Question about Zoo lighting acclimation/placement

fasteddie99 · 04/11/2009, 02:36 PM

I bought a frag of Zoo's about a month ago from my LFS, brought them home and put them on the bottom of the tank, under a small ledge to block even more of the lighting. Within 2 days I noticed the polyps shrinking and losing color so I figure they needed more light so I moved them out into full light, but still on the bottom of the tank and they havent improved at all. They are still alive and open up every day, but thry are just small and dull in comparison to what they looked like at the LFS.

A couple things I should add...

The LFS lighting was standard PC lights but the frag was a new one and was just introduced into this system the day before.

The lighting the mother colony was T-5

My lighting is T-5 216 watts, 55gal tank (tall)

I've been feeding them frozen plankton and cyclopes on a regular basis.

Will they ever be as brilliant (and I dont mean smart) as they were before?

tmz · 04/11/2009, 09:35 PM

Some plythoa take less light but zoanthus are high reef animals that often over take monitpora skeltons. Zoanthus do not feed as palythoa do and are more reliant on photosynthesis and absorbtion for the nutrients they need. High light and flow after acclimation works well for me.

04/11/2009, 02:36 PM	#1
fasteddie99 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Delaware Posts: 1,028	Question about Zoo lighting acclimation/placement I bought a frag of Zoo's about a month ago from my LFS, brought them home and put them on the bottom of the tank, under a small ledge to block even more of the lighting. Within 2 days I noticed the polyps shrinking and losing color so I figure they needed more light so I moved them out into full light, but still on the bottom of the tank and they havent improved at all. They are still alive and open up every day, but thry are just small and dull in comparison to what they looked like at the LFS. A couple things I should add... The LFS lighting was standard PC lights but the frag was a new one and was just introduced into this system the day before. The lighting the mother colony was T-5 My lighting is T-5 216 watts, 55gal tank (tall) I've been feeding them frozen plankton and cyclopes on a regular basis. Will they ever be as brilliant (and I dont mean smart) as they were before? __________________ 125 gal LED lighting Super Reef Octopus XP-3000 SSS Current Tank Info: 125

04/11/2009, 09:35 PM	#2
tmz ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Seneca NY Posts: 27,691	Some plythoa take less light but zoanthus are high reef animals that often over take monitpora skeltons. Zoanthus do not feed as palythoa do and are more reliant on photosynthesis and absorbtion for the nutrients they need. High light and flow after acclimation works well for me. __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals.