Dialup beware #2 tank pictures

[Pufferpunk]

I just saw a response by Bob Fenner saying that all living creatures needs some copper.

[jjmcat]

Originally posted by Pufferpunk
Not daily, 2x/week, if that--about every 4 days. Zoas don't really even eat, do they? I feed each paly polyp individually though.

I feed mostly Rod's Food. I'll have to ask him if he puts echinacea in there. I know he uses tons of Selcon.

I just don't see paying the price on this food when its so much cheaper to make.

[geoxman]

I have to make a new batch this week and the Asian markets are open on Tuesday so I will head there to relieve some of the holiday tension. I picked up some echinacea at Whole Foods yesterday as well as another powder vitamin very high in caratanoids.
I am going to add these two new ones to the food. The qty I make is about half of what you do so I will use 10-12 instead of the 17.
Thanks for the info jjmcat and puffer.

echinada09-thanks about the tank! I am aware about SC reef plus and use it every so often. I also make my own coral/fish food that is very similar but more concentrated and healthier. IMHO That is what jjmcat and I are discussing.
Yes the leathers are and are vivid under any lighting

[Pufferpunk]

Originally posted by jjmcat
I just don't see paying the price on this food when its so much cheaper to make.

LOL, I have so much credit at my LFS from bringing in xenia, I could get a free year's supply of Rod's Food.

[cubano2480]

Originally posted by geoxman
cubano2480--what I call beautiful is in your avatar! Thanks everyone and cubano I mean no offense--but WOW! and thanks for the compliment on my tank!

thanks

[rs2208]

That is one awesome clam GEO! :}

[geoxman]

I am holding it for this dork who has not set up his new tank in over a year plus??? What did you think of your blue clam getting eaten up by the zoos? I will give you a buzz tomorrow.

[Pufferpunk]

Wow, clam-eating zoas! Do they have teeth?

[MrSandman]

This is an awesome tank. Does that large clam ever shoot water out of the tank when startled?

[geoxman]

Oh yes! about once a week! It can shoot water about 2-3 feet on any shot. It can scare the jeepers out of you if you are not ready-plus get you wet.

[Pufferpunk]

Did you get my PM? I don't have your number. I sent you mine though.

[geoxman]

Ah, I have not checked I will do so and give you a buzz tomorrow. FYI, I also started with Echinacea on Christmas Eve, we will chat tomorrow
PL

[H.a.Z]

Maximum once a month a stumble across a thread as nice as this, thanks for sharing your fine tank :-)

I'll now be searching for build threads of similar tanks.

[skeeter-doc]

Two 250 watt DE bulbs seems alot for a tank that short, I never realized that zoo's needed so much light. I guess 10 years ago people simply knew they could survive under much lower lighting, but never got the coloration out of the polyps people like you get Geo because they never blasted them like you do! Thanks for showing off our tank and system! Any way we could get some shots of the under area, sump, skimmer, fuge, etc?

[chris0942]

thats one bad tank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jjmcat]

Originally posted by german
Ah, I have not checked I will do so and give you a buzz tomorrow. FYI, I also started with Echinacea on Christmas Eve, we will chat tomorrow
PL

Cant wait to hear your results.

[Pufferpunk]

I also opened an echinacea cap into my last feeding. I've only done this once because I don't want it to interfere with the results of the Vit C treatment. Folks will wonder which is it that is helping out my tank & I want to concentrate on the findings of treating with the C for now.

[geoxman]

H.a.z and chris0942- Thanks much!
skeeter I can take some pictures this weekend of underneath. It is just a large fuge/sump that has a ton of marco, but I can get some
jjmcat- I just started and who knows if it helps. It will saturate in the water much like freeze dried phyto, when soaked. The powder that I have is so fine of a particle it must be consumed by some polyps. Will it do them any good? I do not know. Will it dirty up my tank? doubtfull.

puff-I would keep doing what you are doing. IMHO

[chris0942]

the really big zoo's. what kind are they?

[mskurdah]

I'm so glad you posted this -- I remember your 'old' tank and couldn't find the thread. Great job. I love it!

[geoxman]

mskurdah-thanks much!

the really big zoo's. what kind are they?

Those are my favorite of all of my polyps and they have been with me the longest. They are VERY slow growing polyp, maybe 1-2 polyps per year, even when fed. They are a vivid green like no other polyp I have seen and when fully mature the polyp are silver dollar size, if not larger.

In all of my years of collecting I have not come across any the size or color of these. I have seen many of palythoa psammophila, which are similar, but not quite the right genus. It is also not the vestitus or grandis.

I have searched the web for quite some time trying to identify them to no avail.

They were a gift from a friend many years back before he quit the hobby. He was an avid collector before the craze hit and had some crazy stuff! I have no way to get in touch with him since he moved for some help in a genus ID, or how he acquired them .

Thanks for noticing them and when someone sees the tank that is the first thing they want to discuss.

[Pufferpunk]

Are these the same ones? Everyone comments on them, because they are sooooo bright green & HUGE! At least 2" across, not including their skirt.

You can see their size next to a regular-sized zoanthid to the left of them.

[geoxman]

that looks like them. You can see mine in the 10th picture. Where did you get yours? Do you have an idea on their region? i have never fragged mine because they grow so slow-Do yours also grow very slow?

That is usually the first thing that people will comment on when they see the tank.

[Pufferpunk]

I have no memory of where I got them--maybe a frag swap? I go just about anywhere to buy corals from the locals... I have not actually sat & counted the polyps to see how many new ones have popped up during any period of time. I do know I had to move them out of my main tank into my "overflow" tank, where I put corals that are getting too large, where I don't want them stinging other corals. They were taking up too much real estate in my main show tank. I had fragged of about 4 polyps last year (I gave them away...) but I will keep an eye on their growth now. It eats a ton! As I'm looking at it now, almost every large polyp has a baby growing on wither side of them.

[netjerk]

i was at this hole in the wall lfs the other day and they had those in. about 20 polyps for $30. i was about to get it but ended up getting another one.