Kedd Red Not Growing

[tdileo]

So I got into zoas maybe a month ago and currently have dragon eyes, watermelon, eagle eyes, people eaters, and kedd reds. They all have had pretty good growth and reproduction. The watermelons and dragon eyes were purchased together and I probably have 6 new polyps total. Eagle eyes grow like mad and the palys have a new polyp after just 1 week. For some reason my kedd reds won't grow at all though, and of course they are my favorite zoa ATM lol. Are these guys normally slow growers? Not really sure what I could be doing wrong, but they are in medium light/low flow. Should I move them up a bit higher to like where I keep my lower light SPS and see what happens?

 

[Diesel]

One coral isn't the other and will either grow fast or slow, just relax and before you know it you'll have a nice colony of kedd's.

 

[ChiCity]

As diesel said, take it easy...
Growth and vigor differ between each strain of zoa/palys...

 

[tdileo]

One coral isn't the other and will either grow fast or slow, just relax and before you know it you'll have a nice colony of kedd's.

I do know that but I would like them to grow over the island they're on as quickly as they can lol. I love the colors on them. Thanks

 

[Oohkris123]

So I got into zoas maybe a month ago and currently have dragon eyes, watermelon, eagle eyes, people eaters, and kedd reds. They all have had pretty good growth and reproduction. The watermelons and dragon eyes were purchased together and I probably have 6 new polyps total. Eagle eyes grow like mad and the palys have a new polyp after just 1 week. For some reason my kedd reds won't grow at all though, and of course they are my favorite zoa ATM lol. Are these guys normally slow growers? Not really sure what I could be doing wrong, but they are in medium light/low flow. Should I move them up a bit higher to like where I keep my lower light SPS and see what happens?

I bought 3 kedds red zoas and now have over 35+.

Kedds reds, neon fire and ice, pink paly, mean greens, Mohawks and others grow fast. my dragon eyes, eagle eyes, sunny d, grow slow as heck. And they're all in the same spot some will take off sooner than others

 

[tdileo]

I bought 3 kedds red zoas and now have over 35+.

Kedds reds, neon fire and ice, pink paly, mean greens, Mohawks and others grow fast. my dragon eyes, eagle eyes, sunny d, grow slow as heck. And they're all in the same spot some will take off sooner than others

I guess it must range from tank to tank pretty extremely! Hopefully I will see a new polyp by the end of the month but I won't get too hopeful lol

 

[Oohkris123]

My sunny d's pop a new head once a month if I'm lucky it's been 4 months and they are just walking up towards the light but not spreading

 

[saltwaterfishes]

my Kedd reds seem to like it in more flow area.

 

[tdileo]

my Kedd reds seem to like it in more flow area.

Well my sump is currently out of comission for a major upgrade but should be back in late tomorrow afternoon. New return pump that should be putting out 2-3x as much flow into the display so that will also add to my flow and I will try and move the kedds to a higher flow area and see how they like it!

 

[tdileo]

I think for some reason they just took a long time to settle in. They went from 5 polyps to 7 in the past 3 days so either the flow and cleaner water from the new sump helped or they finally got settled in.