Zoanthind problems

I got 2 little bitty zoa frags from tranquil.

One was like orange in the center w/green thingies. There was about 7 total.

The other was like copper in the middle w/brown thingies. There were about 15.

I dropped the orange guys in a neato piece of rock where the frag could sit and be somewhat protected, not fall etc.

The other guy looked so good and was large enough to set him alone.

Both were up close to the dual 36" PC.

Before too long the orange guys were multiplying and copper guys were shrinking.

I moved the copper guy away from the light, figuring it was too much.

I was told iodine helped them so I toss a bit in weekly.

The orange guy started multiplying to the host rock - COOL!

The copper guy wasn't doing much of anything, moved it around here there, in the shade, away form currents, in currents, everything I could think of.

Next I see a orange polyp on my X-Mas tree worm rock around the backside where there is no X-Mas tree worm rock coral (sorry about the non techie verbage) - neato!

WRONG!!!!

Q1) Now this stuff is taking over the worm rock, or so it seams and needs to be removed in my book. How do I do that???

The orange stuff is about 5 or six inches around on the host rock now - very nice!

Q2) I don't know how the copper guy has survived or what to do to get it growing.

Suggestions?

TIA again.
 
you can try to slowly and carfully peal the zoos off the rock you do not want them on. If your copper zoos opening you should be ok. Some grow faster then others.

For the iodine are you refering to the dip? Some people do fresh water with lugos. do a search for lugos and you find the the directions.
 
Q1: take a forcep, and peel the zoas from the base, or xacto knife to cut between the base (meaty part) and the rock. Or just break off the rock w/ the zoas on it. and start trading/selling!

Q2: if they are open, just not multiplying, just set them and leave them alone. disturbing them too much will stunt growth.
If they're not opening, then it could be pests, diseases, lighting and many different factors

zoas will grow fast once they adjust well to the tank condition.
 
@ss95003 wrote:
you can try to slowly and carfully peal the zoos off the rock you do not want them on. If your copper zoos opening you should be ok. Some grow faster then others. For the iodine are you refering to the dip? Some people do fresh water with lugos. do a search for lugos and you find the the directions. said:
No. Iodine supplement to the tank.
 
Some people do add this as an additive but if you do regular water changes you should not have to do this. I personally do not think you should add any additives to your tank that you do not test for.
 
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