polarbear Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I have about 5 different frags of zoas and polyps that are on different rocks (see my photo gallery) and the rocks are weird shapes. I want to mount them to the rock work but I'm not sure where to put them. I haven't mounted any before and was wondering if I should worry about them spreading on the rock work to much. Is it easy to frag them if they start to grow out of control? I have seen other members tanks that have huge zoa colonies that are part of the main rock work. Should I just glue them and let them grow as they please or is there a certian place that I should put them. I hope this makes since. Sorry I can't post the pictures to this thread. I'm on my iPod touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Yea, Zoa's will grow just about anywhere you put them with decent light and flow. I would reccomend finding a spot that they will grow with them on the frag plug. Once you found a place they are happy you can epoxy/glue the plug down and they will grow out over the plug. As a hint, they will grow faster up a surface than down one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 So should I worry where I put them other then the flow and lighting placement? Also they are already growing on pieces of small rocks. I was planing to glue these down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prof Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I like to place my plugs between two rocks and let them grow onto the surrounding rocks. Once I have enough of a colony on my rocks I pull the original plug and have an instant frag and a natural looking colony in my display tank. Whenever possible I don't glue soft corals like mushrooms and zoa. When they spread on their own they seem much healthier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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