ZOA removal

[Denver aquarist]

I have a very large rock with a colony of zoas I want to get rid of. I would like to keep the rock in place and not remove it from the tank. Any suggestions on how I can go about doing this? The colony is around 100 heads of Olive colored zoas.

 

[asn-naso]

Angel fish, but they may pick at other corals too. Or Zoa eating nudi's.

 

[Denver aquarist]

I have other zoas I dont want touched

 

[reefmaster719]

Re: ZOA removal

Lol...

Aiptasia x. I had a bunch of NH palys and it killed them off in a day.

sent from my EVO eater

 

[Denver aquarist]

nice I will do that thanks!

Lol...

Aiptasia x. I had a bunch of NH palys and it killed them off in a day.

sent from my EVO eater

 

[09bumblebee]

You could also mix up a kalk paste

 

[CRW Reef]

Re: ZOA removal

Or come borrow my laser BTW where you been Beau? Hit me up Bro!!!!

 

[asn-naso]

I've always wondered what happens to all of the toxins from a zoa if you were to kill off a bunch with something like apt-x. Do they harm your tank, especially the smaller nano's?

 

[Cake_Boss]

scrape them off the rock with a razor

 

[Denver aquarist]

I have pulled them off not all but a good amount and they just grow back from the little bit of tissue that was left on the rock.

scrape them off the rock with a razor

 

[Denver aquarist]

Hey Chad been around just really busy with work and had lots of famaily in town over the holidays.

 

[Denver aquarist]

Alright! I ended up using tweezers worked great pulled the heads off and the tissue pretty much peels right off the rock. I have a few heads and stuff left but didnt want to do too much at once. I did a large water change after.

 

[DyM]

First, as you said, try and take as many off as you can to make frags. Then use a brush (metal is better, and scape away babby) - skimmer will go crazy, will want to keep GAC going and change after a few days, unless you do a good size water change. Afterwards, what seems to have survived, cover them up with epoxy. I've done that a few times. Although giving them away on this forum will frustrate you, (pink zoa's or brown/green button polyps) as no one will take them for free..... you could sell them cheap or give them away on craig's list though.