Zoa eradication...

[Crashnt24]

So a couple months ago I pulled out my existing zoa rocks to cut them off. I added some illuminati and AOI frags. I wanted to eliminate a less desirable zoa to make room for my new high end pieces. I gave them the sadistic approach. I took a scalpel and cut them down the rock. Thought it was finished....

Well now they are back in full force. I don't get it? I add certain zoas and they melt without reason, but me butchering an entire colony down to rock did nothing?

At this point the AOI and illuminati have quadrupled in size. Yet the pest zoas are surrounding these colonies and even intruding in theirs.

What should I do?

 

[HuduVudu]

OMG I am dealing with this too. I just took the approach of killing the ones that were in encroaching by pulling scraping or whatever means neccessary. I also found if you can get the rock in lower light the zoas are easier to get off.

I am NOT doing zoas in my new build.

My wife was snorkeling in Guam and she said that in the inlet that she was snorkeling there was nothing but zoas. That tells me that they compete heavy with other things.

Not much help I don't think but there it is.

 

[Tired]

Cutting them down won't do much good. They'll happily regenerate from the stubs. You have to remove every bit of flesh for them to stop coming back.

Or, alternately, cut them off (carefully! Don't get palytoxin'd) and cover the whole area in putty. Can't recover if they're smothered.

Edit: pretty sure Aiptasia-X will kill them, too, and may be easier than manual removal.

 

[PicassoClown04]

Yep, I can scrape my entire Mohican sun colony to nothing. Absolutely no polyps to be seen, and the whole thing is back like nothing happened in 2 weeks.

Nov 5

Nov 29

The best way to completely destroy the zoas is to scrape them off, then spread a layer of superglue over the flesh bits. Regular superglue works well because it’s so runny and gets into the cracks. Best of luck to y’all

 

[Born2beblack]

Whats it look like ny photos

 

[EagleEric]

If you can pull out the rock, use a sharp wood chisel and scrape under the pest zoas. I wiggle the chisel back and forth as I press forward and cuts through a thin layer of rock. You can salvage those zoas for someone who would like them.

 

[ZoWhat]

If you can pull out the rock, use a sharp wood chisel and scrape under the pest zoas. I wiggle the chisel back and forth as I press forward and cuts through a thin layer of rock. You can salvage those zoas for someone who would like them.

I've done this with the chisel with good results

I've also marked the area with a rubberband and took the rock outside.... like o u t s I d e in the fresh air.

Fully masked up and Goggled.... I took a propane torch to the offending area and SURGICALLY burnt the bedazzles out of that area, followed by a wire brush scrubbing.

You gotta be fully aware where the smoke vapors are coming from and STAY AWAY from the smoke.

You would think neighboring zoas would get collateral damage, but I've never seen it happen if bc i work at a good pace

You have to know what you're doing involving a propane torch, so be advised

.