Neal's Zoa/Paly Pics...

[tyler91913]

Thank u :beer:

I have about 16 different zoas/palys... Some are actually not doin so hot since lowering my alk back down to high 6's dkh... So im bringing it back up to about 9, which seems to be a good medium... So we will see... Bam bams have not been doing well, and the last time I saw the which was yesterday morning, they were at their worst so far... That is when my alk was at its lowest... 6 before dosing it back up to about 7... But again, I'm gonna start keeping it at 9 and finally utilizing my dosing pump spaced out over 24 hours daily, with doses happening every 4 hours... I'm hoping the bam bams start doing better... But we will see... Fingers crossed... Those started at 2 polyps about 19 months ago... So it would be ashamed to see them jus disappear

Could you summarize your findings vis-a-vis Alk. and your zoas' reactions? The reason I ask is because I recently discoverd that my IO salt was seriously low in Ca, Alk, and Mg. and some of my zoas have been closed or only opening part-way for the past few months I've been using it. Here's the link to the thread with the details of how I figured it out and what I'm doing to correct it. Anyways, curious to know about your experience with Alk and troubleshooting zoa health.

 

[Pallobi]

Nice collection!

Thank you its had it's ups and downs... Its somewhere in the middle right now...

 

[Pallobi]

Clementines...

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[Pallobi]

My red people eaters bein fussy a few days back...

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[Pallobi]

Purple people eaters also having a bad morning the other day...

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[Pallobi]

Blues...

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[Pallobi]

What I beleive to be darth mauls, but I'm not quite sure as they haven't really opened up yet...

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[Pallobi]

Rose nebulas...

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[Pallobi]

Purple hornets coming around... As of yesterday...

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[Pallobi]

Same with the sunny d's... As of yesterday...

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[Pallobi]

And for now I'll finish up with a few nice iPhone pics of my red hornets... Nothing has been cropped...

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[A. Grandis]

I like those Purple Hornets.
Nice healthy zoas...

Grandis.

 

[Pallobi]

Added a small colony of pink and golds... Gonna take some time, but if they make it, I think they will turn out real nice... They were jus mounted to another larger plug in this pic, so they aren't too happy... This photo was from a few days back, they looked a little more relaxed today, but have a ways to go before they look as good as they did in the tank the came from... But I'm optomisitic, sometimes for zoas it's a real shock to be introduced to my system it seems... Some don't make it, some do great... Jus never know, lol...

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[Pallobi]

And a few polyps of Armor of Gods... from the same system as the ones above... Added the same day and also remounted to a larger base plug jus before this pic was taken at the same time as the one above... This pic is also from a a few days back at this point... And again, are gonna need some time...so with any luck

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[Pallobi]

Turned my purple people eaters 90 degrees to the right and cleaned up all the vermatid worms (I think they are called, could absolutely be wrong though)... I did this same thing to my orange bam bams the other day and my purple hornets a few weeks back... Both seem to be doing better as far as extension...

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[Pallobi]

My bam bams coming around finally... Still not sure though what's goin on or how they will do from here, but I'm optimistic...

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[Pallobi]

A short video of my new return inlet and jus to give u an idea of the kinda system turnover I have... I find the more flow through here, the cleaner the display stays of detritus... My return pump is a bit much for my display, a mag drive 9.5, but this is how I like to run my system... High flow, and high turnover, with oversized skimming...

 

[Pallobi]

A better pic of my newer pink and golds... Opening up a bit more...

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[Pallobi]

Purple people eaters lookin much more comfortable...

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[Pallobi]

Red people eaters...

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