Zoas getting loose.

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  1. btcole333

    btcole333 Feather Duster

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    I have a pretty big colony of zoas. I have noticed 4 or 5 zoas have gotten loose and are just floating around. Is there anything I can do?
     
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  2. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Are any crabs or shrimp hanging around them?
     
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  3. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    You can go in there and scoop em up and glue em to a frag plug or rubble..But when i have kenya drop or something like that, i just let it settle somewhere, so maybe once they settle, you could have a whole entire colony on another side of the tank in a few months or so.
     
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  4. btcole333

    btcole333 Feather Duster

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    What can I use for a frag plug and how do I glue them?
     
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  5. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    A piece of LR rubble, or a piece of LR..

    You can either use Superglue gel or you can use corafix(Same thing basically.)
     
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  6. benbabcock

    benbabcock Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Super glue gel to a small peice of rubble rock. just can also but fabricated ceramic plugs at your LFS or online.
     
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  7. btcole333

    btcole333 Feather Duster

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    The super glue gel won't hurt the zoas?
     
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  8. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    Nope, i have used it on SPS,LPS,and all sorts of softies..never had an ill effect.
     
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  9. Magnus

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    It should not. Just make sure that you glue the bottom side to the rock or rubble piece and not the polyp/head.
     
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  10. btcole333

    btcole333 Feather Duster

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    Can i glue something to an empty snail shell.
     
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