Got zoas. Wanna thin the herd.

[kattz]

I got this big rock covered in zoas.  Most of them look like, well, boring tan.  But there's some large green ones and orange/red ones buried in the midst of the tan ones.  The tan ones shut the colored ones down every time they come out, so I want to move them to their own rock.  How do I remove the polyps safely and glue them onto something else without killing them?

Kev

[TechGuy]

I got this big rock covered in zoas.  Most of them look like, well, boring tan.  But there's some large green ones and orange/red ones buried in the midst of the tan ones.  The tan ones shut the colored ones down every time they come out, so I want to move them to their own rock.  How do I remove the polyps safely and glue them onto something else without killing them?

Kev

Pull the rock out, use a screw driver, or small chisel and dig under them. Live rock is pretty soft, shouldn't be too bad.