Some Zoa Pics from my tank :D

[rleechb]

Just a few pics I snapped tonight:

 

[reefturkey]

wow those blues look crazy.How did the get so long?

 

[rleechb]

no clue... I received a single polyp of them at a frag swap, after they grew out they developed those ridiculous skirts

 

[skeeter-doc]

very nice colors, have a FTS? what lighting on there? Do you feed them?

 

[beansandmia]

Very nice pic's!

 

[rleechb]

Thanks. I can post a fts later.

I don't feed them, directly, at least. I feed my fish a lot of cyclopeeze; sometimes the zoos catch some of it

 

[Don Lino]

rleechb, how is the flow?? High??

 

[rleechb]

Pretty high... the area that the blue zoas are in isn't all too high though.

 

[zhenjw]

What lighting do you use? Do zoas require MH or is flourescent lighting satisfactory?

 

[dc_909]

nice collection for sure

 

[rleechb]

I think you're get better growth out of T5's or MH's, but compact flourescents are satisfactory.

 

[WayneY]

SWEEEET!

 

[Myrddraal]

Nice skirts!

 

[650-IS350]

Ray, you gotta hook it up with those blues man. Are those the blue halos that was from Cwolfus, raddogz I think got something like that, but instead of just turning halo's the whole thing turned blue

CharlesV

 

[MUCHO REEF]

rleechb, if you are up to it, how about sharing some details about your tank. It would help an aweful lot of young reefers who might be curious about your Z's & P's.

Thanks.

 

[rleechb]

Sure, why not?

58g SPS dominated
20g sump
Octopus NW150 skimmer (modded w/ mesh)
Refugium
Phosban reactor
3 x 6045 Tunze Nanostreams
2 x 250w Iwasaki 14ks
2 x 39w T5 actinics (ATI blue plus and UVL super actinic)

Not much to as far as maintenance. A 5g water change every weekend (as long as I remember) along with a couple drops of Lugol's. I feed 5-6 times a day w/ cyclopeeze/mysis/nori. I think that's about it.

 

[Ritten]

rleechb, beautiful corals. You feed 5-6 times a day?

 

[ttantalizer]

Those are really beautiful. Did they all start from frags or did you buy large colonies?

 

[Slakker]

Your zoa's all have some long skirts...I wonder what it is that makes them grow out so long? Maybe your flow?

 

[rleechb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11144415#post11144415 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by delsol650
Ray, you gotta hook it up with those blues man. Are those the blue halos that was from Cwolfus, raddogz I think got something like that, but instead of just turning halo's the whole thing turned blue

CharlesV

Yep, they're from cwolfus. They grow slow.. I've had them for almost a year, I believe (started out as two polyps). We'll work out when I reach into the tank next

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11163245#post11163245 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ritten
rleechb, beautiful corals. You feed 5-6 times a day?

yep, I feed a pretty insane amount of food. I pour as much as I can into the tank, without causing nitrates/phosphates to rise. The fish and coral seem to respond well to it.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11163592#post11163592 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ttantalizer
Those are really beautiful. Did they all start from frags or did you buy large colonies?

I've never purchased a colony of zoos (for this tank, at least). Most of them grew out from a few polyps. It's part of the fun, at least for me

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11164017#post11164017 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Slakker
Your zoa's all have some long skirts...I wonder what it is that makes them grow out so long? Maybe your flow?

I could never put my finger on it. My zoos have always have really long skirts... could very well be flow?