got2envy's 15g Zoa and Paly Reef

buddythelion · Sep 24, 2012

Wow, everything looks like it's growing great!

SeahorseKeeper · Sep 24, 2012

Wow!!! Looks awesome!!!

got2envy · Sep 25, 2012

Saltwatertaylor said:
Wow you have some awesome zoas!

Thanks!

Lilmatty5dimes said:
Wow that's awesome looking. I'm starting a 29g zoa garden and hoping it'll get to look like yours

Thanks! Cool on the new tank..start a thread when you do

allabout said:
Sweet setup! Nice pics and love the display of colors.

Thanks!

Spongie said:
Can't tell exactly from pic, but looks like either sponge or closed briarium (is a form of star polyps when open, generally in higher flow).

I figured it was a sponge since it hasn't done much.

buddythelion said:
Wow, everything looks like it's growing great!

Thanks! I love your collection as well

SeahorseKeeper said:
Wow!!! Looks awesome!!!

Thanks!!

got2envy · Sep 29, 2012

I got some new frags! if any one knows the names of these let me know!

I got this cool macro hitchiker from the Indo-Pacific...it came on a rock with some orange Yumas. I saw it and told the LFS guy to snip the entire rock since it was rooted on.
Izza purdy macroalgae that I have never seen...and I have seen a lot of macroalgae

Lilmatty5dimes · Sep 29, 2012

Wow those blue zoas are sweet. I've never seen anything like them. Did you get all of these at a lfs?

got2envy · Sep 29, 2012

Yep..someone traded these sweets for some bulbs...wish I knew who it was lol
Thanks!

Saltwatertaylor · Sep 29, 2012

Wow I need to visit your LFS

buddythelion · Sep 30, 2012

Blue ones remind of one of the blue zoos on My Reef To Yours.

Andromeda:
Andromeda Zoas - R10, My Reef to Yours - Coral Frags

Hologram:
Hologram Zoas - C2, My Reef to Yours - Coral Fragsut not exactly huh? The first ones are a type of indo zoa. There's a lot of them around my LFS!

got2envy · Oct 1, 2012

Those are close!! very close to the andromeda...it is hard to tell because no 2 polyps are exactly alike..

Hessassin · Oct 3, 2012

Absolutely LOVE your tank man! I just orders some Aqua-Mags for my Nuvo 30! Thanks for posting all the great pics!

allabout · Oct 3, 2012

got2envy said:
I got some new frags! if any one knows the names of these let me know!

I think I have these as well, not sure what they are either. Would love to know!

Veganbrian · Oct 4, 2012

Those zoas look like Eye of rah.

CoralPedia.com :: Eye of Rah

got2envy · Oct 10, 2012

I decided go go bare bottom. I started getting GHA and a funny brown film from the sand bed being covered. I used Krylon spray paint in a sand color and gritty to paint the bottom.

Electrobes · Oct 10, 2012

Nice tank! I just tried the DRSFS HOB filter with surface skimmer to help with my 40Br surface scum problem, unfortunately it didn't really do the job. How has it worked out for you??

skinz78 · Oct 10, 2012

Great looking tank, I love the magnetic rocks!

Lilmatty5dimes · Oct 11, 2012

That looks great. i was pondering the same thing about getting starboard to make the tank have a bottom. Had a friend tell me that he painted his bottom black and he's seen a couple of white/sand looking bottom that were awesome. Needless to say just painted my bottom whiteish to appear as sand. Hopefully mine will have as much color.

got2envy · Oct 11, 2012

Electrobes said:
Nice tank! I just tried the DRSFS HOB filter with surface skimmer to help with my 40Br surface scum problem, unfortunately it didn't really do the job. How has it worked out for you??

So far they have worked great!

skinz78 said:
Great looking tank, I love the magnetic rocks!

Thanks!

Lilmatty5dimes said:
That looks great. i was pondering the same thing about getting starboard to make the tank have a bottom. Had a friend tell me that he painted his bottom black and he's seen a couple of white/sand looking bottom that were awesome. Needless to say just painted my bottom whiteish to appear as sand. Hopefully mine will have as much color.

I think you will get the same look if you had used starboard, I have used black paint before as well but it is hard to keep it looking clean.

A few pics of my schtuff

Blue Hornets ..I started out with 3

Purple cats paw

Green Poci from Randi :happy:

Miami Vice and Long Lash Lunars

Finally got my hands on some Sunny D's

and some Mohawks

and my Miami Dolphins LOL

Fire in my tank!!!!!!!!!! omgomgomg

My nekkid bottom, everything opened up nicely this morning

Thanks for following my thread!
Maria

got2envy · Oct 15, 2012

A couple videos I took this morning :happy:
You may want to turn the volume down...I forgot to mute the phone :/

This one kinda shows the PVC light hanging contraption I painted black...works great so far!

Lilmatty5dimes · Oct 15, 2012

awesome. tank looks really good.

ReeferBean · Oct 15, 2012

Very nice I love the zoas and palys. Can you explain a little more in detail how you painted and textured the bottom. Did you just use the krylon in a white tan color and sprinkle sand before it was dry? Did you do a clear coat? Sorry if I missed this but its a really nice way of doing it if you do want a barebottom tank.