Neal's Zoa/Paly Pics... - Page 3

Pallobi · 01/03/2012, 02:09 PM

i also recently added some nice xmen palys

Robert1969 · 01/06/2012, 12:57 AM

Wow! I think I'm starting to drool

mordibv · 01/06/2012, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pallobi

also, i got all new bulbs in yesterday... they are all ATI... 8 bulb fixture configured as follows...

blue plus
aquablue special
purple plus
blue plus
blue plus
purple plus
aquablue special
blue plus

i have changed my lighting times... the middle 4 consisting of 2 blue plus and 2 purple plus are on from noon to 10, and the outer bulbs which include the 2 aquablue specials, are on from 2 to 8...

I have my light about 10" above the surface... and will be adding a fan in the near future to keep the bulbs cool...

I tried that combo and it was too white for me . To think I gave that advice to a bud over a year ago ..
Man I love those Bam Bams .. Every time I get a chance to get some I pass . Not this year ..
Good job on the zoo's and yes the SD's look ****ed ..

jaugermeister · 01/06/2012, 04:08 PM

very cool system broski... what equipment are you running in addition to dosing (if any)

thanks!

baja_driver · 01/06/2012, 04:16 PM

You have some really nice looking zoas!
Good looking tank also

Pallobi · 01/16/2012, 04:03 PM

wasnt doin much so i took a few more pics... some of them arent very good, but i wanted to share...

purple hornets...

Uploaded from the Photobucket Android App

red hronets...

rastas...

orange bam bams...

rose nebulas...

mattman · 01/16/2012, 07:02 PM

Those are absolutely awesome!

turok · 01/16/2012, 08:40 PM

The secret is out!! Okay, I will give it a shot.
I we all been using egg crates...

Exxotic · 01/18/2012, 02:31 AM

Great looking zoanthids, Do you feed these at all? One of the strangest looking tanks I have ever seen!!! But very awesome! lol, nice job

Made4water · 01/21/2012, 06:33 PM

Very nice!

LeLutinBanni · 01/21/2012, 08:41 PM

This is unfair :P

Pallobi · 01/21/2012, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobsReefs407

super sick man

well thank you

im considering doing away with sps and jus growin zoas and chalices... but we will see lol...

Pallobi · 01/21/2012, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeLutinBanni

This is unfair :P

lol, how is that? it hasnt been all fun and games... some zoas do well in my system with time, others do horribly and melt within days... you jus never know lol...

TropTrea · 01/22/2012, 04:55 PM

Love your collection and your ieas with the tiles. Gives me a lot of idea.

I lost most of Zoas that were growing like crazey a couple years ago. It was like in 3 days they went downholl and I never fould out what did it.

I started early this month with a frag and really hope they take off again. I'm using a combination of Royal Blues LED's and 8 X 54 watts of T-5's. 5 Blue Plus, GE 6,500K and two Purple Plus. Eventualy I want to ge with all LED's but if things start working again I want a lot more differenf varieties of zoa's

TropTrea · 01/22/2012, 10:35 PM

Pallobi

I noticed in your pictures there do nopt seem to be any fish. Are your tanks fish free? Or is this just a fraging tank and you have another tank with fish?

Pallobi · 01/23/2012, 12:02 AM

This is not a frag tank... Please understand i care for my corals perhaps in a different manner, or at least in how i present them, and the tank is far too shallow as my interests and ideas have evolved, but for the footprint, and space/spread, it was the best bang for my buck as my funds were very limited... But i do like the shallow and spread as opposed to the thin and tall look... Like the standard 75 gallon i had until recently as my display...

And i do in fact have quite a bit of life in my tank... An orchid pseudo, yellow tail damsel, sixline and at the moment 2 purple tangs, until one is removed and donated to a good friend of mine who has the last display 75 previously mentioned... Also 4 blue porcelian crabs, 2 fire shrimp, 14 turbo snails, and a really nice fancy brittle star with some awesome pattern pink and diamond type pattern with a darker color in between the two... Its too bad i cant get a great close up of it, i love it

TropTrea · 01/23/2012, 11:04 AM

Yes I do agreee shallow tanks are definatly better for growing out corals. I myself have a 120 gallon main display tank. However I also have 3 fraging tanks which are either 30 or 40 gallon breeder tanks. 36" X 18" Base 12" tall and 15" tall. With this I do not have to worry about getting the light through 20+ inches of water for the corals.

You going to donate a purple Tang. Wow that is one of the more expensive of the Tangs around here at our LFS. I do not remember ever seeing them available under $200 while the yellows sall for around $30.00.

I will say again I like your tile columns idea and it has given me some interesting ideas to experiment with. So let me ask you what you use to glue the tiles together in the tank. I was opting for the idea of drilling them and inserting fiberglass rods through them to stabilize the stack.

ctxmonitor · 01/25/2012, 04:17 PM

wow, those are some impressive growth... haven't seen them grow like that in pic.. thanks for documenting and showing us..

ctxmonitor · 01/25/2012, 04:18 PM

oh, where is the xmen paly??

Pallobi · 02/08/2012, 01:27 PM

a couple blue shots of my favorites...

Pallobi · 02/08/2012, 01:28 PM

and a chalice shot for fun

Pallobi · 02/08/2012, 01:38 PM

a few of the other zoas/palys i have growing are...

red people eaters - about 15+ polyps, and really starting to look good imo...

candy apple reds - nearly 200 polyps, grow like crazy at this point...

xmen - 4 polyps acquired about a month ago, starting to settle in and become accustomed to my system and light/flow... still a little pale imo, but looking good so far...

purple people eaters - 4 polyps which are actually moving along the plug off of the glue, but when relaxed, look REALLY good i think

got them in early october as one polyp...

sunny D's - got last summer as 1 polyp, now have about 16, a very finicky one for me for some reason, and hard for me to keep happy, relaxed and open, but definately growing... weird... too much flow i feel, moved them back to lower flow today, so we will see...

i also have some radioactive dragon eyes i got from someone i gave a frag to, (same frag/small colony) i sold the colony off a while back, but i am gonna grow another colony for myself cuz i miss them... not the "fanciest" or most sought after/uncommon zoa, but they have always really glowed for me and its imo, one of the nicer green zoas... its will take them sometime, but hopefully i will return them to their former glory, lol...

i might be missing a couple...

Pallobi · 02/08/2012, 01:46 PM

oh, and some Rose Nebula's lol...

Pallobi · 02/09/2012, 10:21 AM

candy apple reds... under all blue plus'...

not a good pic, but shows you the colony and its growth...

TropTrea · 02/09/2012, 01:43 PM

The thing I hate about taking pictures under blue lights is that the colors never show up as they do in to the naked eye. I went to LED Royal Blue for a pre dawn opst dusk effect on my tanks and the color is breath taking as the corals floresce and it almost looks like commic book that came to life. But every time I take a picture the only thing that shows up is the blues. I realy wonder how some people get those fantastic colrs in there photos under Blue or Atinic lighting.

01/03/2012, 02:09 PM	#51
Pallobi CTARS, BRS & OSRAS Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 7,001	i also recently added some nice xmen palys __________________ Zoas & Palys

01/06/2012, 04:08 PM	#54
jaugermeister Premium Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Springfield VA Posts: 71	very cool system broski... what equipment are you running in addition to dosing (if any) thanks! __________________ ~RefNut~ Current Tank Info: multiple frag systems

01/16/2012, 04:03 PM	#56
Pallobi CTARS, BRS & OSRAS Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 7,001	wasnt doin much so i took a few more pics... some of them arent very good, but i wanted to share... purple hornets... red hronets... rastas... orange bam bams... rose nebulas... __________________ Zoas & Palys

01/21/2012, 08:41 PM	#61
LeLutinBanni Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada Posts: 485	This is unfair :P __________________ Lots of zoans and palys Lots of nems... Too much stock !

01/22/2012, 04:55 PM	#64
TropTrea Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: SE Suburbia Wisconsin Posts: 2,910	Love your collection and your ieas with the tiles. Gives me a lot of idea. I lost most of Zoas that were growing like crazey a couple years ago. It was like in 3 days they went downholl and I never fould out what did it. I started early this month with a frag and really hope they take off again. I'm using a combination of Royal Blues LED's and 8 X 54 watts of T-5's. 5 Blue Plus, GE 6,500K and two Purple Plus. Eventualy I want to ge with all LED's but if things start working again I want a lot more differenf varieties of zoa's __________________ Dennis B. Current Tank Info: Main tank 120 Gallon, 432 Watts T-5's plus 30 Watts of LED's, Frag 40 Gallon tank 234 Watts T-5's, 3 Frag tanks all 40 Gallon with LED lighting between 60 and 84 Watts. All LEDs are DIY Oh and then there is fresh water tanks 270 gallons

01/06/2012, 12:57 AM	#52
Robert1969 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Redding ca Posts: 83	Wow! I think I'm starting to drool

01/06/2012, 04:16 PM	#55
baja_driver Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: grove city ohio Posts: 70	You have some really nice looking zoas! Good looking tank also

01/16/2012, 07:02 PM	#57
mattman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kennesaw, GA Posts: 58	Those are absolutely awesome!

01/16/2012, 08:40 PM	#58
turok Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Emerald City Posts: 52	The secret is out!! Okay, I will give it a shot. I we all been using egg crates...

01/18/2012, 02:31 AM	#59
Exxotic Moved On Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 55	Great looking zoanthids, Do you feed these at all? One of the strangest looking tanks I have ever seen!!! But very awesome! lol, nice job

01/21/2012, 06:33 PM	#60
Made4water Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Louisiana Posts: 52	Very nice!

01/22/2012, 10:35 PM	#65
TropTrea Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: SE Suburbia Wisconsin Posts: 2,910	Pallobi I noticed in your pictures there do nopt seem to be any fish. Are your tanks fish free? Or is this just a fraging tank and you have another tank with fish? __________________ Dennis B. Current Tank Info: Main tank 120 Gallon, 432 Watts T-5's plus 30 Watts of LED's, Frag 40 Gallon tank 234 Watts T-5's, 3 Frag tanks all 40 Gallon with LED lighting between 60 and 84 Watts. All LEDs are DIY Oh and then there is fresh water tanks 270 gallons

01/23/2012, 12:02 AM	#66
Pallobi CTARS, BRS & OSRAS Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 7,001	This is not a frag tank... Please understand i care for my corals perhaps in a different manner, or at least in how i present them, and the tank is far too shallow as my interests and ideas have evolved, but for the footprint, and space/spread, it was the best bang for my buck as my funds were very limited... But i do like the shallow and spread as opposed to the thin and tall look... Like the standard 75 gallon i had until recently as my display... And i do in fact have quite a bit of life in my tank... An orchid pseudo, yellow tail damsel, sixline and at the moment 2 purple tangs, until one is removed and donated to a good friend of mine who has the last display 75 previously mentioned... Also 4 blue porcelian crabs, 2 fire shrimp, 14 turbo snails, and a really nice fancy brittle star with some awesome pattern pink and diamond type pattern with a darker color in between the two... Its too bad i cant get a great close up of it, i love it __________________ Zoas & Palys

01/23/2012, 11:04 AM	#67
TropTrea Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: SE Suburbia Wisconsin Posts: 2,910	Yes I do agreee shallow tanks are definatly better for growing out corals. I myself have a 120 gallon main display tank. However I also have 3 fraging tanks which are either 30 or 40 gallon breeder tanks. 36" X 18" Base 12" tall and 15" tall. With this I do not have to worry about getting the light through 20+ inches of water for the corals. You going to donate a purple Tang. Wow that is one of the more expensive of the Tangs around here at our LFS. I do not remember ever seeing them available under $200 while the yellows sall for around $30.00. I will say again I like your tile columns idea and it has given me some interesting ideas to experiment with. So let me ask you what you use to glue the tiles together in the tank. I was opting for the idea of drilling them and inserting fiberglass rods through them to stabilize the stack. __________________ Dennis B. Current Tank Info: Main tank 120 Gallon, 432 Watts T-5's plus 30 Watts of LED's, Frag 40 Gallon tank 234 Watts T-5's, 3 Frag tanks all 40 Gallon with LED lighting between 60 and 84 Watts. All LEDs are DIY Oh and then there is fresh water tanks 270 gallons

01/25/2012, 04:17 PM	#68
ctxmonitor Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 450	wow, those are some impressive growth... haven't seen them grow like that in pic.. thanks for documenting and showing us..

01/25/2012, 04:18 PM	#69
ctxmonitor Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 450	oh, where is the xmen paly??

02/08/2012, 01:27 PM	#70
Pallobi CTARS, BRS & OSRAS Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 7,001	a couple blue shots of my favorites... __________________ Zoas & Palys

02/08/2012, 01:28 PM	#71
Pallobi CTARS, BRS & OSRAS Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 7,001	and a chalice shot for fun __________________ Zoas & Palys

02/08/2012, 01:38 PM	#72
Pallobi CTARS, BRS & OSRAS Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 7,001	a few of the other zoas/palys i have growing are... red people eaters - about 15+ polyps, and really starting to look good imo... candy apple reds - nearly 200 polyps, grow like crazy at this point... xmen - 4 polyps acquired about a month ago, starting to settle in and become accustomed to my system and light/flow... still a little pale imo, but looking good so far... purple people eaters - 4 polyps which are actually moving along the plug off of the glue, but when relaxed, look REALLY good i think got them in early october as one polyp... sunny D's - got last summer as 1 polyp, now have about 16, a very finicky one for me for some reason, and hard for me to keep happy, relaxed and open, but definately growing... weird... too much flow i feel, moved them back to lower flow today, so we will see... i also have some radioactive dragon eyes i got from someone i gave a frag to, (same frag/small colony) i sold the colony off a while back, but i am gonna grow another colony for myself cuz i miss them... not the "fanciest" or most sought after/uncommon zoa, but they have always really glowed for me and its imo, one of the nicer green zoas... its will take them sometime, but hopefully i will return them to their former glory, lol... i might be missing a couple... __________________ Zoas & Palys

02/08/2012, 01:46 PM	#73
Pallobi CTARS, BRS & OSRAS Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 7,001	oh, and some Rose Nebula's lol... __________________ Zoas & Palys

02/09/2012, 10:21 AM	#74
Pallobi CTARS, BRS & OSRAS Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 7,001	candy apple reds... under all blue plus'... not a good pic, but shows you the colony and its growth... __________________ Zoas & Palys

02/09/2012, 01:43 PM	#75
TropTrea Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: SE Suburbia Wisconsin Posts: 2,910	The thing I hate about taking pictures under blue lights is that the colors never show up as they do in to the naked eye. I went to LED Royal Blue for a pre dawn opst dusk effect on my tanks and the color is breath taking as the corals floresce and it almost looks like commic book that came to life. But every time I take a picture the only thing that shows up is the blues. I realy wonder how some people get those fantastic colrs in there photos under Blue or Atinic lighting. __________________ Dennis B. Current Tank Info: Main tank 120 Gallon, 432 Watts T-5's plus 30 Watts of LED's, Frag 40 Gallon tank 234 Watts T-5's, 3 Frag tanks all 40 Gallon with LED lighting between 60 and 84 Watts. All LEDs are DIY Oh and then there is fresh water tanks 270 gallons

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