zoa only tanks?

cilyjr

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does anyone have any full tank shots of a zoanthid only tank. i have a 40 breeder just laying around doing nothing and was thinking i might set it up.
 
i kinda do, mostly zoa's only there are some shrooms and a couple sps's i got last month which may end up in an sps only tank i might start.
 
i have a couple images here.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1279014


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geoxman...pics please......i need to be convinced that a zoa tank is the best way to go....maybe i should mention that i am gonna put an angler fish in. other than that i have no fish plans
 
i already have a 90 mixed reef....i have more room now in a new house.....i plan on doing a top down viewed anemone tank as well (in a few months).... i have a great wife that says that as long as i keep it downstairs she don't care what i build!!!! also i think keeping certain corals in separate systems limit the chemical warfare that will inhibit growth.... at first i was going to do an all SPS tank but there are about 1 million of them i decided to do something less done and zoa colors are really unmatched!
 
i was about to said to ask geoxman his tank is pretty awesome some really cool zoas where are you?????
 
Here's my 24 gallon nano cube before it cracked! Never will trust JBJ again... Loved the tank setup.

This was when it was first setup with larger to smaller frags from my bigger tank. 250 watt HQI phoenix with two 16 watt actinics.

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I have never had that problem. For me, even though I have two colonies next to one another growing they have never taken over another colony. I don't think that can happen? If it does I'd love to see pics of their mate growing over another.
 
I worry about quite a bit but have pretty much let nature take its course. I do some fragging and moving around but once another more invasive polyp encroaches on another and gets on the rock of the other polyp, I pretty much give up, as it is too much work.
If you start just a polyp dominated tank just keep a sharp eye on your more invasive polyps. Experience and trial and error will let you know with your system, as too which those are.
One other word of advice if you go forth with your idea, use rubble rather than plugs when buying frags. Some say they spread faster on a flat surface but I have not found that conclusive-plus they look a lot more natural when aquascaping.
I wish you the best of luck if you go forward with your new tank idea.
good luck
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1274521
 
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