my blues are back

[murph145]

ok well these wild zoas that were blue and then turned more brown than anything had been covered by some halimeda macro algae shadding them alot... i pulled all the algae away and boom! the blue is back... hmmm so it looks like i need to hide these bad boys then only take them out for a sneak at light every few weeks lol
whats the deal i guess some zoas need very very lil light

 

[tizzo]

Good lord have mercy, those are pretty!

 

[alyssia]

Awesome zoas!

 

[puffer32]

Nice murph, i hope my new blues look like yours someday. Right now they are pretty small, iput them under full MH, maybe i will give them more shade, seems to agree with yours

 

[maxalmon]

I've found that blue zoa's almost look there best when placed almost inside a cave or under realy filtered light. I had a nice colony of Tubbs Blues a while back that faded to brown then back to blue when they got knocked behind some LR and forgoten about...Looks nice

 

[murph145]

thanks i got these guys a while back then they faded to brown so i really didnt care about them anymore and the macro overgrew them in this spot... but i dug them out and they were bright blue again....
i think im guna find these guys a hidden cave the hide in that i can still watch them.... they have grown in amount which is good i just want them to hold this color

 

[maxalmon]

How about an experiment, divide the colony into halfs or fourths and place around the tank, documenting what happens to the colors and size....

 

[murph145]

that might be a good idea... i can just take a hammer and chisel to this lil rock and split it up and mount in diffrent areas... huh ok u gave me a good idea maybe i can get that started this next week

 

[kevin34]

Murph, those are amazing!!!

Once I get my tank up and running I would love to work out a trade for some.

 

[jimmy 4]

Im no expert but im sure that if something is blue it usually means that it is a deep water species. Putting them in too much light makes them change to a brighter color to reflect unwanted light. But again i am no expert.

 

[murph145]

Originally Posted by Kevin34
Murph, those are amazing!!!

Once I get my tank up and running I would love to work out a trade for some.
just hit me up ill be around ill see if i can make different colonies out of these and see how they do in diffrent light like maxalmon suggested

 

[murph145]

Originally Posted by Jimmy 4
Im no expert but im sure that if something is blue it usually means that it is a deep water species. Putting them in too much light makes them change to a brighter color to reflect unwanted light. But again i am no expert.
interesting u might have a point there but i know some people with tubs blue zoas have them in direct light...?? hmm

 

[bonebrake]

The Caribbean blue zoanthids are deep water, but the ones from Indonesia are much brighter blue, but I am unsure if they are deep water too or not. The ones you got Murph look like Caribbean blues.
:joy:

 

[murph145]

oh wow cool i didnt know they had different kinds im guna stick them in a shaded cave and c how they do

 

[bluetang66]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[scotts]

DUDE! If in the process of your splitting that rock apart you happen to have just 2 extra polyps I could be there in 15 minutes........
I sure would like to know what store you got them at. I have NEVER seen anything like those in the stores that I go to. You can tell me here or e-mail me skschneiderNOSPAM@Adelphia.net You know take out the NOSAPM part.

 

[earlybird]

Originally Posted by maxalmon
filtered light
What do you mean by this? Thanks

 

[fishgeek01]

murph would love to work out a trade with you on the blues... drop me a line sometime, I have some different stuff, but your tank makes mine look like a sess pool...lol... Looking great jbarbier at jdbyrider dot com it only take a few polyps to make it happen 3-5 tops, just let me know, I have some nice sps and some other polyps and such to trade...

 

[isistius]

sweet color murph. i had a nice rock w/about 30 blues w/ yellow skirts, until i lost 29 of them to a sundial snail. i did save 1 tho.

 

[m0nk]

I'd like to jump on the bandwagon with these too.

If you ever start fragging any off, I would be overly ecstatic if you would consider sending a couple polyps this way. I don't have anything of value for trade right (aside from some green zoas) now but I might have other stuff when the time comes that you do anything. My email is m0nk@techdimension.net.