Thinking about trying some Zoas again.

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So a few months back I cycled my little 20 gallon starter tank. I am using this for building up some live rock and just getting used to the Saltwater life. So we jumped the gun a bit back at the last frag swap and bought some coral to put into the tank along with the CUC (2 Peppermint Shrimp, turbo snails, and nassarius snails). On the trip home we stopped and bought a new light for the tank, and after a third stop for fish stuff we also bought a couple PJ Cardinalfish and a Clownfish.

The two PC Cardinalfish are still doing great but the clown fish decided to go carpet surfing. I also was not able to keep any of the coral alive. After talking with the guy at Apex Aquariums I picked up one of the "other" testing kits and discovered that my KH was WAY low and started some dosing. Once that was good I felt that it was a good time to try some coral again. At last months meeting I was able to pick up some Kenya Tree that someone was giving away, and I also got some GSP from hnurge when someone was not there to pick it up. I am happy to say that I have kept all of the frags alive and they are growing.

So now I think I want to try some Zoas again. However this time I don't want to spend as much money as I did at the Frag swap where I dropped $85 dollars on frags. I just want a nice looking Zoa so I can make sure that I am not going to kill it before I start getting betters ones to put into my big tank.

So, what is a good Zoa to start with that is not considered a weed and is not going to break the bank to buy?


Tim
 
Not sure where you live but there are a lot of nice cheaper zoas out there. Bet if you look or watch sale forums you will find a few.


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I like palys they are the bigger fatter ones in my opinion they are hardier as far as price range it just depends I would definitely use the search bar I'm sure someone has some they can part with
Good luck!!

Andrea
 
I have like 3-5 green polyps if your interested for $10 [attachment=0]ImageUploadedByTapatalk1394977291.708688.jpg[/attachment]


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I have a bunch of zoas that are duplicates, some that are low, some high end.... have a great mixed colony with about 100+ zoas on it for $30. (Has purple deaths, nuclear greens, and some other pretty zoa)
 
I buy online a lot and one of my FAvs reefs2go.com is having a half off all corals sale just a thought :). I have had good luck with them so far I have ordered zoas, ricordias, fish, and copepods and they have a 14 day alive guarantee only thing I have lost is a peppermint shrimp.
 
I can give you some free ones to try out. I have orange rainbows, captain Americas, armor of gods, Gobstoppers. Don't worry about any money or anything, I'd be happy to just give you some.


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Wow, first of all I apologize for the long delay in getting back to this message. I started a new job a few weeks ago and between the job, getting the new tank going, and visiting family I just have not had much time to get onto the forums.

@isaac.croas wrote:
I have a bunch of zoas that are duplicates said:
Isaac,

I am sure that it's a great deal but I really want to start with a few smaller frags just to make sure I have everything going the way it should. I would hate to kill off 100+ zoas because I have done something wrong. Once I know that I am not going to kill them all I might ask you about them again. (That is if you have not sold them tomorrow at the frag swap.)


@Eckolancer wrote:
I have like 3-5 green polyps if your interested for $10 [attachment=0]ImageUploadedByTapatalk1394977291.708688.jpg[/attachment] said:
I guess I am not sure what I Green Polyp really is, having just started in saltwater I am not sure what I needwant to have vs. what is a weed and may choke out my tank later. [smilie=lol.gif] Do the Green Polyps stay some what small and then spread, or are they large and invasive?

@DetroitRodeo wrote:
I can give you some free ones to try out. I have orange rainbows said:
DetroitRodio,

That's a great offer, and I would like to take you up on it if I am not too late in responding. I don't really want a ton of them but a few of different types would be great.



All,

Just as an update I just added part of the sand to my new tank last night. So I have water, about 75 pounds of rock, and about 80 pounds of sand. I have about 35 more pounds of used sand that I am still rinsing off and will probably get it into the tank tonight. I also have about 30 pounds of rock in my 20 gallon tank that will eventually move to the DT as well. I eventually want to get about 70 more pounds of rock before I am done, which will put me around 175 pounds of rock in the tank.

I am going to check the salt level tonight and bring it up to the 1.025 range and start the cycling process. I have around 30 pounds of rock in my 20 gallon tank and will be moving part of that over for the cycle. After a couple days of just running like that I will add my skimmer and start it breaking in. I hope to have it ready for my fish in a couple weeks.

I am leaving any coral that I have in my 20 gallon tank since that is where my good lights are at. During the cycling I will be working on my lights and I hope to have the coral moving to the big tank soon after the fish as moved. Then the 20 will become my QTHospital tank, and I have a 20 long that I just bought and may use it as a frag tank when the time comes. (It's drilled with two 1" holes in the middle of the bottom pane of glass. I changes how the stand will have to be built just a bit but hey, I got the tank for $5 from DNA.)

Tim
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You'er not too late. I've got plenty left that aren't doing any good just sitting on the rack. If you want to stop by this weekend I can get you a few different ones to try.


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@DetroitRodeo wrote:
You'er not too late. I've got plenty left that aren't doing any good just sitting on the rack. If you want to stop by this weekend I can get you a few different ones to try. said:
This weekend should work for me. I am planning on at least going to the frag swap so a time other than that would be great. What area do you live in?

Tim Sapp
Frisco TX
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I'm going to the swap as well. Let me PM my number to you and we can connect. I can just bring them there if you want. I'm east of you in Wylie


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