Zoa Spotlight: Nightmares

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These may be named nightmare zoanthids but they are more like a dream!

Share your nightmare photos and growing experience!

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These are one of my favorites of all time. But I had a nightmare of a time getting them to grow well :( .
 
Are they the same as campfires?

campfires have a green slit for the mouth.

My nightmares just recently started growing well. They were stuck on the same polyp count for a couple of months.


BTW, great picture Revhtree! what camera/lens are you using? My nightmares are pretty small, smaller then usual sized zoas but bigger then micro zoas. Are yours the same?
 
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I used to grow these like WEEDS with vanilla instant ocean salt and an odyssey 250 watt 14k bulb. Now they hardly grow, tough polyp to do!
 
Only zoa I have had that completely melted down:( I'll give them another shot one of these days!
 
Oh boy. Now I want some. My zoas are struggling a little bit right now so I guess I'll wait until I figure out what is causing them issues. My tank is only 4 months old so I'm sure it is probably related to that.
 

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