Zoa vs paly growth?

Nathanemmerich · Mar 7, 2019

I have a 180gallon reef tank been running for 18months and I have really good growth of palythoas but zoas seem to really struggle. I have 7 rastas sitting the smiling at me for at least 8 months without growing. But sunny ds, captain Americas, armor of god, pandora or any other paly in my tank grows like crazy.

Anyone else experience this? Any fixes? I probably have ten frags of each. The palys have taken off. A few zoas have grown. The rest just sit, they don’t melt but they don’t grow.

James M · Mar 7, 2019

Some strains of zoas just don’t grow as fast as others. Nothing wrong with your tank.

fish farmer · Mar 7, 2019

I got a tiny frag of froot loops the same time I got green dragons eyes and midnight suns. I thought the froot loops had died, but are closed up tight after I moved the frag the other day. The others are growing crazy off their discs. I even took a single polyp of green dragon that fell off in shipping and that has grown to a dozen polyps since the summer. My ugly palys are weeds, you have to watch them.