What additives do you use on your ZOAS' tank?

[that Fish Guy]

Yeah, I recommend to get a nice skimmer for the zoa tank then.
Keep up with the partial water changes. I change 10% a week.
When you target feed you use only a bit of food. Only what the zoas will consume. Their guts aren't that big anyway...
You should be fine now with the ReefRoids.

Grandis.

The thing is is that it is only a 20 Gallon Tank and everyone told me that there is no need for a Protein Skimmer on anything under 40 Gallons.

They said that it is just easier to do big water changes to keep the tank clean.

So every week I change about 70 Percent of the Water.

 

[A. Grandis]

The thing is is that it is only a 20 Gallon Tank and everyone told me that there is no need for a Protein Skimmer on anything under 40 Gallons.

They said that it is just easier to do big water changes to keep the tank clean.

So every week I change about 70 Percent of the Water.

Post #22:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2395019

Grandis.

 

[Mael]

I have been using a basic mix for any smaller polyp coral lately which is half a cube of rotifer mixed with reef chilli or phytoplankton(2littlefishes) in half a cup of tank water. I then target feed with a baster by blowing a cloud around the coral with the PH off. After I am done target feeding I turn the PH and skimmer back on to circlute the last bit and remove any excess. The SPS, LPS and zoas all seem to like this a lot, great color and decent growth rates.

My candy canes, maxi mini and BTA all get larger food like mysis, brine, krill, ocean feast. a cpl acans are big enough to eat the larger food as well as some of my paly colonies. I dont worry about extra larger food in the tank as the fish and CUC take care of any extra. even my bristle worms come out and grab pellet food and any frozen food that hits the sand bed.

 

[A. Grandis]

I think that extra food would bring phosphates and nitrates up, but if you've got a good balanced nutrient control, with a stable maintenance schedule, that wouldn't be a problem.
:thumbsup:

Grandis.

 

[Mael]

yah 10% weekly changes helps a tiny bit, I also have 3 different macro algaes, sand and rock in my refugium which helps a little also. I think everyone can find a combination that works for them. My nitrates never go above 5 and while I havent tested for phos yet everything alive is very happy, even the new anenome. For me the combination was a decent live filter setup in the fuge, a good skimmer and good CUC and live filtration in the DT as well.

As I move more of my larger inverts to the fuge I may need to add more small ones to the DT, but at 50cents each janitor shrimp work very well...its actually fun to watch them try to eat a whole food pellet or mysis....dang cannibals =)

 

[kjamaya]

I fed large palys/zoas mysis shrimp and sometimes chopped clams. Smaller palys/zoas I use a small turkey baster one that you sometimes find in children medicine and target feed them. Using the small baster prevents me from over feeding.
I dose my tank with Salifert all in one and or sometimes Salifert calcium/alk.
I also add elos amino acids and pro skimmer.