Zoanthids

What's the best way to get zoas and mushrooms to grow.

 

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Luckily most zoas/shrooms are VERY hardy.

Best things you can do for them is give them stable water parameters:
Calcium: 450 ppm
Magnesium: 1350ppm
dKH/Total hardness: 13-15 (not sure on units offhand . . .someone?)
temp: about 79 degrees
Salinity: 34ppt

Light: 3-10 watts/gallon
Flow: 20+ tank turnovers/hour is generally the accepted minimum.

You will also want a steady schedule to put the lights on.

Other than that, anything done that benefits part of the aquarium will, in the end, benefit the zoas and shrooms.

 

With my expierence..Most zoas are will like different stuff, i have two frags of them in my 14g and they both like different parts of the tank. I would keep your params good.

 

Great post! Alkalinity units are in dKH

As for the lighting, look at PAR values instead of watts/gallon. Not that it matters much for Zoa's, they generally don't need a ton of light.

HTH

 

Don't forget pH 8.2 - 8.4.

 

Good info above, but that Alk value is way too high. Most people strive for 7-11 dKH (or even 8-12).