shaggy zoas

[diemaker]

can anybody give me any ideas why the skirts on my zoo's are so long i can't so the centers

[Peter Eichler]

Flow seems to be one cause. Another cause would be that's just how happy zoas are.

[MUCHO REEF]

It has been proven that the correct increase in current will cause an already happy colony to become even more so. Whether it results in a more robust appearance, increase coloration/intensity, and most noticeably an elogating of skirts, the improvements will be noticeable. This is very evident in Palys. Translation, you are certainly doing all the right things. If I were you, I would test and document everything as it relates to your system and the water coloumn. Allow it to serve as a barometer in the future should the appearance of your corals take a dive in the future. Keeping details documentation daily for future reference is like having a canary in a coal mine. Do you feed them at all? If so, what and how often? What additives are you using on a weekly or daily basis? What are your current parameters as it will also help anyone else who might be curious and want to duplicate your conditions?

Mucho Reef

[SDguy]

All my zoa's that I've ever owned, in this tank or in previous ones, developed long skirts. Every single one. This is my first time owning palys, so we'll see if the same thing happens...

I've always thought zoas with really short round tentacles look realy neat (probably just the grass is always greener thing...) but I've accepted I just won't have any that look like that.