Placement, PAR & flow

[meta]

Yesterday I received some zoas, being:

1. Lord of the Rings
2. Raptor Rainbows
3. Blue Stars
4. Mambo Jambos
5. Gatorades
6. Red Rings

I currently have them all on the sandbed-level, but was wondering which of these would (eventually) require a higher place in the tank // prefer more flow.
Do any of you have experience with the listed (or similar) Zoas? What worked for you -- and what didn't?

Spoiler: Pictures

It sucks that I can't capture their "actual" beauty, for they are so more mesmerizing in person.

Actual PAR levels in the tank are unfortunately unknown to me.
Lighting wise there is an AI PRIME HD 10" above the water level.

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UV 110​

Violet 115​

Royal Blue 120​

Blue 110​

Green 10​

Deep Red 10​

Cool White 35​

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Power Usage: 39W​

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[meta]

Since I'm not able to edit the OP.

In an attempt to optimally use the limited amount of real-estate:
Ideally (and if possible) I'd like to place the slower growing Zoa's on the main rock structure, and the faster growing ones contained on the sandbed-level; for them to populate the islands / back wall.

Following the [heads/price] logic, I assume the (1) Lord of The Rings, (2) Raptor Rainbows, (3) Mambo Jambo's would be slower growing specimens.

Am I correct in that?
That, or the prices here are just simply whack haha & therefore rendering said logic invalid.

 

[PeterC99]

Great question about zoas and lighting.

Interested in what others have to say but I find zoas seem to do well wherever you place them in the tank. I have zoas on rock structures near top of the tank with 250 par and I have zoas on the bottom of the tank around 100 par. All seem to be thriving.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

If the zoas stretch or have long stalks they want more light.

low to med flow

It seems the higher the flow the linger the skirts.

price does not indicate growth speed.
Some expensive zoas grow pretty fast. Price can be due to color and / or how easily they melt when fragged they raise the price.

usually brighter colors will do well higher light while darker color zoas want lower light. And some zoas will morph to match lighting conditions ( I had some zoas that feel in a place I couldn’t get to until I swapped tank and they were devoid of light for several months but they grew just lost all color)

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Watch the zoas in the sand bed for awhile (several weeks) see which ones stretch for more light and move them up.

On another thing about growth rate it can vary from tank to tank

 

[meta]

Great question about zoas and lighting.

Interested in what others have to say but I find zoas seem to do well wherever you place them in the tank. I have zoas on rock structures near top of the tank with 250 par and I have zoas on the bottom of the tank around 100 par. All seem to be thriving.

Spoiler: picture

Pretty setup, what's the name of the bigger yellow ones?

If the zoas stretch or have long stalks they want more light.

low to med flow

It seems the higher the flow the linger the skirts.

price does not indicate growth speed.
Some expensive zoas grow pretty fast. Price can be due to color and / or how easily they melt when fragged they raise the price.

usually brighter colors will do well higher light while darker color zoas want lower light. And some zoas will morph to match lighting conditions ( I had some zoas that feel in a place I couldn’t get to until I swapped tank and they were devoid of light for several months but they grew just lost all color)

Watch the zoas in the sand bed for awhile (several weeks) see which ones stretch for more light and move them up.

On another thing about growth rate it can vary from tank to tank

Thanks for the input! Will definitely keep them at the bottom & move as needed.

Out of the names I listed, would you know which ones would be faster / slower growing?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Pretty setup, what's the name of the bigger yellow ones?




Thanks for the input! Will definitely keep them at the bottom & move as needed.

Out of the names I listed, would you know which ones would be faster / slower growing?

No but @footgal might
Or maybe @The Camaro Show

 

[PeterC99]

Sunny D’s are top ones and bottom are rastas

 

[blasterman]

Sunny Ds have been hard to find lately in my neck of the woods. Nice colony.

Also note that nutrient levels can affect light sensitivity with zoas. The more nutrients in the tank the less likely they are to stretch.

 

[PicassoClown04]

All of my zoas are on the bottom of the tank (sandbed area but I run barebottom). I prefer longer skirts on my zoas so they’ve got some flow on them, just enough to make their skirts wave a little bit, definitely not blasting. If you notice your zoas losing color, getting taller, or exhibiting umbrella syndrome then I would move them to higher par

 

[meta]

Sunny Ds have been hard to find lately in my neck of the woods. Nice colony.

Also note that nutrient levels can affect light sensitivity with zoas. The more nutrients in the tank the less likely they are to stretch.

Looked them up, a few sellers seem to have them stocked. Might order them soon haha.

All of my zoas are on the bottom of the tank (sandbed area but I run barebottom). I prefer longer skirts on my zoas so they’ve got some flow on them, just enough to make their skirts wave a little bit, definitely not blasting. If you notice your zoas losing color, getting taller, or exhibiting umbrella syndrome then I would move them to higher par

Thanks for the details!
Would you BTW (or anyone else for that matter) know if the following is a case of too much / less light?:

Out of all the Zoa's, I seem to be having issues with the Lord of the Rings one.​

In a few polyps the green is fading out / getting dull -- to a point where it's completely disappearing in some.​

They are still positioned on the sandbed & to be safe, I already lowered the light intensity.

The only angle I was able to manage to take a decent picture is of course the good side. Whereas the other has a few more faded / completely disappeared polyps.

 

[PicassoClown04]

Looked them up, a few sellers seem to have them stocked. Might order them soon haha.



Thanks for the details!
Would you BTW (or anyone else for that matter) know if the following is a case of too much / less light?:

Out of all the Zoa's, I seem to be having issues with the Lord of the Rings one.​

In a few polyps the green is fading out / getting dull -- to a point where it's completely disappearing in some.​

They are still positioned on the sandbed & to be safe, I already lowered the light intensity.

The only angle I was able to manage to take a decent picture is of course the good side. Whereas the other has a few more faded / completely disappeared polyps.

Browning out (loss of color or dulling of colors) is usually due to not enough light otherwise, they look great! I’d increase the par by like 30 or 50 (not a whole lot) and hopefully that will bring the green back

 

[meta]

Browning out (loss of color or dulling of colors) is usually due to not enough light otherwise, they look great! I’d increase the par by like 30 or 50 (not a whole lot) and hopefully that will bring the green back

Upped the light intensity. Fingers crosseddddddd.

 

[Hallowhead]

I'm toying with par as well. My stalks are next to nothing. My skirts are nice just not fat fat. They're slow growing like a polyp a month so something needs some tweaking. Increasing par and lowering flow a tad

 

[ReefRoid]

Upped the light intensity. Fingers crosseddddddd.

Did it work?