Scopus Tang
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Absolutely stunning . . . thank you for sharing!
Polyps Galore, 70+ Colony Zoa tank
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mrmikeasaurus
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all i can say is....WWWOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW
that is awesome...
that is awesome...
michael guenther
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vitamin
vitamin
First thanks all of you
I know all about the additives which is on the market
The challenge is to do it myself. Most of the materials are available for me. The question is how to mix them, in the fish food which I prepare, or in some liquid solution?
vitamin
Not only what, but when is the real question.
The zoas are fed a special blend of food (Well actually the whole tank is fed this stuff)
1 Whole Jar of this stuff
Also added into the mix was:
2 lbs Muscles
2 lbs Manilla Clams
15 Giant Shrimp
7 Large Oysters
4 Minced Carrots
1 Half Head Broccoli
1 Bottle Selcon
1 Bottle SeaChem Amino acid supplement
2 Bottles of Coral food soak
1 Half Bottle Reefroids
1 Half Bottle freeze dried phyto
Now here is the special part, I have no reaction at all with this food for a feeding response during the day. At night time it's a whole different story, unless you have moon lights they will stay shut so those are also important.
At around 1-2am I turn the return pump off, dial back the close loop and broadcast feed the whole tank. Let it sit until I wake up @ around 8:00am and then turn everything back on. I get a slight temp drop but nothing to large and then keep only the actinics on for the rest of the day.
The zoa tank is 65g it has only been running for about 2 months but I have owned most of the zoas before that point.
Thank you! Your kind words are like daggers to my Visa card, only makes me go out and buy more haha.
First thanks all of you
I know all about the additives which is on the market
The challenge is to do it myself. Most of the materials are available for me. The question is how to mix them, in the fish food which I prepare, or in some liquid solution?
i2as kass
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Wow greatly appreciated!!! Those other 2 are pretty packed full of some good info, would be happy to see either of the 3 in the mag.
Pending spousal approval grab the blender and dice to the finest.
RokleM
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That is a fantastic picture.
Gamepro_inc
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Ok so after reading this thread I have tried your method to see if I can get a system as gorgious as yours. before I didn't have moonlights just Actinic LEDs that stayed on till 10Pm now I added lunar LEDs that come on when the actinics go off. I have a Solana 34 mixed reef and a 10 gal zoe tank hooked in with the 34. So I waited till lights out dialed down the flow and fed a mix as close as I could get to your but of course with some variance and not near the volume b/c its a smaller system. the reactions were minimal only some of the zoes put out a film and most closed up after the lights went out. I guess my question is how long till they get used to the new method (was feeding at day time before) and could their reaction also be due to not ever having moon lights as well? Also in such a small system I worry about temp change so I didn't isolate from the sump I just dialed down the flow could this also be a problem, we have had some cold nights lately hear in florida. perhaps more time will tell I will update accordingly. Thanks in advance your tank looks great.
Tank2379
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Some actinic shots:
How did you get your Actinic shot with your camera like that?
i2as kass
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Thanks!
Oh believe me they are much better in person.
And nothing died :\.
I'm trying to breed my Onyx miss bar female with a regular male right now with no luck
, any pointers? You could always start up a little 10g dedicated zoa tank, cheap and you can see them much better.Haha, thank you! I'm sure i can wrestle something up right away here.
I'm down for giving away free frags every so often, good to have back up colonies in other peoples tanks. These things can be finicky some times.
Just takes a little time but the best part is watching them grow, my tank is already full, upgrade time haha.
Glad your all enjoying it at least my addiction is making everyone happy
.I was trying to capture the silhouette of the acros against the glass and The Red Baron just decided be his usual attention loving self. Agreed, wicked photo :thumbsup:.
That's Calgary
, I would much rather be laying on a beach in Florida right now (How are those pristine white beaches for you anyways?).If your going to keep the main tank circulating with the sump just make sure your filter sock and skimmer are taken off for the night. The solona makes for a perfect zoa tank, just take it slow like your doing. Everything takes time to get accustom to the new regime (especially your bacteria cycle, to much to fast can crash a tank). You should find over a couple months that the zoas are more receptive to feeding at night time, just make sure you either have the lights on every night or on a lunar cycle (Uniformity and consistency are majorly important here).
Dark room (Taken at night) with 4 actinic + 39W T5's + 2 50W lunar strips and the underwater case.
JustClownin
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Fantastic tank and read. Thanks for sharing with us.
i2as kass
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The camera has an underwater setting which allows me to change my Red/Blue balance, this is with it cranked all the way to the red (Which tones down the blue a bit surprisingly. Not 100% sure of all the settings, 1/8 shutter, 4:3 5Mb, its a wicked point and shoot.
