Zoas Shed?

Discussion in 'Soft Corals' started by swinkreptiles, Sep 29, 2010.

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  1. swinkreptiles

    swinkreptiles Melanarus Wrasse

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    Every other week or so about half of my candy apple zoas will "shed" kind of like a Leather does then the next week the other half will. After the week is up they will open back up just as bright as before but i really dont notice a siz diference nor have I noticed any other new little zoas. The frag only has about a dozen or so polyps. Any ideas? Is this really a "shed"?

    Note: I have other zoas in the tank aswell and colony of yellow polyps but I have never seen any of them do it.

    Thanks in advance.
     
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  3. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    They may be cleaning themselves off. It is probably a sign that they are not getting enough flow.