How to get palythoa's to spread faster?

[marvin willis]

I have one paly, it is a sea mat kind. It seem to be doing well under my new t-5 lighting.
i have 4 12k day light bulbs, 4 actinic bulbs and 4 moonlight leds. Is there anything i can do to get it to grow faster? Also can someone explain to me the way they spread?

 

[nycbob]

give it nice flow and good water parameters. i also would put another zoas or different kind of polys near it. when it sense a competing specie, corals tend to grow or spread faster.

 

[reefkprz]

feeding them helps. they need carbon intake to gain mass.

 

[mr_x]

yep..they eat meaty foods!

 

[marvin willis]

What can i feed them? How often?

 

[paintballer768]

Mysis, brine, cyclops, almost anything as long as its not too big. Feed it whenever you want.

 

[nycbob]

now its coming back. i used to shoot mysis shrimps at them. their tentacles will grab the food and feed it to the mouth.

 

[bonebrake]

You can feed them every day if you want.
They will eat anything your fish will eat and will grow like gangbusters.