My Zoa & Paly System

Stomp · Mar 31, 2014

Rob&Gab said:
Nice bud. keep it up. What part of CT you from?

The northeast corner. Woodstock/Putnam area.

I used to live in Bayside Queens myself

joshporksandwich · Apr 1, 2014

Yay the columns are back! Man i go on vacation an you do this! Thanks for posting it here. Forget the evil forum and move here lol. Can you post pics of your old setup to make everyone here drool please!

Stomp · Apr 1, 2014

joshporksandwic said:
Yay the columns are back! Man i go on vacation an you do this! Thanks for posting it here. Forget the evil forum and move here lol. Can you post pics of your old setup to make everyone here drool please!

I was waiting for you to chime in, lol. Your encouragement a while back got me wanting to share.

I"ll see what I can do. Maybe do a reminisce post or two

Stomp · Apr 1, 2014

Oh, and I went back to bare bottom

Added a bunch of established live rock to my sump, and pulled the sand. Glad I did. Tweaked will be stoked too, lol.

Stomp · Apr 1, 2014

I also stopped using UV.

joshporksandwich · Apr 3, 2014

Stomp said:
Oh, and I went back to bare bottom

Added a bunch of established live rock to my sump, and pulled the sand. Glad I did. Tweaked will be stoked too, lol.

You have pics of your sump?

Stomp · Apr 4, 2014

Isn't much to look at but it's functional and simple. So here it is. I turned off the powerhead I keep in here for the pics. It's a simple maxijet.

Some people put a lot of work and effort into the function and presentation of their sump. I do not, lol.

Stomp · Apr 4, 2014

Couple more...

ScottyMcReefer · Apr 4, 2014

Very nice set up! I like the cleanliness.

joshporksandwich · Apr 4, 2014

Stomp said:
Couple more...

bio pellets or po4?

Stomp · Apr 4, 2014

Carbon. Rox 0.8

Stomp · Apr 4, 2014

Although I'm considering adding gfo reactor . Any thoughts on that? Anyone else use it for their zoa systems??

Stomp · Apr 6, 2014

My second addition of these. The others are also doing great. Got these today

Stomp · Apr 6, 2014

And I went back to the UV. The dusty algae on the glass and times basically cleared up in a day. Still a little, but down about 90%. So I'm happy with that. It's not setup inline this time. Just have a mag 3 added to the sump running it passive with a ball valve open approximately halfway. I'm pleased. So I won't be considering gfo any longer. Though I do wana add a fuge if I can sustain macro.

Stomp · Apr 7, 2014

Stomp · Apr 8, 2014

Not the most popular morph, but with the one above, my collection needed some green, lol. And as green is one of my favorite colors, I added a nice small colony of these as well

Chrome84 · Apr 8, 2014

This is such an interesting way of setting up!

Stomp · Apr 10, 2014

I am changing my lighting over to AI hydras that I ordered today, along with the new soft touch controller

I'll have them next week, looking forward to my new toy.

Tired off t5's and tryin to get the spectrum I want and buying bulbs and more bulbs.

Legendary Corals · Apr 10, 2014

Stomp said:
My second addition of these. The others are also doing great. Got these today

Lovely photo, and lovely morph! Purple hornets are my favorite of infamous three hornet morphs.

Legendary Corals · Apr 10, 2014

Stomp said:
again, these pics are just to show the filters and how they changed the pics. i really dig it. there isnt a whole lot new to add to the thread other than that, so i apoligize to all you big collectors out there, i just dont have alot to show right now, as my system is young and im collecting where i can, when i can. i really feel like my system is still stabilizing. no thanks to my indecisiveness, and inability to just leave things be, lol. but hopefully someday i will get there again.

and one more, these are quickly becoming an all time favorite of mine. i really like them.

Speckled Fire and Ice are one of my favorites as well. Bright, grow fast, and have great colors.