Zoa ID if you’re bored (bright)

Leadfooted · Jan 23, 2019

What’s the orange colored zoa pictured next to the Purple monsters? I’m trying to get faster growth on the Orange zoa’s and hoping the ID will help. They’re growing fast but not keeping up with the PM’s. I tried to get the color as exact as possible.

Katrina71 · Jan 23, 2019

I have no idea, but I'd like to call them MINE.

DSC reef · Jan 23, 2019

They resemble KO nightmare zoas.

Leadfooted · Jan 23, 2019

DSC reef said:
They resemble KO nightmare zoas.

Looks like that’s what some call them so I’ll go with that for now. Thanks!

DSC reef · Jan 23, 2019

Leadfooted said:
Looks like that’s what some call them so I’ll go with that for now. Thanks!

Your welcome

DharkaronReef · Jan 23, 2019

Either Nightmares or darth maul zoas.

littlebigreef · Jan 23, 2019

This is the ko strain I have, I'd say they're def pretty similar.

Leadfooted · Jan 24, 2019

How’s the growth rate for you? Mine seem to take off at first but have slowed. I’m not sure if they want more trace elements like iodine or food.
Can you feed these guys mysis shrimp to each head or stick to something like reed roids?

littlebigreef · Jan 24, 2019

Leadfooted said:
How’s the growth rate for you? Mine seem to take off at first but have slowed. I’m not sure if they want more trace elements like iodine or food.
Can you feed these guys mysis shrimp to each head or stick to something like reed roids?

I got mine as a single so it took awhile to get going but now it's rolling along regularly kicking out new polyps. It might be having a tough time competiting with the other zoas on the rock.

As for nutrition (IMO) stick with reefroids, it's my understanding that most z'a and some p's don't have the ability to digest larger particulate like mysis. However, I think you could give rod's food a shot- if you thaw it the food dissolves down. I'm also a fan of dosing lugol's and vitamin c.

Leadfooted · Jan 24, 2019

littlebigreef said:
I got mine as a single so it took awhile to get going but now it's rolling along regularly kicking out new polyps. It might be having a tough time competiting with the other zoas on the rock.

As for nutrition (IMO) stick with reefroids, it's my understanding that most z'a and some p's don't have the ability to digest larger particulate like mysis. However, I think you could give rod's food a shot- if you thaw it the food dissolves down. I'm also a fan of dosing lugol's and vitamin c.

Thanks and I’ll stick to the roids and I just got some rods food too. I’m dosing a few liquids (reef fuel and Acro power on opposite days) and will try lugols one day, I hear good things only.