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ZA (zoaholics anonymous)

They say the first step is admitting you have a problem....so.... Hi, my name is Doug and Im a zoaholic.:biggrin: My addiction started off harmlessly enough, a few small frags....you know, the soft stuff... like orange and browns, then quickly I graduated to the hardcore stuff like, nuclear implosion radioactive end of the world death type zoas.:mrgreen: I started this thread so that I and others can talk about and share our problem. So if you too are a zoa addict, you are not alone, please feel free to post here and join the club.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP0560.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP0604.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP0660.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP0648.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP0719.jpg

I find myself quickly travelling down the same road as you. It's an easy addiction to fall prey to.

By the way...the zoas in pic 4 are amazing!!!

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Originally Posted by parkinsn (Post 405728)

Please do....thats the whole point of this thread....pics, pics and more pics.

This is my WORST addiction in this hobby...I freakin love them! I will take some pics and post later today.....:biggrin:

I too am an addict. I dont even have a tank to hold them in yet, but i dont care.
im nuts for all sorts of zoas and already have plans for a zoa garden in half or more of my tank.

omg sycanith i dont think ill be able to sleep tonight.

those zoas in pic five post 3 are simply amazing. and of course every time i see that nova colony it just looks awesome.

now i have to ask, where do you get all these amazing zoas?

also, expect me to come askin for frags sooner or later :lol:

OMG, Scythanith I want some!!!!

Here are a couple of mine. What do you think about starting a Zoa trading club?
http://snaz.com/marine/zoa2.jpg
http://snaz.com/marine/zoa3.jpg

I think Zoa lovers are group unto themselves and I for one would love a chance to trade for some of the beauties in this thread. Start a thread here somewhere on Canreef and trade Zoa polyps?

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Originally Posted by karazy (Post 405875)

now i have to ask, where do you get all these amazing zoas?

also, expect me to come askin for frags sooner or later :lol:

Haahaa. Honestly most of my nice stuff comes from Bayside Corals here in Saskatoon and from Dave at Wickedfrags. I get a couple other randoms from Fragalot, Ultimatefrags, & fragfactory.

I am happy with my frag tank setup now and am just waiting for my corals to grow out more. I'll let people know when I am ready to trade or sell some zoo's and chalices someday!

Thank you for the compliments!

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Originally Posted by Ron99 (Post 405872)

And my recent big score:

http://hotimg25.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/PupHorn133.jpg

Nice Purple Hornet look-a-like! There is a great article on coralpedia.com about the purple hornets that my friend Vince wrote!

http://www.coralpedia.com/articles005.php

They are going to be putting more of these articles out, which I like since it helps establish a background for the corals and their lineage. It DOES NOT MAKE THEM WORTH MORE HAAHAA!

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Originally Posted by Scythanith (Post 405906)

Yep. Looks just as nice and cost me alot less than $300 a polyp :razz:

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Originally Posted by Ron99 (Post 405941)

Yep. Looks just as nice and cost me alot less than $300 a polyp :razz:

Haahaa I haven't been suckered into anything anywhere near close to the price of those PH's. I would like to see some of the larger colonies of the Japanese zoos before they get fragged up.

I have heard a couple different time now that they are suffering from fairly common fungus infections by the time they get over here.

Beautiful zoanthids. What kind of lighting does everyone use. Do you feed you tank anything special? What kind of flow do you have? Any special places in your tanks you think they do better than others?

now Im jelous ive aquired 2 colonys 50 heads or more and 3 different frag clumps and my fihggffge flame angel leaves the colonys alone and eats the pretty ones (said in a macho voice)lol

How do you peeps keep them smaller?? The Zoa's I have are taking over my tank LOL. I mounted them on large rocks, and am not sure how to "Thin" them out? I would like to maintain them in smaller patches. That and some, the stems are now close to 2" in length :o

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Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat (Post 406151)

It depends on the species of zoanthid. Zoas will tend to be shorter and smaller in diameter. Palys tend to be longer with a larger diameter. Possible I suppose that your zoas are "stretching" towards the light. One method I have used is to glue a rock in the path of your spreading zoas, when they creep on to the "barricade" rock, you pop the rock off and sell or trade it....or give it to me:twised:

[quote=Scythanith;405905]Haahaa. Honestly most of my nice stuff comes from Bayside Corals here in Saskatoon and from Dave at Wickedfrags. QUOTE]

I'm heading to Saskatoon end of June...looks like I'll need to bring some extra cash with me by the looks of it

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Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 406153)

Yes, I need more Oyster shells for them to grow unto. Maybe they Paly's then?? If they are stretching to the light, which is what it appears, A brighter light should settle them down, no? have 2 175W MH coming to replace the 4 tube 24W TEK

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Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat (Post 406160)

Well that outta kick things up a notch:biggrin: Just remember to start off slow with the MH...you dont want to scorch your zoas:flame:

Heres some more.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP2910.jpg
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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP2903.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP2891.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP2850.jpg

Good damn Jdigital you take great shots.

LOL, funny you say that, i call that my xmas rock. I should get a better shot of it, that one was taken after moving some things around.

Well that made a dent when it uploaded:mrgreen: Got some nice stuff there Noir.