5"x3.5"x2" footprint. They are made by hand so all of them will vary a little bit.

Micro Rock 8 (MR-8) is the same principle but looks a little nicer. They are actually great in tanks with gobies. The added holes provide a home for smaller fish. My LFS even has freshwater hobbyists buying these for their tanks. It is gonna be a popular item. They will fit inside a footprint of 6"x6"x3". They will vary in size as this is also a hand made product. They come with eight micro plugs. The price is $18 each. We have a good inventory on these.

Micro Rock 12 (MR-12) is just a larger version of the MR-8 with 12 holes for micro plugs. Twelve micro plugs come with the structure. It is a hand made structure that fits in an 8x6x3.5" footprint and comes with 12 micro plugs. Price is $28.00