The Three Most Important Things for Bright Zoos

[slave-of-rock]

IMO:
1) Lighting. Like everyone else has said the higher spectrum bulbs bring out colors much more in zoas. I personally like the 20k, it really makes colors pop!
2) No chemical or mechanical filtration in my tank. I have a 90g tank with a 30 gallon DSP refugium that has been running strong for 3 years now. I also dose iodine, 3 drops every other day. My zoas have seemed to grow great ever sience I started doing this (15 or so months ago).
3) Flow. Most of my zoas are in med. flow. None are in direct, and none in extreme flow areas. Keeping most of your tank at this flow (I flip my tank 20 times an hour). GL with the zoas!
-Kyle Kaz

 

[surfnvb7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7349560#post7349560 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by slave-of-rock
I also dose iodine, 3 drops every other day. My zoas have seemed to grow great ever sience I started doing this (15 or so months ago).

what kind of iodine? do you have any links to any threads/articles that talk about dosing iodine?

 

[dwillingm]

Be careful if you decide to dose iodine, it is tricky to test for and easy to overdose.

This is a good article about dosing additives by Randy:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php

He advises against dosing iodine.

 

[ZoeReef]

Thanks Kyle. I'm going to buy an 20" actinic to suppliment what I have. I will read up on iodine. That is something I've not considered to this point. I know it's needs, and I've been adding a Calcium+3 (idoine, Stro..Mg) each week per bottle directions.

I would say that my zoas are in med flow Base

 

[OCDP]

Should be fine. IME zoos are very easy to care for. But if you want that little extra something in them, then it's good to follow what everyone suggests. When I say that little extra something, usually it's the growth speed, or the huge burst of colour in some zoos... tank conditions play a good role in that. But overall, zoos will thrive in a lot of mixed conditions, and IME after zoos adjust to an area of the tank, the growth and colour takes off. HTH.

 

[OCDP]

Should be fine. IME zoos are very easy to care for. But if you want that little extra something in them, then it's good to follow what everyone suggests. When I say that little extra something, usually it's the growth speed, or the huge burst of colour in some zoos... tank conditions play a good role in that. But overall, zoos will thrive in a lot of mixed conditions, and IME after zoos adjust to an area of the tank, the growth and colour takes off. HTH.

 

[ZoeReef]

It does. One of the things about being new to this is the lack of judgment. You don't know if it's bad, and if it is, how bad is it.

They are certainly alive, but look more like barnacle than brightly colored corals. Thanks