BoCoMo's Zoa & Paly Dominated 40

bocomo · May 6, 2013

Most recent FTS (of course it's already different by now haha)

The Details:

Zoa dominated mixed reef (ULNS with SSB)

Stand - DIY waterproofed inside, stained outside
Rock - Pukani dry rock
Substrate - Fiji Pink & Crushed Coral
Salt - Seachem Reef Salt
DIY Sump houses skimmer & all reactors
GFO reactor, Carbon/Purigen Reactor
Zeolites
Lights - 27" 160w 16,000k Maxspect Razor
Skimmer - Reef Octopus 6" in sump outflow into filter stock to reduce bubbles
Overflow - 3, 1" drain bulkheads using "bean animal" system (internal overflow), into filter sock, quiet one 3000 to 3/4" return to loc-line (sump will flow 400gph)
Waterflow - 400 gph from sump return through 2 loc-line returns, 2 Tunze 6015 (475 gph each), 1 Tunze 6045 (400 to 1,100 GPH) mounted in a Sea Sweep

Stocking:

Zoas: (usually I get names from sellers so some of these may not be accurate/common name)
Atomic Eagle Eyes
Whammin Watermelons
Mystery Zoa #1
Mystery Zoa #2
Mystery Zoa #3
Mystery Zoa #4
Mystery Zoa #5
Mystery Zoa #6
Tubbs Blue
Orange Dot Zoa's
Yellow Camo People Eaters
Armor of GOD's
BamBam's
Ultra Peach Rainbow 'Vice Zoas'
Rainbow Shaman 'Vice Zoas'
Joker 'Vice Zoas'
Ultra Pangaea 'Vice Zoas'
Gold Melt 'Vice Zoas'
Miami Vice 'Vice Zoas'
Copper-Magenta Shaman 'Vice Zoas'
Purple Denim 'Vice Zoas'
Ultra Aqua Fresh 'Vice Zoas'
Rastas
Tiger Tails
Pink Zippers
Candy Apple Red
Gobstoppers
Magicians
God of war
Fire & Ice
Green Dragon Eye
Nuclear Green Paly
Sunny D's
Silver-Skirted Ectoplasm 'Vice Zoas'
Purple-Ringed Blue Eyed Zombie 'Vice Zoas'
Halcyon 'Vice Zoas'
Firecracker
Keds Red
Dragonfly
Red PE
Creamsicle
Sunny Side Up
Strawberry Patch
Solar Flare
Pumpkin Patch
Lemon Head
Green Bay Packers
Bubblicious
Chocolate Mint
Apple Berry
Firecracker
Deep Water Horizon
Nuclear Yellow Palys
Aqua Prop
JF Bella Blue

Others:
Rose-Pink w/ Purple Center Ricordea
Ultra Pink-Orange w/ Neon Aqua Skirt Ricordea
Lavender Clove Polyps
Green Mushroom
Blue Ochtodes

Fish, Etc...
Blue Damsel
Cinnamon Clown
Yellow Wrasse
Orchid Dottyback
Hermits & Snails

Current Dosing/Feeding:

Daily:

â€¢ Brine Shrimp, Reef Crack and/or Various Flakes & Pellets for the Fish
â€¢ Felt Filter Sock Change
â€¢ Shaking of the Zeolites
â€¢ ZeoVit System - Coral Snow
â€¢ ZeoVit System - Sponge Power

Monday:
â€¢ Seachem Reef Plus
â€¢ MarineSnow

Tuesday:
â€¢ Seachem Reef Complete
â€¢ Cyclops-eeze & Reef Chili - Target fed with current off, soaked in selcon first

Wednesday:
â€¢ Vitamin C
â€¢ ZeoVity System - ZeoBak
â€¢ ZeoVit System - ZeoFood
â€¢ Zooplankton

Thursday:
â€¢ Seachem Calcium

Friday:
â€¢ Reef Roids - Target fed with current off

Saturday:
â€¢ Red Sea Coral Color A

Sunday:
â€¢ Elos Aminos
â€¢ Water Change & Test

Monthly:
Reactor Media Change

Thanks for looking!

bocomo · May 6, 2013

I'm trying to get better at taking pics with the iphone. I think I need to make a frag rack so they can sit for a bit before I take the pic (or a tube to get the phone right down there next to them) because they were irritated when I picked them up and not extended out like they normally are.

What are your tricks for good pics?

jm23 · May 6, 2013

Looks great!

joshporksandwich · May 6, 2013

Very nice. Do you have pictures of your sump setup?

Tenor · May 6, 2013

Very nice looking paly.

revhtree · May 6, 2013

Great tank and corals!

reid429 · May 6, 2013

A zeo system is best suited for Sps. IMO your wasting money on that stuff for zoas and palys. They love dirty water

bocomo · May 7, 2013

jm23 said:
Looks great!

Thanks!

joshporksandwic said:
Very nice. Do you have pictures of your sump setup?

Sure! Not much to look at though.

Tenor said:
Very nice looking paly.

Thanks! Not near as nice as some of yours, Maria's, Darwin's or Josh's but you guys have given me the sickness and now I am working on a large frag tank now as this obsession is starting to spill out of my 40

revhtree said:
Great tank and corals!

Appreciate it!

reid429 said:
A zeo system is best suited for Sps. IMO your wasting money on that stuff for zoas and palys. They love dirty water

I disagree as everybody seems to be thriving and the colors of some of the same frags seem to be more vivid in my tank than in friends thanks but that is one of the things I love about this hobby; there are many ways do do things. Plus I am sure there are many ways I am going to waste money in this hobby, hahaha! (I have two balling setups I am not even using right now) I appreciate the input though and when I get the frag tank setup I may hold off on the zeovit so I can do a side by side comparison. (I also have a pellet reactor I have yet to try out that I may try)