Zoas growing on the wall?

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childress5tyler

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Has anybody been able to sucessfully grow zoas or palys on the walls of their aquarium? If so, any advice on how to do it? thanks
 

btldreef

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I've had it happen, mainly on accident. I had a rock covered in zoanthids leaning against my back wall and slowly the started to creep up the wall.
I've glued palys onto the wall a few times and had luck with them growing as well. I've definitely noticed that zoanthids and palys grew slower for me on the tank glass than on live rock.
 
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childress5tyler

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i think it would be awesome to have a wall covered in different zoas and palys..i wanna work on that
 
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childress5tyler

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is it true that iodine is the best additive for zoa growth? anybody want to chime in?
 

btldreef

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I'm not a fan of dosing iodine. A good quality salt nix combined with regular water changes should be enough iodine for zoanthids. Dosing iodine can be dangerous, there is a fine line as to how much can be used. Too much (and it doesn't take much) and you'll kill inverts and corals.
 
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childress5tyler

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I've heard that...right no i use the 2 part b-ionic calcium and alkalinity solution along with a magnesion magnesium additive
 
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