My 700L softie/zoa tank

[rakabos]

Hi all

Here is a peek at my zoa dominated tank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiwp5qi35BI

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[baudhya]

Wow great job !!!

Just take care of the algae on the glass.

I think its the daylights ...............right...

[rakabos]

yeah i got some GHA and cyano which im working on ;)

[Genin]

Awesome. I love the look and the sunlight coming into the tank, very cool.

[sean112280]

Beautiful tank of zoas. I love the zoas. Would like to see some pics with your lights on.

[rakabos]

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[robs.mark]

wow thats one of the best soft tanks ive seen, i bet it would glow under blue leds! just wait till they grow everywhere.. super cool.

[ange062]

Is that a solitary piece of SPS I spy? Be careful, that stuff gets addictive!! :)

Great looking softie tank!

[pico-reefer]

Awesome tank! It's nice to see a Big zoa/softie dominant tank. tell us alittle more about your system, i.e lighting, do you dose,feed ect?

[rakabos]

Ok here goes
System specs
DT: 1.5M x 70cm x 70cm. DT holds 700L
Sump: 3FT with 3 chambers, DSB in middle with caulerpa. I chucked the chaeto, was a detritus trap
Lighting: DT has 6x80W T5's, two actinics and four 12k. Sump has 2x54w T5's as I use it for a frag tank also
Flow: 3x Seio 5000lph pumps. I want to upgrade to 2 x MP40's soon
3000LPH return pump
2x Jaeger 300W heaters
1200VA UPS

Filtration:
Skimmer: Reef Octo 160X
1x Bubble magus reactor with Orca Phosphate media
1x Bubble magus reactor with Seachem matrix for nitrate reduction
1x flow through filter with Purigen
1x flow through filter with activated carbon
About 80KG of liverock

So far it has been running for 7 months and I am experiencing some GHA and cyano which is why the reactors came in.

So wanna give it some time to kick in before maybe trying dosing carbon and/or Prodibio biodigest

I will add some before and after pics and some close ups soon. This morning i caught my naso eating zoas, can you handle it arghhh!!

[rakabos]

Time for a video update:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLAFKCc7DRE

[Dustin1300]

Great looking! I see more and more SPS in there? Ange062 warned you about the addiction;)

[biecacka]

you dose kalk or anything, calcium reactor 2 part?? tank looks great man!!!
is all the flow directed towards the top of the tank?
corey

[rakabos]

I dont have a calcium reactor(yet), just dose calcium twice a week. All the pumps point to the middle and top areas yes

[jr973]

Nice lookin lps tank did you grow those colonies of zoas out ?