What can Zoas live in peace beside?

[4lti7ude]

Hey, I know Zoas are Polyps and Polyps can grow beside other Polyps.
In my tank right now i have some superman mushrooms, and I was wondering if the Zoas can grow beside them?

After that I was wondering if Zoas can live beside Frogspawn, or Hammer Corals?

What other easy to take care of corals can live beside Zoas?

[fishytime]

most shrooms are pretty stingy.....border your shrooms with zoos that lower on your "like" list:wink:......it's what corals do naturally.....compete for space.....in most cases, if you try and mix different kinds of corals one will pack a bigger punch and end up winning (to varying degrees....sometimes just receding a little and other times out right annihilation)

[4lti7ude]

Omg. That cant be good lol.
OK then well I originally wanted to keep at least the super man mushroom but I guess not.
How do you get rid of these guys anyways?

[The Grizz]

How do you get rid of these guys anyways?

Give them to me, that's how.:biggrin:

[trinac]

Give them to me, that's how.:biggrin:


lol

[The Grizz]

If the rock they are attached to is accessible I come armed with razor blades.:biggrin::biggrin:

[4lti7ude]

If the rock they are attached to is accessible I come armed with razor blades.:biggrin::biggrin:

Hhahaha, I would let you take them but my friend has had his eye on these babies for a while now.

(Hes buying me two zoa frags :biggrin:)

Ummm does anyone know how well Zoas will doe close to Frog Spawn or Hammer Coral?
I hear Hammers can grow beside frogspawn no problem.

[Wayne]

Progect37 told me that he couldn't have anything next to his Frog Spawn... Don't remember if he has hammer coral thou... Corals are weird thou, you can't really say for sure about anything.

[Jfish]

I have had a frogspawn living in close proximity to one of my patches of zoas for a while now. The frogspawn is very close but never actually touches any of the polyps and the zoas don't seem to mind it at all. Once when I was looking for a better spot for the frogspawn (further away from the zoas) some of the tentacles touched the zoa polyps and they closed up very quickly. Fifteen minutes later after the frogspawn went back to its spot the zoas opened back up and look healthy to this day.
I have also had a couple bright red mushrooms growing very close to another zoa frag. When the one mushroom is fully expanded it was actually touching the zoas. It looks like I may have lost one polyp where the majority of the contact was but the forty some other polyps look unaffected. In this case there didn't appear to be any negative interaction although im sure there would be some kind of chemical warfare going on so I just fragged off a couple of the mushrooms so they aren't touching anymore.

[4lti7ude]

Hmmm I been hearing alot of good stuff about hammers and frogspawn near zoas lately.
Im hoping this will be the same for me :redface:

The Torch, Frogspawn, and a hammer will be at the bottom of the tank anyways. I dont think they will grow that big to fast hahahha.

How aggressive will they be to a Brain coral? Just the Frogspawn should be beside this brain coral.

[Jfish]

Well it just so happens that I have a large open brain sitting close to my frogspawn. My camera sucks and im new to aquarium and coral photography so sorry for the bad pics. Anyways its the lowest flow part of my 75 gallon tank and thats where these corals seem to enjoy it the most. Im sure its not ideal having them this close togeather but its seems to be working in my tank so far. The brain doesn't seem to mind the frogspawn as they have been in that position for about 7 months. The zoas seem to be growing fine even though there could be some chemical interaction between the zoas and the shrooms or other things. Would the zoas grow faster moved to another part of the tank, maybe, I don't know. Would another variety of zoas fade away or die from being within this close proximity, maybe, I dont know. Maybe someone with more experience or knowledge could chime in.

http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx205/Jfish_2010/DSC01552.jpg?t=1277261010
Top right has red shrooms expanding closer to my red zoas, fuzzy green mushroom between red zoas and green zoas in the middle and frogspawn dangerously close to green zoas.

http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx205/Jfish_2010/DSC01576.jpg?t=1277261921
Brain sitting below frogspawn, tentacles get very close but i've never seen them touch. Also has elegance sitting beside the brain.

[4lti7ude]

Top right has red shrooms expanding closer to my red zoas, fuzzy green mushroom between red zoas and green zoas in the middle and frogspawn dangerously close to green zoas.

Brain sitting below frogspawn, tentacles get very close but i've never seen them touch. Also has elegance sitting beside the brain.

Thankyou for the picture. My mind can sit back and relax finally. A picture really helps me feel the point of them being safe near each other.

For sure now ill keep my one mushroom and cant wait to get a brain and Hammer coral now.