Zoos

[cheapfish1]

i went to the Lfs after seeing so many of your guy's zoo pics and really wanted to get them but there is never anything for reference so i went to the store thing they were about 1 in in diameter and the only zoos they had at the LFs were only about less then the size of a dime. Are all zoos this small or are certain species bigger?
mike

 

[speg]

Most zoos are much smaller than dime-size. Some button polyps can easily be the size of a quarter and their stalks can be several inches in length. Most of the very colorful zoos you see on this site are very very small indeed. The pics people post of them are very close up pics.. making them look larger than they actually are.

 

[cheapfish1]

so but when they encrust a rock then there are like thousands to build up all that color?
thanks for the quick reply

 

[murph145]

zoo's come in many colors i have some green eagle eyes some fire and ice some pinks some other tri-colors
then i have some green button polyps which are about 3 times the size of the zoo's...
they do encrust over things and spread it can take a while though so be patient when u get some ... another good thing to start off and add color thats easy is green star polyps i started with a small amount and its spread like crazy so i keep fragging some off and trading it with local reefers

 

[speg]

Originally Posted by cheapfish1
so but when they encrust a rock then there are like thousands to build up all that color?
thanks for the quick reply
Thousands... is a lot. Hundreds.. probably. If you get a rock with only a few on it then it will take a while to get them growing all over. The more you can get already on a rock the faster they'll spred and start taking over

 

[cheapfish1]

ok yeah so i may have exagurated but what about more specifically the fire and ice zoos are they big?
thanks so much for the help i think i will get some and be patient.

 

[speg]

Fire and ice zoos arent big. They are called that because they are red/blue (thus fire/ice). The only 'big' zoos are like button polyps and similiar ones. Most normal zoos are very tiny.

 

[speg]

Here are some pics to help you get a idea of the size.
First pic are the zoos up close
Second they are normal size and you can compare by the other corals around them.
Third is a pic of button polyps (another type of zoos) which are quite large. You can see the size difference by the small zoos in the bottom right of the pic.

 

[cheapfish1]

cool ty i will definitly go buy some soon

 

[unleashed]

hey im in your area I use fish dr in canton best place in mich
everything in this tank came from fish dr it was set up on mothers day of this yr.accually everything on this tank from there too.they get great frags and great show peices.they even had this sump/fuge custom made for me.

 

[elvictre]

On a different note the yellow leather looks awesome. I can't seem to get one to surive the shipping. Very nice tank.
Vic