Zoa Tentacles question

[Bluerrpilot]

Should the tentacles be long and "fuzzy" (like the green ones pictured) or should they be more compact and uniform. (yellow ones pictured) Is this due to flow or nutrients or is it just the way they are?

 

[Clowns-corals-cats]

There all different. There isn't one way they "should" be. Just healthy.

 

[RedFrog211]

I personally have found that ^ light = ^ skirt length. I have two frags from the same mother colony, one frag lower, and one much higher (not blasting it though, both frags are happy)- the ones high up have smaller polyps, longer skirts and lighter colors. This may not be the case for every zoa though; and may just be how this strand reacts. Some say it’s feeding, some say it’s flow, or it may be a combination of all three!

 

[Bluerrpilot]

There all different. There isn't one way they "should" be. Just healthy.

So both of the ones pictured would be considered healthy?

 

[Bluerrpilot]

I personally have found that ^ light = ^ skirt length. I have two frags from the same mother colony, one frag lower, and one much higher (not blasting it though, both frags are happy)- the ones high up have smaller polyps, longer skirts and lighter colors. This may not be the case for every zoa though; and may just be how this strand reacts. Some say it’s feeding, some say it’s flow, or it may be a combination of all three!

The lighting thing does make sense. I have some zoas that used to look nice and tidy now have longer tentacles and they are in both higher light and flow

 

[RC51]

Should the tentacles be long and "fuzzy" (like the green ones pictured) or should they be more compact and uniform. (yellow ones pictured) Is this due to flow or nutrients or is it just the way they are?

Depends on the type i guess