can / should these be removed?

I picked up this zoa colony last week in a package deal and i'm worried about these large white polyps. They seem to be blocking the light of some MUCH nicer looking zoanthids, is there any way to remove / frag them?



Thanks.

~Will.

 

Looks like there bases would be a little hard to get at. If you can get at the bases you can scrape/cut them off the rock and superglue them onto a new rock or plug.

 

Depends on how they grow. Some grow on a mat, some don't. Easiest way for either is to simply take out the rock, set it on a good solid floor, and break aprt the rock with a hammer and chisel. If they are growing on a mat, you can pull up the mat, cut it, and then move, a lot like GSP's. But the white ones, I am guessing are individuals and the greens are probably on a mat. It might be easier to move all the greens.
For individual polyps, you're going to need some tools, like a scalpel, good pair of diagnal cutters, tweezers, and glue. Take the scalpel and cut the polyp as close to the rock as possible. then move and glue to new location. The cuts have to be good, or you will fail. If you see a brown goo come out, dont even bother going farther, its dead. Means you cut too high up.

*** Whenever fragging zoos/palys, it needs to be done in a separate container, in a quiet room away from children and pets, and done while wearing gloves and eye protection. These corals contain a palytoxin, which is easily one of the most toxic naturally occurring poisons know to science. Make sure to wash all tools, containers, and yourself THOROUGHLY after fragging.***

 

wow, fragging sounds like a major bio hazardous pain . . . could I treat them like aiptasia and inject a kalk mix with no ill effects on the other zoas?

~Will.

 

Cut em off and send em to me
They do cover up some nice Zoa's

 

I have a really nice exacto knife set with a bunch of different blades . . . is it as simple as cutting out the palys, getting the mat / base up and re-mounted to some rubble? I have watched a few fragging tutorials on youtube but they were mainly about cutting the whole rock / colony up.

I'm not as concerned with saving the palys as I am giving the nice zoa's some room to breathe.

~Will.