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Old 03-26-2010, 12:50 PM
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well i noticed today a few black snails that look almost like pyrimidii or w/e but black they were on the zoa. also i noticed hair algae (mabey thats what the black snails are eating)starting to grow on the frag area and am moving to a more highflow area. this clam thing growing out of the frag is bugging me to its bgetting bigger might break it all up glue what i can back to the frag see if it pulls though any reason not to?
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Old 03-26-2010, 05:07 PM
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In my experience it is generally not wise to frag zoas that are in a state of distress, unless you see a visible bacteria,etc. and you are trying to save the colony. Any time you frag, you create stress on the coral to various degrees. Zoas are hearty corals, but with any coral it is a crapshoot as to your success. That being said, I have fragged many colonies with very limited losses. Polyps that grow individually in the rock are a lower risk. Polyps that grow in a common mat and have to be cut away and/or scraped off the rock are a much higher risk.
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