davinaster Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 I'm a little scared of these. What do they secrete? Will everything in my tank? lol http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...Item=4356123048 Link to comment
rbaby Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 LOL that's pretty funny...ask him ...he's got a nice collection of zoos though and because the frags are really small it's cheap. Except all his pics seem to be taken with actinics...shady ... Link to comment
TheCheat Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 wow! those might be tiniest frags in the whole world. totally worthless. ~B Link to comment
rbaby Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 eh, I don't mind them, I like tiny frags so that I can leave lots of room for growth...more chances that they grow on the LR I already have established than wasting space on the rubble. Besides, zoos grow fairly fast if they're happy. Link to comment
TimR Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Check out the shipping cost per frag, not much of a deal on these when for $20 per frag plus $40 for shipping I can buy something with a lot more on it locally. Link to comment
rbaby Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Even in Los Angeles, the zoo selection is pretty lame. If I were to buy from this guy, I would buy a frag pack or buy a lot of different colors so the $40 shipping isn't going to matter. I take everything into account that it will grow as I have every intention of taking good care of it...so even if I get 1 polyp of a color morph that I really want and it is in good health, I have no problems paying $20 for 1 zoo polyp...but that's just me. I don't really buy corals based on size, I buy them based on colors. Link to comment
shanebeall Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 If zoos sold for $20 a polyp, I probably wouldn't like them so much. Link to comment
davinaster Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 rbaby -- How old is your tank, and how have your zoas been growing? I really like your philosophy and would like to emulate it , but before I actually fork over the $100-150, I'd like to know that the colonies will actually spread. I've had a colony in my tank for about 6 weeks now that has reproduced, but not spread - ie, it's created more polyps, but the colony has grown taller, not wider. Is that weird? I fragged some of it off to see if giving it more room on the rock would make a difference, but... Link to comment
rbaby Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 just give it time Davin...my zoos from before I upgraded to my cube had 13w of lighting and it still reproduced. It was throwing polyps everywhere on the rock...now with my new lights...it is starting to develop more color. It used to be straight up brown, now it's developing more greens and yellows. I guess it differs with each zoo...I've seen some bud to a neighboring zoo, I've seen others grow on random parts of the rock. It helps when you don't sit there and count how many polyps you have . Next week I'm actually going to place an order for a handful of zoos, about 6, I can't wait . Link to comment
davinaster Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 I can't wait, either Post pics! Link to comment
rbaby Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 I shall ...I'm excited, they're beautiful zoos ...I got a couple from Tigah, pink ones and Safecrackers, I love 'em...they're so pretty, the Safecrackers are a deep deep red. I'll post a pic in a second. Link to comment
ronrevog Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Originally posted by davinaster I'm a little scared of these. What do they secrete? Will everything in my tank? lol http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...Item=4356123048 worthless unless you light your tank with neon blacklights! Link to comment
rbaby Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Here's the safecrackers, they're pretty small but I like them all the same ... Link to comment
davinaster Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 Do you mean the polyps are small? Because that's a good-sized colony... And they're beautiful, by the way. I need some red in my tank - I think I see red shrooms in my future Link to comment
Pinrod Urkish Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 My lfs sells polyp frags for $5. I buy them small and then they gggrrOOW! Link to comment
FAC_WNY Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 "He who sees things grow from their beginning shall have the finest view of them." Cheers, Fred Link to comment
EtOH_is_good Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 secret forest huh, i'd ask for a pic with lights other than just actinic. notice the blue. they might look very boring brown under daylight. Link to comment
davinaster Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 Fred -- I like that quote - who said it? (first I mean, besides you ) EtOH -- I have no intention of buying these - I was amused at the misspelling of the word "secret" turning it into "secrete" But I appreciate the advice, especially in "light" (get it?) of all of my recent questions about how to tell what they really look like. Link to comment
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