little 33 zoa tank ****updated with pics jan 15****

[reefwars]

was bored so i did up a ittle vid of the zoa tank...crappy vid though lol


my aiptasia is returning im guessing the smallest heads are growing now so my filefish is back in business if he eats my nuclear greens this time i swear its the porcelain express he goes lol(kidding) all in all though so far so good for round two.

i also added a dual brs media reactor tonight so i have gfo in one and carbon in the other im out to get my algae problem brought down a notch.....now recently ive been dealing with a fair bit of valonia ive always had it but now its spreading so ive been dealing with it slowly removing what i can thats loose.

heres a quick tour of the little 33


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EROt-NevV3c

[the marine apprentice]

cool vid dude there are a few types of zoas in there that id like to get ahold of lol

[The Grizz]

I see some zoas and paly's that have my name all over them

[reefwars]

Thanks guys , too bad the camera only shows half of them as it's a crappy phone vid and it's always my luck that my bigger colonies are closed come picture time lol

[reefwars]

well its a love and hate relationship with the ol zoa tank i started running gfo and carbon through reactor and im sooo surprised on how effective it is, phosphates were becoming a problem so the gfo is now taking hold and all my algae is clearing up im picking out what i can and for the first time in 3 yrs i can see through the back panel of glass.


the hate side of it is some of my zoas are dying and not new ones, ones ive had for quite some time i have a real nice green zoa colony that is melting away for no reason and same with some others im not sure if its my filefish (who im watching like a hawk) or a result from the carbon/gfo

my filefish is known to eat zoas but he usually does it pretty clean like a head here and a head there not about 10heads in one day, and im curious if it could be a result of the newly added gfo as ive always ran carbon.....is it possible the ones ive had for a long time are just used to the phosphates and no feel " weird" in the cleaner water???....well cant wait to get the new tank up and running im also considering donating a pile of zoa frags to someone for a back up in case this gets worse anytime soon so i dont lose any more im at around 65 kinds and i dont want to go down in numbers so i think a back uplan is in order anyone feel like brighting up their tank with some zoa frags??

another plus side my water parameters have never been better nitrates and phosphates are nil and mag,cal,alk are steady, no more temp swings,no more liquid foods minus some zooplankton and im seeing bright oranges, greens,purples and reds coming out into my liverock now that aiptasia and hair algae are gone.cyano is no more


anywho lol heres afts taken tonight



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and i like this one i got some light blueish palys off of bluetang<3 a while back and i broke it up and gave a few to friends and kept a few well some have drifted off and they seem to anchor in the sand and like it.but one in particular has popped up right in between my nuclear grens and my purple deaths and i think he was trying to blend in and be cool like the rest of the bunch....silly silly silly hes dead in the center of the two colonys lol







cheers

[reefwars]

man that gfo is really doing an amazing job, as it stands now all my algae is just about gone all 4 sides are cleaned down to new glass ,all my long hair algae is completely gone and so now is my sea hare(gonna miss you guy)


still suffering some mystery deaths with some zoas...hardy ones ive had forever but for some reason i dont think my filefish is the cause although im sure hes helping....tonight im looking for nudis and hoping i find nothing

i borrowed a camera tonight and got some pics of new zoas and the how clean the new tank is cheers

[reefwars]

and for my 1500th post my very own first macro shots(attempts anyways im still learning)plus some others.... cheers




































































and an fts:










cheers

[reefwars]

having some more fun and getting a little more use to the camera






















































i have a video made to i will post it when its finished later cheers