Plague level zoanthids - which ones?

[BirdFish5000]

I'm sure a similar topic has been done before, but which zoanthids have you found to be plague level growth? For me, it's WWC pandoras & Nirvanas.

 

[Saltyreef]

Rastas....
Mowhawks....

Hard to kill them too haha

 

[mrpontiac80]

Nirvanas here

 

[mrpontiac80]

Rastas....
Mowhawks....

Hard to kill them too haha

Mohawks for me too. Couldn’t recall the name. But rastas grow slow for me

 

[Saltyreef]

Mohawks for me too. Couldn’t recall the name. But rastas grow slow for me

I think the strain matters. I was lucky to get a hardy aquacultured strain of rastas. I could turn my tanks power off for a week and they would be the only thing alive next to my jawbreakers lol.

 

[Mateusz]

Seductions and Salted Agave grow like mad for me, and just annihilate any other zoa in their path by choking the light out from them.

 

[Saltyreef]

Seductions and Salted Agave grow like mad for me, and just annihilate any other zoa in their path by choking the light out from them.

Seductions are same for me too. Huge polyp heads.

 

[MelancholyBlenny]

Bam bam zoas for me, like a weed

 

[reefiniteasy]

Bam Bams and Eagle Eyes are my fastest. Surprisingly, my Nirvanas are slow. I did put them on an island just in case.

 

[Mateusz]

Seductions are same for me too. Huge polyp heads.

The nice thing about them though is they do look great I think, so I don't kill them off, I just don't put anything else near them. Not sure what i'll do when they completely take over though.

 

[Saltyreef]

The nice thing about them though is they do look great I think, so I don't kill them off, I just don't put anything else near them. Not sure what i'll do when they completely take over though.

I agree. They morph super cool patterns in my tank as you can see from my profile pic

Start giving them away to local reefers as you rip them off the aquascape.

 

[Saltyreef]

Heres a pic of all 3 grown together unintentionally in my tank. My favorite zoa garden color combo.

 

[Speaker]

Bam Bams, Hotshots, Vamps in drag, and Peach Vamps.

 

[Wasabiroot]

Halle berry get very large, tolerate a ton of light, and spread quickly.

 

[Kaisentlaia]

Reverse Space Monsters and Purple Monster grow like crazy in my tank. I removed most of the Reverse Space Monsters, kept just 3 polyps in a low light area which tends to slow them down, and I keep pruning back the Purple Monsters so the other zoas around them can still get some light.

Reverse Space Monsters​

Purple Monsters​

 

[Wasabiroot]

I forgot another- Stargazers - on a rock with 3 other strains, they were by far the fastest growing and "aggressive "

 

[JoJosReef]

These guys.

I shaved them off the zoa island rock and preserved a few in the (admittedly rocky) sand bed. They've grown back to the island and the remaining flesh that was on the island sprouted new heads and is taking over again.

Meanwhile, my midas zoas managed to add one more polyp.

 

[kevgib67]

On my zoa garden it’s blue steel.Lower left.

 

[BirdFish5000]

JF Daisy Cutters for me as well. Fortunately, they are super pretty.

 

[MoshJosh]

I'm sure a similar topic has been done before, but which zoanthids have you found to be plague level growth? For me, it's WWC pandoras & Nirvanas.

Yeah my Nirvanas seem to be taking off!