SPS & Zoa Question

[colinadam]

I have recently been bitten by the SPS bug.

I have zoa's on the sandbed and the rock is SPS Country.

Does anyone have any experiance with putting zoa's on the rocks with SPS?

I am worried of the zoa's growing and coming into contact with the SPS and damaging my SPS.

Thanks

 

[Pufferpunk]

Mine are touching w/o any problems. Just don't let shrooms near them!

 

[surfn]

I have recently been bitten by the SPS bug.

I have zoa's on the sandbed and the rock is SPS Country.

Does anyone have any experiance with putting zoa's on the rocks with SPS?

I am worried of the zoa's growing and coming into contact with the SPS and damaging my SPS.

Thanks

i dont let zoas on the same rock as sps, so i've never faced the problem before. IMO, i just wouldn't take the chance.

i dont put sps on large rocks either, they are all on their own individual rock which is about the size of a baseball, that i can move around the tank if need be. i just place those rocks w/ the corals attached, on the larger boulder type rocks that are part of the aquascape.

i do the same thing with zoas. each zoa frag is on its own rock, bout the size of a baseball. and i just litter those around the edge of the main rockwork. and yes they will grow off the rock and attach themselves to the larger rock.

thats why i have them in the sand bed now, so hopefully they'll stay there....lol

i do the same thing with GSP and xenia now, they all get their own rock, in the sand bed, which doesn't touch any other rock so it can't spread.

i'm very maticulous about where stuff is in my tank.

 

[jeffsreef]

I have many SPS touching zoas with no problem?Dont know about all kinds of different sps touching zoas

 

[racermike27]

I have some zoas that got out of control and have been touching numerous SPS colonies without any problems.

 

[Russellaqua]

Neither SPS or zoas are terribly aggressive. They can easily be kept right next to each other. In fact having zoos that close might annoy your SPS to the point where they grow faster, as this is about the only defense mechanism SPS has, blocking light to lower corals. Plus as parts of your SPS die off from it shading itself the zoos might grow up it and give you a cool look. It's worth an experiment with a piece I think.

 

[familyreefer]

Same here

Zoas don't seem to bother my SPS but the shrooms wipe out some SPS quickly!

 

[leasmike]

Zoanthids are peaceful but some palythoas will kill sps

 

[Christel Mei]

Even palys will give some forgiveness. They are more likely to bleach the coral trying to grow onto it, but most acroporas, pocilloporas ect can defend themselves.