1 or 2 Polyp Zoa/Paly Frags

[daniella3d]

I think you have a point here. I never had problem growing zoanthids when I had young tank with bearely any amphipods, and as my tanks matured I could not keep them.

NOW...the only way I can manage to keep them is high on my glass on a frag rack. What ever I put down is getting eaten in no time.

Yesterday my small clam got eaten during the course of one night. Was great yesterday and this morning the whole bottom of the clam was eaten away, I could see through the gapping hole the rock the clam was on so no more clam tissue at the bottom

Recently I am having a lot of problem with amphipods chewing on my clams. When I was putting zoanthids down they were leaving the clams alone and were chewing on the zoanthids instead. Those are real pest and I am considering a heavy interceptor treatment now, to get rid of them.

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

I have tried zoas twice now, with multiple polyp frags, but failed. They did open the first few days, but then less and less, until they eventually melted away. I did not find any bad pests, and even took one frag back to the lfs for them to examine. But they only found the usual pods and other critters, no bad ones.

My tank is very, very mature, 10+ years, and is full of pods. I did see them crawling all over the zoas in the mornings, and even during the day sometimes. So, I do wonder if this is my problem.

Plus when I hear about noobs growing zoas with no problems in new tanks. They probably don't have much for pods to bother them.

In this same tank, everything else seems to grow really well, SPS, LPS Palys, and other softies. Just no luck with Zoas. So, I have sworn off them for the time being.

Maybe I need a Mandarin.