iReef86's 20g long Zoa Garden

[iReef86]

Tank: Drilled 20g long
Sump: 10g w/ 20lbs of liverock
Lights: AquaticLife 30" 4x24" T5HO w/ LED moonlighting.
Return Pump: MaxiJet 1200
Skimmer: Koralia SlimSkim Nano

 

[iReef86]

 

[iReef86]

 

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[iReef86]

New additions arrived today!!! Picture credit to original post. Purchased from fellow reef2reefer. Will post actual pics this evening after they open up and relax! :-D

 

[skinz78]

Nice looking Zoa's!

 

[iReef86]

Nice looking Zoa's!

Thanks bud! Have a long way to go with this tank. Cant wait for it to fill in!

 

[bairdimusprime]

off to a great start! good luck!

 

[iReef86]

off to a great start! good luck!

Thanks bud! Never had a specific tank just for zoas. Plan is to add more rock to sump and a few different shaped rocks to the display. Then time to let it grow in!

 

[subzero101]

Nice collection you got going on!!! Next thing you know you are going to run out of space and are going to have to upgrade to a bigger setup lol

 

[iReef86]

Haha yeah but I already have big tanks I can transfer to! My SPS 120 and LPS 65! Maybe I can sell frags for cheap!

 

[ReeferBean]

Looks nice I love zoas.

Careful with that bryopsis algae tho... that stuff can take over and can be hard to get rid of.

 

[iReef86]

Looks nice I love zoas.

Careful with that bryopsis algae tho... that stuff can take over and can be hard to get rid of.

Thanks and YES! I know! That's originally why I kept this tank for coral qt. it Came in with Zoa frags I ordered from a fellow reefer. I have been dipping all frags in hydrogen peroxide weekly. Siphoning out excess algae and detritus. Zoas have responded really well surprisingly. The Bryopsis/Algae is subsiding pretty well! Will continue dip and significant water changes every week, up to a few months after.

Shopping around for a new in sump skimmer. Koralia Slim skim Nano is just not good enough! Need something better and bigger! Limited on height. Will have to measure again because I already forgot my clearance. "CrazyFace"

 

[ReeferBean]

Well it sounds like your on it. If you get desperate, Kent Tech M can be used to raise your mag level above normal and the bryopsis doesn't seem to thrive in Mag over 1600 if I remember right. Or some impurity in it can't remember the reasoning just know quite a few people have done it with success.

I saw an add for the IM Ghost Protein Skimmers... I haven't tried one but may be worth looking into.

 

[xcorallusx]

Those look nice!

 

[iReef86]

Well it sounds like your on it. If you get desperate, Kent Tech M can be used to raise your mag level above normal and the bryopsis doesn't seem to thrive in Mag over 1600 if I remember right. Or some impurity in it can't remember the reasoning just know quite a few people have done it with success.

I saw an add for the IM Ghost Protein Skimmers... I haven't tried one but may be worth looking into.

It has to do with the impurities. I haven't seen those skimmers, Ill have check on them! Thanks for the tip!

Those look nice!

Thanks Tim. Picked those up in Virginia Beach about a month or so ago. Remind me a lot of Dragon Ball Z's. They were covered in bryopsis an it is finally thriving little bit more each week.

 

[like-fish]

tech M is proven to work. I use it about once a year when my briopsis reappears. Jsut dose to raise it by 100 each day. At 1600 or 1700 it truns wheite and is gone.

 

[revhtree]

Very nice!

 

[Carlb]

Kool


Tank parameters are like the facts of a story. Check em.

 

[iReef86]

Kool


Tank parameters are like the facts of a story. Check em.

Thanks Carlb. I couldn't agree with you more!

I do water test and maintenance everything like I am supposed to. My problem is more that we have to overfeed our huge fat clownfish and it's a skimmer-less system. Once I can find a worthy skimmer that fits in sump, I'll be all about it! I personally like cryptic sumps, but it appears I'll be adding a light and macro algae.