Top 10 Zoanthids for a Reef Tank

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In this video we take a look at the top 10 zoanthids for a reef tank. Whether you're just starting a saltwater tank or looking to turn it into a full reef, this video covers the most beautiful zoas available in the reef aquarium hobby.
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10: Darth Maul Zoa
9: WWC Forbidden Fruits Zoanthid
8: Lunar Eclipse Zoas
7: Rising Sun Zoa
6: WWC Halle Berry Zoanthids
5: WWC Purple Monsters Zoas
4: WWC Superstar Zoanthid
3: WWC Scrambled Eggs Zoa
2: WWC Twizzlers Zoa
1: AOI Zoanthid
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@jjlee0430 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool video, thanks! Looking to try and get a couple of these that you listed!

@diazreefaquarium5980 6 жыл бұрын

awesome zoas,my first coral was a zoanthid they sure make a reef tank look amazing 👌🏼

@elMaJ0R1 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid!!!! Keep them coming!!

@ianjeanes8835 6 жыл бұрын

Great videos once again , Iam learning so much so ty 👍

@fishysnowman9082 6 жыл бұрын

Sweet video. Love Zoa’s just getting into them. 👍👍

@jussless2834 6 жыл бұрын

Great list I got some scrambled eggs last week absolutely love them

@mikemerrill1242 6 жыл бұрын

Love zoas! Great vid!

@brendanfernandez5699 6 жыл бұрын

I’m going zoa crazy too! You actually named my favorite zoa, #9!

@cck809 6 жыл бұрын

Timely video before my new nano finishes cycling, love these vids!

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

I’m going to get back into zoas this spring.

@paulschaibly980 3 жыл бұрын

Great info on zoos. I will start with those.

@MadHattersReef 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@joeljanides1925 6 жыл бұрын

I love Zoa’s. New to reefing so of course I’m loading up on these. My favorite so far are green purple eaters. Just picked up a frag of 10 polyps for $5. Love my local fish store. Thanks for your input on them.

@carmenmacias527 Жыл бұрын

I am a beginner. I am a newbie and I’m learning a lot from you guys. Thank you.

@MadHattersReef Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@joedansereau381 4 жыл бұрын

good video keep them coming. good reefing

@dubsydabster 6 жыл бұрын

Great list! Scrabbled eggs are easily my favorite. Fast growers in my tank.

@howiedoin582 6 жыл бұрын

Awsome vid !!!really good choices I gotta get on some of these corals!!

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@revo9918 6 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what the names all are but that’s why I watch you. 😂 great Top 10 and precaution reminder for newbies like me and my friends. We thank you!

@jameshaskin5938 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Jeff I love your channel. I am starting a saltwater tank and I get loads of advise from your channel.

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for dropping me a line. Let me know if you need any help.

@AmericanReefing 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Love zoa's.

@kkrishna9791 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Helpful to beginners like us. Very informative

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@drew-shourd 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, great pics bro. With so many bad ass zoas out there, a person could make a one hour video and still miss some. It is 10/17/2020 and I just ordered to small zoa colonies from WWC....Blue Eyed girls and some Space Queens...they are both so amazing....google those bad girls...hehehe

@Moreysreef 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video dude! Love those blue zoas!

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

I love blue zoas too.

@linneastevens2228 6 жыл бұрын

This dude is honestly so helpful jeez

@lisadimercurio9473 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. I’m definitely addicted to zoas. Bought 3 polyps if scrambled eggs for I think $20.

@MU-xh8fu 6 жыл бұрын

I got rid of most of my Zoas recently, I was getting tired of them.....UNTIL you made this video. Now I need some of the number 1s at least.

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

I’ve gotten away from zoanthids for years but I’m thinking about getting some high end ones for the 220 gallon.

@marioflores9450 6 жыл бұрын

Great videos!!

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@beth-rg8bm 6 жыл бұрын

I love your videos!

@jeremycandileri8387 6 жыл бұрын

All 10 are my favorite. So hard to choose from! 🤯

@karennation3580 2 жыл бұрын

I got me a frag of halle berry today! I love any coral that is pink! I was bidding on WWC on ebay and on your new video you mentioned aoi so I won the bid on some of them. Not that impressed at all. If it had a bright skirt then it would be amazing espially since you dont see many blues in reef tanks! I also picked up scrambled eggs because I have no yellow ones and they are beautiful for yellow, much nicer then kind midas! I also got another rasta because mine died in a crash a while back along with my sunny d's so I picked some of those up as well! I bid on one of their auction just because I couldt find a neon green stemmed duncan and i ended up winning 17 corals! haha. I would say I got carried away! I live in Florida so shipping is only 20 bucks plus they let me hold order for a week and participate in the following weeks auction so thats why I got so many!

@derekcontreras7494 6 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video! Will definitely get some WWC zoas!!

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

When you buy straight off the website you pay a little more. Try to find one of their live sales on Reef2Reef you’ll save some money. Hint, hint they are have one towards the end of the month.

@derekcontreras7494 6 жыл бұрын

Mad Hatter's Reef -awesome I appreciate the tip!!

@kingsize986 6 жыл бұрын

Haven't gotten my Zoas addiction going yet but after watching this video I'm definitely ready to take the plunge

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

The are a beautiful addition to any reef tank.

@robertmccreary4749 6 жыл бұрын

In my opinion you should buy zoas based on what you like. They grow fairly fast, so this months hot zoas is next week's ten dollar frag

@liambrewster6399 6 жыл бұрын

I love your videos

@bradtanksley5109 6 жыл бұрын

Crazy cool Zoas wish I had the money to buy all of those

@edwardwells5864 3 жыл бұрын

1,2,3 and 5 are the only ones you mentioned that I would buy. Cant believe Utter Chaos, Rasta's or Fruitloops wasnt on the list!

@MadHattersReef 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe next time!

@williamarden5441 3 жыл бұрын

Zoas have always been my favorite coral

@cross36 6 жыл бұрын

I love this list

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Etmanning 6 жыл бұрын

I just got a plug of African steel Zoas yesterday ~25 polyps for $20 what a buy :)

@BahamaLlamaCoral 6 жыл бұрын

I won a Superstar polyp during Fragtoberfest 2017 - grew 8 polyps in 4 months before I fragged it! SOOOOOooo it's a good investment and they are fast growers!

@kashbrown603 2 жыл бұрын

I can recognize the voice anywhere good to see you at Coral Farm today

@pokeyh1979 6 жыл бұрын

Liked your zoa picks...

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks and thanks for watching!

@mikesenuty7162 6 жыл бұрын

Great list, I think the twizzler should have been number 1, I thi k I'm in love. Too many strange names to remember. We just say this one or that one.

@oarrom 6 жыл бұрын

Epic!!!

@chriswade7506 6 жыл бұрын

I got aptasia killer on my mushroom and it curled up and put out white strings.did I kill it?

@MrThereeferspecialis 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a difference between polyps and Zoa I appreciate your response thank you love you videos

@MadHattersReef 2 жыл бұрын

Zoa are zoanthids, polyps can also mean zoanthids (also, LPS, SPS, corallites) but is often used to loosely in the hobby.

@brandonn5371 6 жыл бұрын

Love crazy named zoas!! WWC has a beautiful one named Wanna be RPE zoanthids!

@beth-rg8bm 6 жыл бұрын

I love the scrambled egg Zoanthid!

@aarond.4275 6 жыл бұрын

How could you not include Rasta and Utter Chaos zoas!? those are may favs

@brandonezdoofenshmirtz2916 4 жыл бұрын

I think utter chaos are palys

@drew-shourd 3 жыл бұрын

probably cause this is a video he made about his favs....we'd all love to see your video....

@govtmule611 4 жыл бұрын

I got a colony of like 80 zoos, gorgeous, for $80 bucks here in Daytona. And in a few weeks polyps died, got algae, fell off, shriveled. I still have maybe over 40 polyps that look killer. I manually feed using FUEL and some zooplankton. If I brush these half dead algae covered polyps, will the rest of the colony grow back? It came on a palm sized rock.

@yes2water750 6 жыл бұрын

Same, got a soft spot for anything blue.

@BorealisOffroad 6 жыл бұрын

I like the Void Zoas from Tidal Gardens. Only $35 for a handful of polyps!

@sergiocastellanos8503 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@tessmacapagal5015 6 жыл бұрын

Looking at the WWC and just looking at the name of the all Zoanthids the weird is “Goochster” . Are all these Zoanthids need to be in 250 gallons?

@beaubaker4222 2 ай бұрын

I bought some rastas yesterday and dipped them but when they started opening in my tank the middle of the polyps last all color and pretty much turned black. Any idea? Thanks

@MadHattersReef 2 ай бұрын

What did you dip with and how long?

@chrishedrick6433 6 жыл бұрын

I loved the number two pylop some of those I've seen cheeper,just saying others are so pricey

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

WWC has higher prices but they are probably one the top 5 dealers in the US. They often have epic sales throughout the year where you can grab corals for way under retail price.

@JyB818 6 жыл бұрын

I'd like to do a garden of these in the bottom of my 75. Is that possible? Or will they fight with each other. I'm thinking of something that would look like a field of wild flowers if that makes sense.

@ScottM 6 жыл бұрын

Nice zoas Jeff but some are expensive. Putting them out of my budget.

@artificialecosystems5874 5 жыл бұрын

I’m buying a 5 headed frag of sunny d’s for 10$ and a 2 headed blue hornet for 10$, is this a good deal? Also this is Canadian dollars

@mrclean8049 5 жыл бұрын

I like the plain old palythoa’s that are huge

@tokyblaze6047 3 жыл бұрын

So dangerously btw I have a four little green dots lazer green I only see little cylinders with a dot in the middle does this sound like zoeanthids or palythoas Also zoanthids are they as toxic if u just keep like 4

@tokyblaze6047 3 жыл бұрын

Also they are brown coloured on the bases they look like little tunnels with a green dot

@davidbarata4997 6 жыл бұрын

I'm torn between eagle eye zoanthids @ $25 and illuminati zoanthids @ $140 for single poly. Both are incredible :D

@josharmenta3131 6 жыл бұрын

That AOI is a stunner! I can’t keep zoas in my system, my Klein’s turns into a pig and eats them all.

@KingAdeft 6 жыл бұрын

Emperor Zoas look fliping amazing and go for $2000+ I don't know who would spend that much but, I would love to have some if they were cheaper. They are not my favorite though because they are so $$. I like utter chaos zoas. They look cool and are affordable for how good they look.

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Sweet, never heard of the emperor zoas. Often things start out high in price and them come down over time. Thanks for sharing!

@The_reel_archer 6 жыл бұрын

Those twizzler zoas are freakin sweet I want them now lol

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

They are pretty awesome.

@zacharyscott1264 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been told that placing Zoas on the sand will hinder their expansion, growth and they often won’t grow out passed the frag plug..?? Is this true.

@xM3THOD1x 6 жыл бұрын

time to go shopping for zoas

@liamstewart6271 6 жыл бұрын

The Adonis is pretty weird and averagely costs 200 but my favorite was by far the superstar. I really want to see a super colony of that one

@brandonplank4233 4 жыл бұрын

What does AOI stand for?

@xanderwhite6924 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. You said blue mouths with green skirts or green skirts with blue mouths

@beth-rg8bm 6 жыл бұрын

I have to download this...no choice...must have......

@henrynoma560 6 жыл бұрын

At a local frag swap I bought a 4 polyp zoa for 25 which the guy that was selling it called it the legally blonde Zoa because of its pink mouth and yellowish skirt

@JosephMartin 6 жыл бұрын

my lfs triton marine aquaculture has some awesome zoas for cheaper online. wwc imo is on the expensive side

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Not as high as much as the superstar zoanthid but is still high. You’re much better off to support your LFS when ever you can but WWC has really good sale throughout the year.

@reyrodriguez8055 6 жыл бұрын

Luckily 2 of my favs are affordable Fire & Ice Zonathids and Fruit Loops.

@wombraider091 6 жыл бұрын

I don't have zoas but I'm sold now lol I understand they do best in as little flow as possible is that true?

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Medium flow is best for zoanthids. Just like most corals they need flow to keep debris off them as well as push waste away and bring nutrients in.

@toddresek5858 6 жыл бұрын

My favorite is the Green bay packers Zoa from WWC

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

They are a classic, thanks for stopping by🙂

@toddresek5858 6 жыл бұрын

Mad Hatter's Reef No problem, great content!!

@KreefAquariumhobby 6 жыл бұрын

Verry Nice corals!

@BillyPipes 6 жыл бұрын

I just got scrambled eggs zoas for $35 a frag and had 6-7 polyps on it😵

@BillyPipes 6 жыл бұрын

chrisd925 lazys frag house. I did an unboxing video on my order about a week or so ago

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

😮

@Collins811 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah the store I work at just sold some for 65 and had about 13 polyps. We knew what they were just don't care much for em

@Airbunnie11 6 жыл бұрын

Does anyone have any idea why zoas do not survive in my tank. I have other more sensitive corals ie. plate coral, candy canes, Duncan’s, etc and they are thriving. However, I can never maintain zoas. They always dwindle very thin, then they die. Any advice?

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Do you dip your corals?

@Airbunnie11 6 жыл бұрын

Mad Hatter's Reef always

@leahfunk5270 6 жыл бұрын

I loved the $200 superstar, but if never be able to afford it lol

@Richfxx 5 жыл бұрын

Instead of latex recommend nitrile they are a little more expensive but don’t leach anything and are allergy safe they are the blue black or purple gloves you would see at a doctors office or hospital they also come in pink and orange but that’s less common

@annef2111 6 жыл бұрын

My LFS had a 2-3 polyp darth maul for $169.

@Leigh33 6 жыл бұрын

I love zoas and have many varieties but none of these 10 lol

@itsadino5806 6 жыл бұрын

I've got some called Utter Chaos that I can't get to grow on my overflow for the life of me

@jr8688 6 жыл бұрын

Honestly never heard of the superstar til this vid,bout dropped my phone when I seen the $199 price tag for single polyp

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Lol. Yeah that price is a little hard to swallow.

@atfinthehouse8631 6 жыл бұрын

Just an FYI, it isn’t infected with palytoxins, it is a poison not an organism. It is exposure. It is a very potent neurotoxin. Use gloves, face shields, clean surfaces exposed very carefully. If fragging in tank, run carbon and do water change right afterwards.

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for keeping me in line and great tips!👍🏻

@aldwinpabon5186 6 жыл бұрын

👍

@mrclean8049 5 жыл бұрын

I saw live aquaria was selling darthmaul for 100$, it was a colony

@kristopherlandmeier2740 6 жыл бұрын

I love zoanthids. I'm not that creative. My favorites are orange bambams.

@cubanreefer1582 6 жыл бұрын

I haven’t been able to keep them alive, I don’t see any pest to eat them but is always the same they star good and eventually start closing and never opened again.

@gsander4837 6 жыл бұрын

I’m partial to the blues myself

@richiebag6072 6 жыл бұрын

No utter chaos? Still looking to grab some for myself.

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Not sure they had any available when I was on their site. They are gearing up for a big sale at the end of the month on Reef2Reef.

@80660018 6 жыл бұрын

Every single one of those zoa from wwc is over price.I can find them at my LFS for 10-$20 for a frag,then again what did i expect from wwc when they sell green slimmer for $79.Too many fanboy out there

@opethmike 5 жыл бұрын

Are those aquacultured though?

@amandamarie8602 6 жыл бұрын

Definitely have to go with the Green Bay Packer zoas ringing in at $29. GO PACK GO!!! :)

@kenpacheco4426 6 жыл бұрын

I have one of the top 10 in my tank. The others are ok but too expensive for my budget

@johan3ISF 6 жыл бұрын

Latin Lovers are my favorite bought some for $75 had six polyps on it

@MadHattersReef 6 жыл бұрын

Nice...

@andrewborin3135 6 жыл бұрын

Laser Lemon zoas from WWC $55.00 Blue Zoas all day long!

@Sylvania-Frenchies 6 жыл бұрын

Insane prices for zoas

@seattleflyboard3807 3 жыл бұрын

Most of us have heavily blue tint to our lighting in reef tanks to increase glow......those blue Zoas are not impressive under this kind of lighting. You actually have to look close to even see them....using Radion Gen5 blue