A new pickup!!

[wrasseguy2]

i got these zoas yesterday and they did not look this nice at the store but were under bad lighting..i got 3 pieces around the same size..i had to frag off a nice size mushroom that was on there as well...and it is pretty sweet color too..but here are the new zoas...any ideas on placement??? thanks for any help on that

 

[chris0942]

nice polyps
i would put them middle to high.

 

[geoxman]

the Colt fan is almost correct. I would go HIGH-these fall under the light/blue/white color and that is on of the first colors to dissipate in the water column, any deeper and they will fade. Nice polyps either way! good luck with them

 

[wrasseguy2]

thanks geo i was hoping you would chime in..once acclimated i will start to move them up..i have a spot that i made room for the other day that will fit in just fine...thanks again

 

[rsteagall]

Aren't those Evil Mel's Green Skirts?

if so...They grow well and look good anywhere in the tank. I have them low/med/high. Its all good whereever.

Here are mine low:

 

[wrasseguy2]

the look close to yours rsteagall..what kind of lighting do you have your under???..i have 2 150w 14ks with 95w compacts. and plan to keep mine up high

 

[rsteagall]

I believe that pic was taken under 2x96W PC 10k and actinic.

I'm just saying that I don't think its absolutely necessary to keep them high. save the high space for the sps

 

[wrasseguy2]

well i don't keep any sps any more so i am not worried about room for them. but thanks for your thoughts

 

[geoxman]

I would put most zoanthids up higher than SPS anyway--they are deeper water coral for the most part, SPS.
IMHO

 

[rsteagall]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11710757#post11710757 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by geoxman
I would put most zoanthids up higher than SPS anyway--they are deeper water coral for the most part, SPS.
IMHO

Most people do the opposite of this.

 

[mixed_reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11713801#post11713801 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rsteagall
Most people do the opposite of this.

I am one of those, for good reason. Most any zoo/paly i have put in sps light have receded and the polyps get extremely small on those that make it, growth slows to nothing.

 

[wrasseguy2]

wow alot of my zoas that i have put in higher light has took off on growth and the color has got better..i do have a few that i keep on the bottom or shaded area that seem to hold better color that way and grow better..but for the most part most of my zoas are up high

 

[geoxman]

Most people do the opposite of this

and they might be misplacing their corals. I keep most of my polyps under (2) 250w DE 14K Phoenix PFO and none less than 8 inches under the water surface. The PFO pendants are about 12 inches off of the surface. i use to keep them under a 400w lumenarc 20K XM on an M59 but the spread was not enough. I would place any of my polyps under 1/4 inch of the surface before I would any of my SPS. IMHO and I have pretty good luck with the lighting.

I am going back to the 400W lumenarc with VHO in the very near future. This will be on a 10 inch deep tank. good luck.

 

[geoxman]

wow alot of my zoas that i have put in higher light has took off on growth and the color has got better.

because most are found in shallow waters. I do not think I have ever seen an SPS in shallow--I have only looked about 10 times. Most SPS are deeper in less nutrient rich waters. IMO

 

[wrasseguy2]

that is what i have always seen when i have been diving that zoas are in very shallow water alot of times there are out of the water on low tide

 

[compulsivebasta]

those are some good looking zoas

 

[skydragon]

so colorful zoas

 

[650-IS350]

nice Burple color.

 

[LoudProudNPunk]

i think geoman has a good point, even though alot of people think im crazy for doing it i have a 400watt halide for my zoanthid dominated 45 gal tank.

works well for me when i put them higher up. although i do not see problems when they go lower in the tank as well.

 

[jabis96]

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