The Secret to Keeping Zoanthids

[@blasterman789]

I've grown several nice zoa gardens over the years and agree to everything in video, especially the nutrient params However, there's a point of potential disaster here i wish was made more clear. Healthy zoa/paly gardens thrive in nutrient rich water, but so do nuisance algae. Note how clean his tanks are. Keeping a nitrate level of 10 and phosphates at .1 in a 4 month old tank is virtually impossible. Nuisance algaes take hold suddenly , your nutrients bottom, and water changes make things worse. Most zoas can't handle this and will melt or recede. Getting those nutrient levels up and keeping a clean tank takes time, attention., and a bit of black art. Gorgeous tanks. I'm not too far from toledo and would like to make a trip.

[@fragboxcorals]

100% this is a good point I should have touched on. There is a balance between nutrient rich and algae control.

[@PhiCongDoan7587]

So my levels are really high but I don't understand why my Palys are doing fine but my Zoas are receding... should water changes still help if I use an rodi system?

[@paplozirkel632]

Another video of fragging them and additional tips would be great

[@tommyrobinson2058]

I think you have a unique perspective as a shop owner or worker many of us don’t get to experience as we watch from home. If you are short on video ideas I would be interested to see the mistakes you’ve made in the shops ie about the big fish wipe out, tank crashes, how you take shipment and putting the stock into tanks

[@fragboxcorals]

omg I could start a whole channel just documenting mistakes

[@edwardwells5864]

Great coral spot light and well presented! Been reefing for 17 years or so and found almost everything you mentioned to be spot on when it comes to these corals. For the love of God, please QT your corals folks! A ounce of prevention beats the hell out of a two ton pallet of cure 8 days a week!!!

[@fragboxcorals]

Thank you ! Means a lot coming from someone with so much experience !

[@charlesdaniels9087]

Great video from beginning to end. That's what I'm talking about!! Wish I could give you 2 thumbs up.

[@sickofthebs93]

I used to keep zoas, I miss it. I had over 120 different kinds

[@jfmtl]

Just bought a whole bunch off your site. Amazing colors can’t wait to see them in my tank

[@angelstrumpets8876]

your words seem so genuine. such valuable knowledge. i really appreciate this

[@Bluteh]

I have a few different zoas in my tank can't wait to see them grow out 🤙

[@BahamaLlamaCoral]

Great video! I love your collection and all those colonies! By keeping the z's & p's on larger substrate...does that make it easier to frag? (sorry if you covered and I missed it.)

[@adamschaafsma5839]

I saw that too and wondered about that I might have to try something like that.

[@BalladofJanine]

Very impressive reef. Im pulling my hair out learning salt water Aquarium fish/corals ...Dang alot of info! Thanks !!😊

[@sueyounglove9253]

Thanks March. They are beautiful.

[@kelvinsoto8313]

Whoa the zoanthic colony look incredible beautiful

[@rtn-rn7194]

I love your store. Can't wait to visit again in person. Def, 5 star coral IMO. I personally am having some zoa issues. Mine are stretching. I do have a shitty light system....I use fluval marine sea...once upon a time I was new to this hobby. Just purchased 2 ai primes 16HD. So here's hoping its a lighting issue.

[@alaaaia4837]

Did the light fix it , i have same problem here

[@Hozay1]

As a zoanut this is my favorite video.

[@tharangaranasinghe7817]

super videos.all the best.how to coral feeding and maintenance???

[@inkslingerdrew]

I already know my first salt tank is gonna have a Zoa garden. I had a full original set of Pokémon cards as a kid... Gotta catch em all!

[@hcaquaticsreefing]

Very informative. Will be popping down to my LFS for a few

[@Spaceman710]

Trying to find an ID for the Zoas you showed in 2:09-2:10ish checked ur website but couldn’t find anything that looked similar. Please let me know very interested!

[@DrDave21]

Same. Did you find any info on it?

[@stevemunn367]

Best video yet, more like this please 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

[@fragboxcorals]

you got it

[@stevedang8554]

Should have made this video years ago great advice love your raja rampage chalice.

[@nickg4757]

nice video, im glad i found your channel, wow the chalice at the end is fire!

[@Fifthimagez]

Great video vary helpful

[@VikingsFan27]

Great video, great looking zoas.

[@RogueAquariums]

Beautiful collection of Zoas & Palys. Having them on the substrate is a good idea. You are on point when you talk about a more nutrient dense system for them to thrive in. Subbed your channel. Keep up the good work..

[@Stanboy6767]

Waiting for the goni video. Just found your channel and it’s very informative to watch. Keep up the great work

[@fragboxcorals]

You got it!

[@scotty2salty327]

Love your love for Zoas. Just recently saw your video on you visit to Cherry Corals 😍 I have two questions for you... 1: How do you keep super fast growing Zoas from taking over a garden? Calculated placement of Aiptasia X? 2: Have you gotten Zoa frags in where some just won't open? What do you do when their friends (other colors) right next to the do open?

[@JM-qy9pi]

What caused the system crash? Things we can avoid Love those Zoas

[@julianmock7957]

thanks for the tipps!

[@MrRandallDish]

Great video idea so to talk about kalkwasser in top off water. When to use it and benefits.

[@melereef6294]

Hey March! Thanks for the content. What salt do you use?

[@HonicBlue]

What are those at 2:08, they're beautiful. Looks like they should be called Tron Zoas.

[@Robs.channel]

That aptasia at 4:08 tho. That a hassle to get out of the tank. I find the aptasia predators also like zoas

[@9StickNate]

Thanks for the video! I have a frag of Utter Chaos in my SPS reef. It started out with 4 heads (about 15 months ago) and now it has about 11 heads. Then again, my nitrates are at about 1-2. I’ll slowly make some changes 👍

[@justuspaz2317]

What gravel is that in the basement tank

[@corals6221]

Great information and beautiful colors! What kind of camera and filter do you use for recording?

[@Val_Halla777]

Amazing collection of Zoas you guys have there March. Beauty setup. The zoas pictured at 8:08 are absolutely insane- any chance someone can tell me what those are? Ps. My first order from Fragbox arrives tomorrow. 🙏👍

[@fragboxcorals]

Armageddon zoanthids !

[@JayMoodley]

Awesome video.

[@WestCoastFloridaFishing]

What ZOA is that at 8:05?!?!? Please and thank you!

[@CalcioFan4Ever]

Man! What are those zoas at 8:10 i want some!

[@fishingwithowen5634]

When will you have these zoas available for sale so many nice zoas wish that they were on the website

[@Reefspidey]

I had Zoas growing right up against my carpet anemone. They were the only coral in the tank that completely ignored the sting

[@ThexSkaterxGurl]

What were the zoas @2:13? Lovely

[@waisiangyuen6285]

Awesome zoas .. what kind of substrate is that ?

[@MODIT]

Awesome video and great setup you have created! Curious, what is the substrate you are using for your zoa's?

[@fragboxcorals]

caribea sea crushed coral, its the best

[@TheDstorm96]

What is the name of the zoa at 2:13?

[@douglascampbell5284]

I have a 120 gallon tank want to do a all soft coral tank what do you suggest for corals was thinking about palys and leathers

[@beckypalmer5154]

I just got my first zoa blondies doesn't seem to be opening fully it's been 3 days my tank is considered to be Clean for it being 8months old should I move the zoa higher up its on sand bed at moment crazy my stony corals are thriving zoa is not happy

[@tuanvo1677]

This is a truly eye candy clip, but I'm so jealous now :(

[@mirandagerson6897]

Is it possible to keep the camera as steady as possible and to focus on each coral a bit longer? Love your videos but getting motion sickness:(

[@andrew5762]

Many thanks March 👍😀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@steevareno2002]

great advice

[@zerlinda871]

Hey I'm new to this, I'm trying to get a saltwater tank, is this compatible with a dog puffer fish? Any salt water fish i should stay away from with these? Thanks

[@melwonnacott8847]

Question for you March I few zoas and Paly the are pretty leggy (as we would say in the garden world). Two I don't know the name of but one is a single head at the moment of purple monster which from my understanding are usually tighter to the rocks. I run a maxspec razor at the moment, peak is about 55% blues and 5% white and on a 40 IM I run the Nero 3 at 25-56% random flow. Tank ATM is a few lps (Duncan, micromussa and a favia bother of those on the sand) yuma, and a few other mushrooms.

[@bruhmoment3719]

Will the cleaner shrimp be able to clean the parasites you listed that eat the zoas?

[@aidizhang750]

Good day, I would not interconnect other tanks with a main system if you run into a problem it will effect everything not a good idea to be honest with you. Thank You 🙏. Peace Out. ✌️

[@AMPDNutrition]

Heard you mention you use Redsea AB and reefroids but what where some of the others you mentioned? Also as your growing these colonies do you mind sharing the light parameters you're using on say an AI or something similar and how much light are you giving them daily?

[@summertimehighyt273]

Is Zooplankton a good all around coral food?

[@peterhowells8509]

Great job March! Could this be the first video of a coral spotlight? :)

[@fragboxcorals]

😉

[@oberrydavid]

@fragboxcorals what is the name of the zoanthid at 2:10? Looking to buy and didn't see it on your site!

[@davezoradi]

Look like Petroglyphs.

[@Spaceman710]

Ive been wondering the same thing for a week now!

[@Spaceman710]

@@davezoradi nope

[@davezoradi]

@@Spaceman710 then how about you present a better option.

[@johnkidd3975]

Hi from Halifax, first video I caught and it was great! I see you caught Remy's attention and he has the same question I have. I see larger substrate under the zoas. Are the zoas on tiles or do they also grow on to the larger substrate. I could see how it would make fragging easier. Thanks again for the video, please do a fragging video. I would like to see a second opinion, I assume most of us new reefers have only seen Remy's fragging videos. I have two 80 gal reef ready frag tanks and 80 gal display. My frag tank has been up for 2 months and I have a variety of 30 beginner corals.

[@nicksmith6928]

They would grow over the large grade gravel

[@lisademayo8589]

Hey guys! I love your stuff- 2 questions on this video- I really like the pink-ish zoas with the blue centers, pink ring, and what looks like maybe torqouise lashes on the outside at around the 6:44 mark?... and then #2- the the multi colored zoas around the 8:34/8:35 mark- that have the blue eye in the very middle, then green around the eye, then the orange-ish ring, and thick purple outer lashes? Can you tell me their names? i dont' think you mentioned them?

[@adamschaafsma5839]

Good advice! Do you have an issue with nuisance algae considering those higher phosphate numbers?

[@fragboxcorals]

nope not at all

[@Tghg991]

That chalice is mind blowing

[@pakcom-vl9kd]

Nice, how high are your led lights, like height from Zoas?

[@bencarr9955]

Hey March love your videos man I'm definitely a fan, speaking of fish and ich ,I'm not shure what's going on with my tank recently I had overdosed iodine and crashed my whole tank and killed my xenias and clown, I've since started over my snails are still alive and I've got some more xenias and zoanthids doing great,I've done atleaste 3 water changes since the crash so the levels should be down now,I've tried re introducing 4 different clowns and they've all died over night how can this be I've never experienced so much trouble with clowns there's no ammonia no nitrite, could it be ich I don't see anything out of the ordinary ,bristle worms ,and tiny white worms could I have some kind of bacteria?

[@ROTTERtube]

Mine hate higher light. They love PAR of around 50

[@isaiahfurrow7414]

Guessing zoas might he hest as one of the LAST additions to a small system? Any recommendations on other fairly easy to care for species.that would do OK in a low-medium light and low-med flow tank?

[@Theoscarma980216]

Do you use any filter for the video? I am looking to buy some.

[@tysonl9782]

Hello can you tell me what would cause zoas to stay halfway open? I'm having that issue right now. I'm losing sleepp!!!

[@golbs7542]

my phos and nitrates are 0.02 and 2ppm and my zoas are growing very well

[@nickmoore7231]

My zoas did great for a few years but the growth has stopped the past couple years and I ln not sure why

[@johnchambers648]

How do you feed them

[@michelhaineault6654]

Great video thaks ! I wanna know if shipping in winter is safe or risky for corals ? Am from Quebec.

[@kathrynwhelbourn2140]

I have had them ship to me in new Brunswick in winter. They put in a heat pack or 3 in one of my orders.

[@pdiehm]

How often do you feed them? I am getting some zoas and they will be the only coral in the tank aside from the hammer and GSP. Once a week? Twice a week? Broadcast with the AB+ or target? How much? I figure my zoas will be 3-4 heads.

[@williamworth2746]

2:13 what are these

[@Buckbuster88]

So how do you fix zoas that have closed up because of diatoms

[@victan0911]

hi mate, what zoas's name on video 2:05 ? thanks

[@Keira0926]

what kind of substrate is that?

[@leel6429]

Sunny Ds are my favorite

[@KhanhTran-lf2hi]

May I ask what type of substrates that you use for your Zoanthids tank? I just start my tank and don't want to use sand. Thank you very much

[@seanroberts9242]

Hi great video can u tell me 100% flow which be middle to high ?

[@macklife2121]

Great video, what substrate is that?

[@fragboxcorals]

Crushed coral from Caribsea

[@fernselvis]

@@fragboxcorals is it the Florida crushed coral sand ?

[@deft1abc1]

Ive heard somewhere that theyre actually more of a anemone than an actual coral.

[@markmecklenborg5842]

What is your Feeding routine for the zoa tank Thanks

[@markm266]

If looking for an idea for a video, try a video on keeping a reef tank without a sump!

[@espane4716]

Hi , by any chance do you happen to know the name of a coral that releases colorful substance in the water? I dunno if it's a coral but I found it in the sea. 😅

[@blasterman789]

Oh yeah....you've probably found out bubblegum digis love nutrient rich water. German blues like things a bit more pristine. This is a perfect scenario to frag out bubble gums which are criminally under represented in reefing.

[@rubenmendoza795]

At 2:15 what variant is that Zoa!

[@vickib1308]

Love trattoria Al forno we stay at boardwalk all the time. Their lasagna is so good.love that area of Disney so much. I’m dying to go back even though my so is 17 now. Take in all those moments 💜

[@stevencheng5722]

God damn! Freaking beautiful

[@My_Little_Hobby]

I love dipping hard 🤣

[@lucasparnell250]

Are you selling them?

[@nogotrip6]

Jesus those pink. And the interstellar Drool😅

[@rolando417]

What is the name of the one at 2:10?

[@bennybonez]

So there would be no benefit in feeding zoas reef roids or Reef Energy AB+?

[@Saltyglassbox]

What lights do you keep over the frag tank?

[@bytime2762]

What do you keep your alk at?

[@rac5rman8]

That monti at 7:19 is amazing

[@xHardcoreRaver87x]

What parameters do you suggest for Zoas

[@ryan9038]

What do you put them on to make them grow round?