Melting Zoas/Paly's

[fishytime]

whats the big mystery?......simple fact is zoanthids and palys are collected from a wide range of "zones".....everywhere from tidal zones that get exposed to the air, to 50-100' deep......this makes it extremely hard to know what light and flow conditions will make zoa X happy.......heres my zoa routine......bring zoa X home from the store........dip and inspect zoa X thoroughly....... GLUE zoa X down where I think I want it (very important step here, most zoas will never settle in and grow if they are getting bumped around)......if zoa X doesnt seem to be happy in the chosen spot, I take it out, dip it again, inspect it again and glue it down in a different spot.....if it was in the light, I put it in the shade......thats about all you can do really......that and resign to the fact that we will never make 100% of our coral happy 100% of the time....