100+ zoa colony!.... questions though..

[6speedchevelle]

I got this Zoa colony for free:clap: from my lfs for spending $100 on their annaversary sale..


is it a mojor problem that some of these are not in direct light?

they have been in the tank for about 30hrs, but they are not open yet. should I worry

 

[clown-lover]

Were they open at your LPS? How did you acclimate them? From the pic they look ok and some take longer to come out of "shock" than others.. But answer those questions first.

 

[6speedchevelle]

they were all open at the fish store.

um.... dang.. I did nothing to acclimate them.

 

[6speedchevelle]

so what was Is the correct acclimation? (for next time)

usually with my past fowlr tanks I just floated the bag in the water to get the water tempature close.

I read something online after I put these guys in about the drip technique, but it diddnt explain it at all.

 

[soccerkidbs]

some people drip others just add little bit of water at a time. i drip cuz its easy. i float the bag for about 20 min to 30 min then pour the fish or coral or invert into a 5 gallon bucket and then use a piece of air tube with a piece of smaller tubing that i had lying around and start a suction and presto i have a slow steady drip. i think other people have better ways but this works for me and i can do homework while whatever it is, is acclimating. sometimes i do it for 5 hours.

 

[soccerkidbs]

wow your in oregon just say that haha im in southern oregon. hello west coaster!

 

[Reefscape]

some people drip others just add little bit of water at a time. i drip cuz its easy. i float the bag for about 20 min to 30 min then pour the fish or coral or invert into a 5 gallon bucket and then use a piece of air tube with a piece of smaller tubing that i had lying around and start a suction and presto i have a slow steady drip. i think other people have better ways but this works for me and i can do homework while whatever it is, is acclimating. sometimes i do it for 5 hours.

You can also tie a knot in the airline tube to aid in getting a good steady drip rate, about 1 per second. I always acclimatised fish and inverts for an hour, corals about an hour and half..Oh, and put the fish shop water in your tank as you dont know whats been in their water..

Niko

 

[Catpicklesdog]

You can also tie a knot in the airline tube to aid in getting a good steady drip rate, about 1 per second. I always acclimatised fish and inverts for an hour, corals about an hour and half..Oh, and put the fish shop water in your tank as you dont know whats been in their water..

Niko

I think I can safely say Niko meant to say DON'T put the fish shop water in.

 

[Subliminal]

Something like zoos, you just need to ask whoever you got them from what the SG of the water was, and if it's the same (or very close) as your water, just float to get temp right and drop them in.

I had a rock that I got from someone who baked it in his oven to kill everything in it, then put it in a tank in the dark for 8 weeks to cycle/QT and then sold it to me, and I put it in my tank and some zoas popped out.

Those lil guys are some of the hardiest things you can put in your tank.

If it's not in direct light, though, they probably won't open, so I'd try to move it so it's all in the light, then just wait.

 

[Grins]

Some colors seem to do better with more light than others I've noticed as well. I would acclimate in the future although Subliminal is right..if ever there is a coral that could survive harsh acclimation zoas are it. In the future you will also want to consider QTing corals so you can check for predators and pests. I didn't do that with my first colony of zoas and I am still removing nudis months later.