Zoas and SPS

[salmon alley]

Please forgive my ignorance. I've done quite a bit of reading on the boards, but the search function is constantly 'disabled', and I haven't been able to find a good answer to this:

Can Zoas be kept with SPS corals?

I know, I know...there are TONS of "SPS" type corals with varying care requirements and likely a similar variation in care requirements for Zoas. BUT specifically, how do Zoas tolerate the 'typical' high light and high flow environments that many SPS seem to thrive in?

Feel free to point me to a good reference and I won't bother you no more...

 

[bobafett]

The problem with keeping the two together is that SPS like pristine water conditions to thrive and Zoas prefer dirtier water to thrive. There is no happy medium. You need to decide whether you want colorful SPS and dull zoos or vice versa.

 

[JGoslee]

I disagree. Zoa's will thrive in most conditions and do quite well in pristine water. I think I have pretty good growth and colors in my zoa's and palys and my tank is mostly sps.

 

[JGoslee]

 

[JGoslee]

 

[LoudProudNPunk]

the mans got a point...

 

[salmon alley]

Wow... impressive zoas. Are you running any actinic supplementation over your tank or strictly MH?
Which ballast are you using to drive the bulbs?

 

[JGoslee]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10263169#post10263169 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by salmon alley
Wow... impressive zoas. Are you running any actinic supplementation over your tank or strictly MH?
Which ballast are you using to drive the bulbs?

I'm using Icecap ballasts for both MH and T5. I have 2-250watt de 14k Phoenix with 2-39watt superactinics.

 

[aquarius77]

I see the zoas but how do your sps look?

 

[taithao35]

wow, I love that nuclear green colony. I hope my 2 polyps frag will turn into that big colony soon.

 

[ct_vol]

Jesse~ Show off... lol Nice pics as usual... How many Armagedons you have now???

taithao~ Yours will after a short while... I started with 2 polyps of NG's in January, and now have over 20... They grow rediculous fast...

And back on topic, IMO zoas and SPS can get a long... You just have to find the different types that thrive under the same conditions... I have 3 colonies of SPS in my zoa dominated tank that thrive and do well, and I have probably 6 or so colonies of zoas in my SPS dominant tank that do fantastic...

Some people have problems with zoas that grow really fast in their SPS tank, to the point where the zoas overgrow their SPS... These are the people that get on here and ask to buy our Zoa Nudis... Just goes to show that an apple tree in the middle of a corn field is still considered a weed... All depends on what your after to propagate...

 

[lfduty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10264691#post10264691 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquarius77
I see the zoas but how do your sps look?

If you look you will see 2 of his sps's I See them and they look pritty good to me i have the same in my tank sps's and zoas and lps's

 

[JGoslee]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10264691#post10264691 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquarius77
I see the zoas but how do your sps look?

 

[JGoslee]

 

[JGoslee]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10265564#post10265564 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ct_vol
Jesse~ Show off... lol Nice pics as usual... How many Armagedons you have now???

I started with 2 polyps about 2 months ago now I'm up to about 7.

 

[aquarius77]

WOW! absolutly fantastic SPS collection, id love to see that tank in person. Excellent photos of your obviously very healthy mixed reef.

Awesome stuff, just spectacular!

 

[ct_vol]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10266380#post10266380 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JGoslee

I started with 2 polyps about 2 months ago now I'm up to about 7.

I'm up to 4 polyps of Armageddons now... Had them about a month...

And I'm diggin' these two SPS... Probably because they're the two I don't have and would like...

 

[salmon alley]

So you're saying that Zoas and SPS can be successfully kept together?

(yes, I'm being facetious)

unbelievable sps color btw...

 

[lfduty]

That's what hes saying