dpassar12 January 28, 2018 Share January 28, 2018 Hi all, Hope everyone still has their polyp. We will use this thread for the remainder of the competition. Here are the rules again just in case. RULES FOR THE CONTEST ONCE IT STARTS IN JANUARY PLEASE READ: Everyone should post a quick write-up of their system(lighting, reactors, size, dosing feeding, etc) posted to this thread before the first photo updates. You will be required to post photo updates each month in this thread also(6 photos). You will have a two-week window-- a week before and after the 20th of each month. I will post reminders and pm anyone getting close to the deadline. Failure to do so will result in disqualification. For the last month, the window for photos will only be the week before. Please, no cheating. Cheaters will be disqualified. This is meant to be fun and fair for everyone. Zoas must remain on original plug unless given permission to put on a larger plug/ceramic plate. This has to be supported with a picture of the original plug being too full and a picture after on the new plug/plate. If you drop out or fail to post on time there will be no refund as all the money went to pay for the zoa. A polyp counts if it has a head that is open and we can see color. I donated the 13th polyp to meeting raffle. That person can join the fun or just keep the polyp... Everyone should post a pic of the polyp in their tanks over the next few days. If you want to describe your system/lights etc, that would be great... IMPORTANT!!! Check follow this topic, I will remind everyone for a pic and update at the end of each month by posting it here Thanks Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smh254 January 28, 2018 Share January 28, 2018 I will toss in an SPS frag pack to the Winner and will hook Dan up for hosting. I will be posting my polyp and tank a little later. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpassar12 January 28, 2018 Author Share January 28, 2018 Here is my system. Tank: 3x 120 gal frag tanks, 1x 60 gal frag tank, 1x 180 display 1x 100 gal rubbermaid fuge, 1x 29 gal DSB, 1x 29 gal fuge and 1x 40 gal LifeReef sump. Equipment: 2 life reef skimmers, calcium reactor, APEX, KH Monitor, 19 LEDs (6x BB, 4x Radion Gen 2, 8x T247B and a marineland QT light) 2 BR dosers. 2 return pump an Iwaki and a Blueline. 5 MP40s and 10-12 other powerheads. I have also recently setup a DOS AWC. It is set right now to swap out 1 gallon 4x a day. Livestock: 19 common working fish. urchins, cucumbers, brittle stars etc.... Corals, a lot. Feeding: Pellets for fish, a combination of meat and veggies. Anemones and some LPS get chopped up frozen calamari once a week. Additives 4 ml of vodka and a few ml Mag daily. I change carbon 1x a month. Light schedule for the Zoa tank is 10 hrs blue @ 50% and 4 hr white at @10%. Salinity 1024 ALK 10.2 Mag is 1350 Water 76-77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpassar12 January 28, 2018 Author Share January 28, 2018 (edited) I will add a few frags to the winner a well... There is also a $50 gift certificate for Supreme Reefs, pick up only.. BTW Ben @ Supreme was the supplier of the frags... Edited January 28, 2018 by dpassar12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 (edited) Setup: (100 gallon total volume system) Display Tank: 65 Gallon Marineland Reef Ready Frag Tank: 15 Gallon Advance Acrylic Sump Tank: 40 gallon breeder Display Lighting: ATI 36" 6X39W Dimmable Sunpower Fixture (1 true actinic, 1 super actinic, 1 blue plus, 1 aquablue special, 1 coral plus, 1 purple plus) Frag Tank Lighting: ATI 24" 4X24W Dimmable Sunpower Fixture (1 true actinic, 1 blue plus, 1 aquablue special, 1 coral plus) Heater: 400watt Display Return Pump: Syncra Silent 4.0 Frag ReturnPump: Sycra Silent 3.0 Display Flow: (2) Ecotech MP40wQD pumps Frag Flow: (2) Hydor Koralia Nano 565 gph pumps Controller: Digital Aquatics Reefkeeper Lite Live rock: 80lbs Live sand: 60lbs Filtration and maintenance: Skimmer: Reef Octopus Classic 152-S Refugium is 9 gallons. Lighting is (1) 11 watt LED CPR Strip and (1) 9 watt Innovative Marine Chaetomax 25 gallon water change at least twice per month using Reef Crystals. Carbon in sump changed every 2 weeks 20 gallon top off resevior Grey Seas Aquatics Kalk Stirrer fed by top off pump Dosing Cal and Alk via BRS dosing pumps Display Tank Frag Tank Shot from today after being in frag tank a little over 24 hours. Parameters: 1/28/2018 Ammonia - 0.0 Calcium - 420 dKH - 7 Nitrate - 0.0 Nitrite - 0.0 pH - 8.43 Phosphate - 0.0 Salinity - 1.025 Temp - 80.5 Edited January 29, 2018 by Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smh254 January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 Display 65g SPS dominated. In the display 1 Mp 40, 2 MP 10, 1 jager heater. Trigger Systems 20g sump. First chamber has Eshopps 150 skimmer, finnex heater and a small pump to keep detritus suspended. Second chamber has temp probe and cheato with a 54w grow light. Third chamber has Jebao return pump, float switches for ATO, another small pump and this is where my dosing is done. I use kalk in my ATO with BRS 2 part when needed. Lights 6 bulb ATI fixture and LED strip. Bulbs are 2 coral plus, 3 blue plus and one aqua blue special. 2 blue plus run from 10am till 9 pm The others run from 2pm till 7pm and the LED strip runs from 3pm till 10pm. My parameters are Alk 7.5 CA 430 Mag 1320 N03 .50 P04 .02 My fish are 1 Christmas wrasse, 2 clown fish, 1 Cardinal fish, 1 Midas Blenny and 1 snowflake eel. This tank is 15 months old. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smh254 January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ford January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 Day 1 of captivity: So hear I am shoved in bag, traveled all across northern VA, shoved from container to container through god knows what types of chemicals, acclimated to different waters and what not, and now I am just a bit upset, placed here in a new system, different lights, different elements, sheesh leave me alone already!! My new captors are a bit on the crazy side. I am trying to figure out who the new ring leader is. I see two younger mates who enjoy showing me their race cars as they race across the front of the aquarium. I see a cute lady who stops by once and awhile to look inside and this one bearded dude who looked as if he was trying to get some sort of info together.. this is what I was able to make out: Main Tank and Equipment: 75g Deep Blue Reef Ready 29g Deep Blue Sump (wanted the matching black silicone) Jebao RW-15 with apex conrtroller 36" 4 lamp t5 ATI - all Blue+ lamps 36" Reefbrite XHO Tech Blue w/dimmer hooked to Apex for dusk/dawn Bubble magus curve 9 skimmer Avast reactor with bio pellet adapter running bio pellets Apex controller 2- BRS dosers using BRS 2 part Roughly 80 Lbs Reef cleaners reef saver rock Parameters: Calcium 410 dKH 9.3 Temp 77 Salinity 1.026 All others unknown. I do 15% water changes bi-weekly most of the time but shoot for every week using Instant Ocean. I also have a couple zoas when they do not look too happy I will do a 15% water change and that seems to clear it up. Maybe that is when my nitrates start to creep(shrugs). I feed the tank LRS Reef Frenzy daily and target feed my acans weekly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaguy January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 270 gallon miracles rimless tank sps dominant Ati led powermodule 8x80 with reefbrite xho Flow- two mp-60's two mp40's one tunze 4150 very high flow tank Bubbleking sm300 skimmer Dart return pump Aqua uv 57 watt sterilizer Full apex Calcium reactor with additional brs calcium dosing weekly to maintain level Automatic water change. Currently changing 10 gallons a day. Dosing red sea colors Parameters: Salinity 1.025 Dkh 8.0 Calcium 420 Magnesium 1350 Nitrates 5 Po4 .08 Ph 8.1 Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molcott January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 mine will be in my 40 breeder under mars aqua 300w sump just has a protein skimmer and fuge with chaeto under a kessil h80 only dosing triton core7. Alk 9.4, Ca 430, and PH is 8.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfAll_Tyrants January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 I am not in the game, and I apologize for being dense, but i will be watching. Heck, maybe I’ll get myself a new zoa (just for fun, and if I post at all I wouldn’t post in this thread). However, how do you win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpassar12 January 29, 2018 Author Share January 29, 2018 Winner is the one with the most polyps at the end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smh254 January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 A little update for those that are interested. These are the fangbanger from the last grow out comp. 20+ polyps now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpassar12 January 29, 2018 Author Share January 29, 2018 Very nice, I have 11 heads on my original plug. I alo fragged a few off 2 month ago. I really like the color on that polyp... Even if you don't win you get a nice higher end polyp to grow out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ford January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 Very nice, I have 11 heads on my original plug. I alo fragged a few off 2 month ago. I really like the color on that polyp... Even if you don't win you get a nice higher end polyp to grow out.. Even though zoas are more my thing I don’t expect at all to win. Things take a bit to get used to my system and I’ll most likely have one polyp at the end. I entered for the reason Dan mentioned above, to add a nice polyp to the collection. I also joined hoping it would make me pay a little more attention to the tank, with my kids it gets neglected~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaguy January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 Dido my zoas are typically very slow until they get settled in then they explode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D805 January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 12 Gallon Pico Tank Kessil 160we Eshopps Nano skimmer Jabeo wavemaker Dosing Kalkwasser in ATO Current levels Calc 460 Alk 10.9 Mag 1470 Salinity 1.026 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molcott January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 mine will be in my 40 breeder under mars aqua 300w sump just has a protein skimmer and fuge with chaeto under a kessil h80 only dosing triton core7. Alk 9.4, Ca 430, and PH is 8.4Here is my little guy Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk_market January 30, 2018 Share January 30, 2018 Setup: 30 gallons AIO Equipments: -No skimmer, no reactor -Marinepure + fuge -AI Prime HD Livestock: 2x clownfish Maintenance: - 10g water change every 2 weeks - Carbon in bag change every month - Feeding pellets twice a day Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy January 30, 2018 Share January 30, 2018 Setup: 30 gallons AIO Equipments: -No skimmer, no reactor -Marinepure + fuge -AI Prime HD Livestock: 2x clownfish Maintenance: - 10g water change every 2 weeks - Carbon in bag change every month - Feeding pellets twice a day Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk TOTM right there ...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arking_mark January 30, 2018 Share January 30, 2018 So I am not sure which Zoa I got but here are my tank specs: Tank: 34Gal RSM 130D Lighting: Custom built Led lighting Filtration: Sponge pre-filter Chemi-pure Blue Tunze 9001 Skimmer Marine Pure Ceramic Biomedia Deep sand bed and lots of live rock Supplements: Triton Core7 (other methods) Water management: Tunze ATO Weekly 12% water change Due to my choice of fish, tank is probably over fed and runs dirty. Which I think is an advantage for Zoas. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ford February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Day 24 of captivity.. My zoa has opened for a total of 7 days, maybe. I will most likely move it to my frag tank which seems to be a recovery tank for some of the zoas that have a hard time acclimating to my main display. If so I will post an update on that system because it is not tied into my display. Also, please excuse the cell phone picture. I do not feel as if the nub on a plug was worthy of a good photo~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpassar12 February 20, 2018 Author Share February 20, 2018 Reminder, everyone should get pics of your polyp(s) and a count if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpassar12 February 20, 2018 Author Share February 20, 2018 Feb update, I am going to clip the shaft of the plug and glue the disk to a grow out plate. I'll attach an example. My guy is growing very fast and I don't want any polyps to attach to my frag rack. I have 6-7 polyps that I can see.. ex of grow out plate. my polyp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ford February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 <——- taps out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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