my mostly zoo tank. pic heavy

[peregrinus]

its been awhile but heres afew pics of my zoo tank. mostly utah rock and sand. tap water for makeup 2 110 VHO's and sunlight all morning.

[peregrinus]

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[dakar]

Another experiment gone awesome.. You have a tank in every window facing the east now?

[Reptoreef]

Looks a little "fugie"... how's the growth in those softies??? And any luck with those sps???

Repto

[peregrinus]

no i wish i had a tank in every east facing window.. lol the wife would not go for that one. sps are doing great softies grow like crazy. xeina needs to be cut back every couple weeks or so. yeah i still have the red cottoncandy fuzzy algae been pulling it out but i think i'm going to get a small tang and see if they will eat it..

[Whoyah]

Very cool. Does the sun really effect the temp of the tank?

[peregrinus]

not that i'v noticed the temp stays between 77 and 79.

[Reptoreef]

Scopus(brown)tangs are notorious for loving red macros... no guarantee though.

[Reef_Angel]

Your rock is very unique. Did you make your own? We've made quite a bit of our own, but the rock in that tank is constucted quite awesomely!

[peregrinus]

most of the rock in the tank is from the west desert here in utah.

[PhatBrdr427]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Some rock that I have heard is good for swa is Texas Holey rock. It is typically used on cichlid tank since it acts like a buffer for the ph. Doesnt raise it too much, but it is as expansive as ****. Looks great though. Very porous lime stone as well. Look into it if your interested.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[Reptoreef]

I'm sure you're speaking of lace rock... it may also leach phosphates.

[PhatBrdr427]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Nope no lace rock... it is completely different. Here is some material on it. #ed_op#A href="http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/tx_holey_rock.php"#ed_cl#http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/tx_holey_rock.php#ed_op#/A#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[peregrinus]

i heard that that rock is really good for fresh water cichlids but it leaches bad stuff out in salt water just like lava rock.

[peregrinus]

UPDATE!! i got a fox face and 2 mexican turbos reduced the light and the cotton candy algae is gone.. :D turbos love that stuff. just an update here i'll try to get a pic this weekend..

[PhatBrdr427]

What is Cotton candy algae and what does it look like. Im guessing it is not a good algae either.

[peregrinus]

look in the pics the red fuzzy stuff is the algae. it kinda got out of control in my tank.

[PhatBrdr427]

ok gotcha.