How do I get my zoas to grow nice and fat?

[A. grandis]

I put Mrs. Wages in my ATO. Helps replenish alk and ca plus keep pH up. I know zoas don't use ca, but they do want steady alk. I don't do iodine or anything else because I don't test for it.

I feed my fish only frozen food and try to feed lots of it. I do a water change once a week and hit a few pieces with reef roids, but not much.

Been doing this about 10 years and used several different types of lighting. I ran straight t-5's for several years and was happy with the growth and colors. I had led's for several years but was never happy with growth. Colors can pop with led, but growth was poor. I am now using MH + t-5 and have super growth and color.

How much Mrs. Wages do you add for how many gallons of ATO water?
I use soda ash in a separated container using a dosing pump.
Alkalinity is so very important!

 

[rogersb]

How much Mrs. Wages do you add for how many gallons of ATO water?
I use soda ash in a separated container using a dosing pump.
Alkalinity is so very important!

2 tsp per gallon, same as kalkwasser which is what I used for years but one day I ran out and bought some Mrs. Wages. I've had the same results as when I used kalk but the lime is cheaper. My ATO is 20 gallons but I rarely run more than 10 gallons in it.

My tank is LPS/zoa focused so even though I top off with lime water I still have to add some soda ash once or twice a week to keep alk up.

 

[A. grandis]

2 tsp per gallon, same as kalkwasser which is what I used for years but one day I ran out and bought some Mrs. Wages. I've had the same results as when I used kalk but the lime is cheaper. My ATO is 20 gallons but I rarely run more than 10 gallons in it.

My tank is LPS/zoa focused so even though I top off with lime water I still have to add some soda ash once or twice a week to keep alk up.

Yeah, same here. I add very small kalk to keep calcium/alkalinity rates and the soda ash for more alkalinity cause no hard corals.

 

[Hallowhead]

High blue coloration, feed reef Roids and coral frenzy moderate water flow and no pests = happy zoas

Would you consider vermetid snails pests ?

 

[raketemensch]

How to make a thread unreadable in 3 pages...

Is there a way to hide a user?

 

[thewackyreefer]

How to make a thread unreadable in 3 pages...

Is there a way to hide a user?

Click on the account name, then Ignore. I just did!

 

[Daddy-o]

Click on the account name, then Ignore. I just did!

You may be a "wacky reefer" but I like what you did there.
Cheers! Mark

 

[vetteguy53081]

Would you consider vermetid snails pests ?

Yes, especially when they end up in the wrong places