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12/22/2007, 03:54 PM
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Newbie - How and what do I feed Zoas?
Hi all,
I've finally got my tank right and decided to buy a piece of coral with green and brown Zoanthids...about 25-30 in a bunch. How do I feed them? What should I feed them? Will brine shrimp I feed my clowns do? 
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#2
12/22/2007, 03:55 PM
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Sorry about the pic size..
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12/22/2007, 04:50 PM
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you can feed them phytoplankton, Cyclop, but not need. and yes some do grow better when feed. for most zoa good lighting is their main food source.
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12/22/2007, 04:56 PM
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Palys and protopalys are the ones that could be fed more like mysis shrimp, pellets and cyclopeeze. For some zoos I used to feed phyto that I use to grow in my garage.
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12/22/2007, 06:00 PM
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12/22/2007, 07:14 PM
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Brine Shrimp maybe too big,baby Brine Shrimp , Brine Shrimp eggs or Cyclop mixed in plankton. but i would go planton first.
we might have confused you with talking about the other type of polys. those are zoanthids and light is their main food source. however, i feed my zoanthids plankton mix with Cyclop and turkey blast the zoa with the mixure. and i do food my polys and proto with Brine Shrimp but they have bigger mouths. |
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12/22/2007, 07:51 PM
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12/23/2007, 12:18 AM
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BTW, adult brine shrimp is pretty much non-nutritious--97% water. Your clowns need a better diet than that.
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12/23/2007, 06:00 PM
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When I started getting zoas I fed them phytoplankton but it would always seem to kick up my nitrates. Now I just count on my lighting and they are doing great. have not fed for several months.
good luck with them! BTW navychief, for future reference that is a "colony" of zoanthids not a "bunch" 
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