Sharing some of my Zoa's & Paly's!

[PR_Reefers]

Hey guys... I've just started participating in the forum recently... so I thought I'd show off some of my polyps!!!
First 2 are my Favorites!!
Blue Agave PE

Armageddon morph

PPE's... this colony's been with me over 5 years!!

Green Magicians PE?

AOI's

this last polyps I can't figure out what they are!! if anybody can Id em lmk?

that's it for now... gotta save some for later... enjoy!!!:wave:

 

[MUCHO REEF]

Hello PR and welcome to the zoanthid forum. Feel free to make an intro in one of the two threads below. Not mandatory, just wanted to share it with you.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1983452

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1345903


Could you tell us more about your tank?

How old is your system?
What are your parameter in keeping those polyps so healthy, Alk, PH, Cal, Mag, Nitrates and Salinity?
Could you share your lighting scheme as well as I'm considering an upgrade with LED supplementation?
Is this a frag tank or is it a display tank that you are creating with frags?
Are you feeding those robust polyps or do you just have a good blue thumb

Anything else you can share that could help anyone looking in would be helpful and appreciated.

BTW, there's an ID subforum at the top of the page. Lots of people there who will gladly help with IDing the last pic for you. Just a friendly heads up as the mods have requested no ID's in the discussion forum.


Thanks for sharing.


Mucho Reef

 

[Tenor]

Nice looking zoas

 

[1Snapple]

Those are sweet. Especially those armagedons.

 

[Dre59]

I love the Blue Agave PE.. Good looking zoas

 

[mallorieGgator]

Nice stuff! What's the tank specs? Lighting? Depth of the zoas? Water parameters? Dosing?

 

[MUCHO REEF]

Nice stuff! What's the tank specs? Lighting? Depth of the zoas? Water parameters? Dosing?

I'm interested as well Mallorie.

 

[mallorieGgator]

Hmmm. Guess they disappeared mucho.

 

[PR_Reefers]

Hello..:wavehand: reefers... sorry for the delay in responding... you guys know how it is... amongst many things, this addicting hobby + I am also medical student ...sometimes I just find it difficult to keep up in these forums:spin2:...lol

Hello PR and welcome to the zoanthid forum.

Could you tell us more about your tank?

How old is your system?
What are your parameter in keeping those polyps so healthy, Alk, PH, Cal, Mag, Nitrates and Salinity?
Could you share your lighting scheme as well as I'm considering an upgrade with LED supplementation?
Is this a frag tank or is it a display tank that you are creating with frags?
Are you feeding those robust polyps or do you just have a good blue thumb


Thanks for sharing.


Mucho Reef

Thanks MUCHO for the kind approach... I will post in the intro forum also asap!!

and to answer some of those questions....

tank 46g bf tank, + 30 custom sump, tank cycle itself is 5 years old... however it was about a year ago I did a major upgrade and changed my tank concept focusing on sps, high end lps and some z/p
filtration
reefoctopus xpsss1000
werner marine bio-pellets
200micron filter sock
vortech mp10es(circulation)
lighting
4 t5HO
-1 giess aquablue plus
-2 giess actinic plus\
-1 giess tru actinic
Reefbrite Blue LED strip supplementation(highly recommend them!!:inlove
Params
KH-9
Cal-400-420
Mg-1200
ph-8.24max(day)7.95min(night)
Salinity-1.025
nit,phos.. and all others I try to keep and are usually undetectable with API test though:hmm2:

I feed my tank daily 1 or 2 cubes of various frozen food sometimes target but not mostly... plus I dose potassium, iodine, koralkolor, phols vitalizer... some other stuff!!


this is my display tank, it is positioned right in front of my bed... cant go to sleep without it...lol!!

like...I mentioned before I am a student and currently living of my loans so I try to propagate, trade sell, etc so I can afford this hobby:spin2:... this is why you see so many frag racks!!! lol... btw I'm thinking of downgrading soon.... yep to a 40breeder.. just like the tank more feels like more space... and + I'm tired of the bowfront...

hope this helps... i'll keep in touch!!!

 

[israel.kendall]

Curious why you don't like the bowfront? I have a 36 bow I was thinking of setting up as a reef, so if you'd fill me in on any negatives of bowfronts it would help me out, thanks.

 

[PR_Reefers]

Curious why you don't like the bowfront? I have a 36 bow I was thinking of setting up as a reef, so if you'd fill me in on any negatives of bowfronts it would help me out, thanks.

Initially it was the tank i wanted..i liked the magnifying effect when you look it at it from the distance...but over the years ive noticed that i spend quite some time with my forehead up against the glass...lol... and the bf distorts view in some angles this way! + its a pain to photograph! Hope this helps


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[PR_Reefers]

by the way here's some more pics...:spin3:!

 

[organism]

Nice retail-ready frag pics. Out of curiosity why did you post pictures of ready-made frags instead of the mother colony pictures you posted on r2r?

I mentioned before I am a student and currently living of my loans so I try to propagate, trade sell, etc so I can afford this hobby

oops, nevermind, didn't see that you'd answered my question already. Hope this thread goes as well for you as the classifieds one you have running on r2r. Thanks for bringing the r2r style threads over here though, much appreciated.

 

[1Snapple]

Those armagedons are absolutely incredible.

 

[PR_Reefers]

Nice retail-ready frag pics. Out of curiosity why did you post pictures of ready-made frags instead of the mother colony pictures you posted on r2r?



oops, nevermind, didn't see that you'd answered my question already. Hope this thread goes as well for you as the classifieds one you have running on r2r. Thanks for bringing the r2r style threads over here though, much appreciated.

well mostly the pics are of frags I am introducing into my tank!! but mainly i put these pics bc they are the best ones that come out rather than taking the pics when positioned in their tank placement due to the bowfront....!!

i don't get what you mean by bringing the r2r style threads? can you explain ? thanks!!

 

[organism]

well mostly the pics are of frags I am introducing into my tank!! but mainly i put these pics bc they are the best ones that come out rather than taking the pics when positioned in their tank placement due to the bowfront....!!

i don't get what you mean by bringing the r2r style threads? can you explain ? thanks!!

I don't see any pics in there of any frags that you're introducing into your tank, you posted mother colonies of them on r2r tons of times, the few you didn't post colony pics of came from bigger frags you posted pictures of over there. What I mean by r2r type threads are the hype style "look at my corals (that I just happen to have for sale)" and "here are some pics (of frags I just cut you should pm me)" by the way "I'm a medical student and sell to pay for the hobby (pm me for frags)" threads that are oh-so-common over there.

What you're doing isn't fooling anyone dude, this isn't a tank appreciation thread this is a product showcase thread, just wait until you have enough posts to sell in the classifieds like everyone else, or post your pictures in the zoanthids pictures sticky thread like everyone else. Look at all the other threads in the zoanthids forum, then look at yours, then look at the zoanthids hype extravaganza forum on r2r, you'll see what I'm getting at.

 

[PR_Reefers]

I don't see any pics in there of any frags that you're introducing into your tank, you posted mother colonies of them on r2r tons of times, the few you didn't post colony pics of came from bigger frags you posted pictures of over there. What I mean by r2r type threads are the hype style "look at my corals (that I just happen to have for sale)" and "here are some pics (of frags I just cut you should pm me)" by the way "I'm a medical student and sell to pay for the hobby (pm me for frags)" threads that are oh-so-common over there.

What you're doing isn't fooling anyone dude, this isn't a tank appreciation thread this is a product showcase thread, just wait until you have enough posts to sell in the classifieds like everyone else, or post your pictures in the zoanthids pictures sticky thread like everyone else. Look at all the other threads in the zoanthids forum, then look at yours, then look at the zoanthids hype extravaganza forum on r2r, you'll see what I'm getting at.

WOW... is it just me or are you coming on a bit aggressive?:furious: lol

Honestly what would you know bro what I am introducing in my tank?
btw the bigger colonies you saw on r2r is what I originally purchased of some I frag a piece for my tank and sell or trade the rest! not that it would concern you but fyi!!

have you seen me offering any or telling people to pm me? have you seen how long I've been a member?
don't you think if that was my priority I would've reached the goal by now???

sorry you don't like r2r and all their "hypeness"; btw before I thought you were being honest....but know I realize your just being lame!... who doesn't like to see nice pics of corals?? I mean I'm sure it would be frustrating if yours aren't doing as good but.... i'm sure many enjoy!

I know it might not matter to you but I am actually an md student like I said, I'm not trying to trying to fool anyone, and honestly I don't care what you think!... btw this actually isn't a tank appreciation thread... it's a z/p appreciation... if it was the tank's I would have included pics of my other corals also....if you don't like something dude, that's your bad.

fyi I am looking forward to being able to sell/trade with you guys ... SO WHAT?? looking forward to meeting new people... not make enemies

btw if for any reason I have done something against forum rules...it wasn't my intention & please let one of the forum admins contact me...otherwise:uzi ....i love this smiley..lol)

....:thumbdown to you for hating and talking more than what you know about!

 

[organism]

btw the bigger colonies you saw on r2r is what I originally purchased of some I frag a piece for my tank and sell or trade the rest!

And as I was pointing out, this thread is "the rest". There's a reason you posted pictures of the frags you just admitted you're selling instead of the mother colonies, it's harder to "showcase" mother colonies.

 

[Erik72]

Love the Armageddon morph

 

[PR_Reefers]

And as I was pointing out, this thread is "the rest". There's a reason you posted pictures of the frags you just admitted you're selling instead of the mother colonies, it's harder to "showcase" mother colonies.

haven't you thought I might not have mother colonies of everything? if you look in my tank pic the only z/p colonies 3, which you see are on the bottom right! and yes they are harder to showcase especially when you have a bowfront it's hard to take nice pics... which is why I bring the frags close to the surface to be able to take good pics!!! the ones I did have mother colony pic & I though received merit I posted ,the PPE"s, which I've had for a long time!!! I just started collecting other nice z/p's about 6 months ago!! and if what you are implying is if these are for sale... they are NOT... I actually only have 2 out of 8 kinds of the z/p in the pics I could sell/trade if somebody wanted so I think the odds don't favor your conclusions! i'm not sure what your point is... but never mind bro...I'm not looking forward to starting huge debate over this.... if you don't like that i'm sharing some of my corals mybad.