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kien 05-11-2010 11:39 PM

wow, you are an Elite Zoa Collector! So hurry up and finish those exams already! By the way are you taking orders yet or is it first come first served??? :biggrin:

infamous 05-12-2010 12:03 AM

200+ polyps ... wow! You have a very beautiful tank!

Zoaelite 05-12-2010 12:04 AM

Exams finished about a week ago, I'm holding back on the frags to ensure my colonies are nice and healthy before I start cutting them apart. I doubt I will publicly advertise the sale as I have a WHACK load of people on my frag list (Don't worry Kien your name is on there now :biggrin:). I will send out a mass email and it will be first come first serve at that time.

kien 05-12-2010 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by zoaElite (Post 518242)
Exams finished about a week ago, I'm holding back on the frags to ensure my colonies are nice and healthy before I start cutting them apart. I doubt I will publicly advertise the sale as I have a WHACK load of people on my frag list (Don't worry Kien your name is on there now :biggrin:). I will send out a mass email and it will be first come first serve at that time.

Phew! I was getting worried there for a minute that there was a tank in calgary full of corals for sale that didn't have my name scribed on it! :lol:

Zoaelite 05-12-2010 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 518244)
Phew! I was getting worried there for a minute that there was a tank in calgary full of corals for sale that didn't have my name scribed on it! :lol:

Sometimes I think you are printing crisp bills in the basement Kien... and if that's the case I want in :lol:.

Zoaelite 05-14-2010 01:30 AM

I have a problem, I can't stop taking photo's :neutral:.

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Zoaelite 05-14-2010 01:31 AM

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globaldesigns 05-14-2010 01:39 AM

Tank looks gorgeous, great pic's... thanks for sharing.

lobsterboy 05-14-2010 03:11 AM

looking good the stag looks great, with out being all wonky.

Zoaelite 05-14-2010 03:39 AM

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Tank looks gorgeous, great pic's... thanks for sharing.
Thanks Rick!

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looking good the stag looks great, with out being all wonky.
It ended up fitting perfectly, I cant wait till it starts growing for me. I still have some open space, have you put all of your corals away yet or are pieces still for sale?
Levi

lobsterboy 05-14-2010 03:43 AM

all my still went to a friends place, i just got back from there a little while ago, i was really worried it all wouldnt fit, but we got it all in there.

the tank is looking quite rocky, i took lots of pics of the move, and will get some up before nights end.

Zoaelite 05-19-2010 08:29 PM

Anyone know if there is new Coral in Calgary? I gave my brother my massive scoly and my aussie duncans so I have some room to fill.

fishytime 05-20-2010 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by zoaElite (Post 520193)
I gave my brother my massive scoly and my aussie duncans so I have some room to fill.

Didnt you just set this thing up? And you already have to make room by removing things to add things?:razz::lol:......Looks great BTW:biggrin:

Zoaelite 05-20-2010 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 520395)
Didnt you just set this thing up? And you already have to make room by removing things to add things?:razz::lol:......Looks great BTW:biggrin:

Thanks Doug, Yes I have a problem :lol: I can't stop adding colorful coral crack to my tank. Guess I might as well just upgrade to the 400g now.

Atomikk 05-20-2010 09:19 PM

Don't you know? Bigger is always better. :)

Zoaelite 05-27-2010 11:48 PM

New pics
 
Few new photos and some top downs. Bubble Magus doser is on it's way so I can stop worrying about my summer time vacation's.

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Zoaelite 05-27-2010 11:50 PM

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Zoaelite 05-27-2010 11:50 PM

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Zoaelite 05-27-2010 11:51 PM

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Skimmerking 05-27-2010 11:55 PM

dude you are as bad as I am with my Acans

Zoaelite 05-28-2010 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus (Post 522403)
dude you are as bad as I am with my Acans

Ahh but it's so hard to stop :lol:

Skimmerking 05-28-2010 12:32 AM

I know me too.

Zoaelite 06-09-2010 08:19 PM

Few big updates with the tank;

I'm still running my NP biopellets and have been pretty happy with how everything has been going but I have watched a slow decline in the health of certain zoa species. I finally picked up a different phosphate test and figured out why, apparently I have VERY high phosphates :neutral:. I have enjoyed lower nitrates from the pellets but as advised I should have been running a phosphate capturing media just as back up. I purchased some new Rowaphos, set up the reactor and so far over 3 days everyone that was angry at me is making a come back.

Considering this and due to some tank residents getting to large I borrowed Kiens fish trap and trapped my Vlamingii and yellow fin (Really sad to see both go :sad:. Added a great little purple tang from Kevin @ Red coral and a McCosker's flasher wrasse (Perhaps the nicest looking fish I have ever seen).

Will post some new photos tonight when I head home, I have really started large scale into SPS and the tank looks very different.

Atomikk 06-09-2010 08:44 PM

Great stuff! Keep the pics coming!

Zoaelite 06-20-2010 02:46 AM

Some new shots with my zoas in there own special tank:

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And some top downs of some nicely coloring up coral:
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Wingin It 06-20-2010 02:52 AM

Gorgeous colors!

kien 06-20-2010 03:08 AM

Hey ChaliceElite! You've got some nice Chalices there!

Zoaelite 06-20-2010 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 528974)
Hey ChaliceElite! You've got some nice Chalices there!

Time to get Tony to change my name to zoachaliceacromontimushroomsoupelite, or just stop buying coral...

kien 06-20-2010 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by zoaElite (Post 528982)
Time to get Tony to change my name to zoachaliceacromontimushroomsoupelite, or just stop buying coral...

I think "coralElite" should cover it and ought to future proof you as well :D

The Grizz 06-20-2010 04:15 AM

WOW nice set-up Levi, wish I could have seen it today when I was down there. Can't wait to pick-up some zoa's and see it in person. :biggrin:

andestang 06-20-2010 05:16 AM

Nice pics ! Sure looks different, but still looks great. How are you liking your zoa's in their own display ?

Zoaelite 06-25-2010 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by andestang (Post 529008)
Nice pics ! Sure looks different, but still looks great. How are you liking your zoa's in their own display ?

So far so good, the tank is going through a little algae cycle. I will be putting a clean up crew including a couple wrasses in there tomorrow.

Here are a few updated:
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Zoaelite 06-25-2010 12:20 AM

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Got my scoly's back from the bro including a few new ones. My biggest one jumped right back to being is old self, this thing is gargantuan!
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The Grizz 06-25-2010 03:26 AM

Man I sure hope there is a nice frag of these, if so that would be SWEEEEEEET!!!!:biggrin:

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zum14 06-25-2010 04:28 AM

Those rocks covered with multiple zoas are AMAZING! Truely top notch work man. (are those the frags healing up under the tank i see? getting excited even though im bottom on the list there isnt a thing in this tank that id turn away.)

Zoaelite 06-25-2010 06:33 PM

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Those rocks covered with multiple zoas are AMAZING! Truely top notch work man. (are those the frags healing up under the tank i see? getting excited even though im bottom on the list there isnt a thing in this tank that id turn away.)
You can thank Kevin @ Red Coral for a few of those bad boys, he seems to get some pretty wicked colonies in, actually I think there are a few nice ones right now. Frags will be ready at the beggining of July when I get back from the cabin, everyone is healing up just fine.

This "position on the list stuff" is cracking me up, just because your at the bottom doesn't mean you get last pick. I will send PM's out all at once, when everyone come over is when everyone comes over (Out of towners will get some photo at the same time).

Looking for trades over anything, want to step my zoa collection up a few notches so anything rare or colorful that I don't have is preferable.

Greg I'm a little afraid to cut that colony appart, I have a frag of something similar but none of those. Making frag's is never easy with zoas, colonies are very suseptible to infections afterwards.

4lti7ude 06-25-2010 06:43 PM

Ahhh I envy your colors in your tank!!
So much florescent greens and reds; bright purples accented with glowing pinks. :twised:

zum14 06-25-2010 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by zoaElite (Post 530302)
You can thank Kevin @ Red Coral for a few of those bad boys, he seems to get some pretty wicked colonies in, actually I think there are a few nice ones right now. Frags will be ready at the beggining of July when I get back from the cabin, everyone is healing up just fine.

This "position on the list stuff" is cracking me up, just because your at the bottom doesn't mean you get last pick. I will send PM's out all at once, when everyone come over is when everyone comes over (Out of towners will get some photo at the same time).

Looking for trades over anything, want to step my zoa collection up a few notches so anything rare or colorful that I don't have is preferable.

Greg I'm a little afraid to cut that colony appart, I have a frag of something similar but none of those. Making frag's is never easy with zoas, colonies are very suseptible to infections afterwards.

Yay! I didnt realize it was going like that. Sweet. Well unfortunatly I dont have any rare colored zoas but will give you money for yours to get some rare ones... thanks for clearing that up and more excited now.

Zoaelite 06-25-2010 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 4lti7ude (Post 530304)
Ahhh I envy your colors in your tank!!
So much florescent greens and reds; bright purples accented with glowing pinks. :twised:

After adding the Zeovit LPS amino acid supplment all of my chalices are turning pink, it the wierdest thing.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3245/p1120589.jpg
This one never used to have pink on it but it's just starting to show it.

The Grizz 06-26-2010 12:31 AM

Similar is good to. I cant even imagine fraging anything in my tank for fear of it not recovering. What you have fraged already is truly amazing to me.:mrgreen:


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