I posted this in the welcome section yesterday, but thought it also belongs in the SPS section.
I thought it was a good day to take some pics of the tank. I took two different types of pics. Raw images that use a grey card for white balance and full auto that have a touch too much blue for my tastes. The camera is a Canon Rebel T2i with a stock lense. The tank is a custom made 100g rimless lit by an ATI 8x80 Sunpower. The tank uses the full ZEO system. There is about a fist size piece of live rock and a couple of cups of sand. Other than that, this tank relies on ZEO for biological filtration. The Octopus XP 3000-int helps too. Anyways, hope you enjoy.
Warmest Regards,
James
Last edited by jimsflies; 09-26-2012 at 06:54 PM.
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Could you shed some experience on how you started the zeo system?
Hi Manoj!
Great to see I already have some friends on the board.
Before providing the info, I must warn those new to SPS that this method is for the more advance SPS keeper. This method does put your tank on the knifes edge and can easily cause bleaching, tissue recession, and coral death. Manoj, you are more than capable of keeping a thriving ZEO system You have a friend that can help get you started
Now to shed some light on how to start a ZEO system. The full zeo system uses several key elements that help obtain a Ultra Low Nutrient System. The first part of the ZEO system is the ZEO media. The media is placed in a reactor where water is pushed through it. The media removes ammonium which prevents the nitrogen cycle from starting.
The second part of a zeo system is the carbon source. In the ZEO system, this is now ZEO Start 3. It feeds the bacteria (which I will touch on next) which assimilate phosphate and nitrate while consuming the carbon source.
The third part of a zeo system is the bacteria source. In the zeo system, the bacteria additive is ZEO Bac.
The fourth part of a zeo system is the coral food. ZEO Food was originally recommended as the food source, but I have since moved towards Oyster Feast, AAHC, and Coral Vitalizer.
Starting a ZEO system is going to be different for every tank. The best advice that I can shed on starting a zeo tank is:
1) Start slowly. Using too much too quickly will guarantee coral issues
2) Feeding has a greater importance with a ULNS
I remove quite a bit of the blue color with the use of a grey card for white balance. I like to show the natural color of the coral as if it was still in the ocean.
Nicely done James and good description of the zeo method. Are you open for x mas. Lol. Beautiful job.
Thanks, Chuck! I'm comming up on my 1 year anniversary with the full ZEO method. I could type for pages on ZEO. Its really great for those that want to take their SPS tank to the next level. I just ordered some Zeo Biomate tonight.
I've recently become more reluctant to release any frags for sale. I really like to let me corals grow. I'm probably going to release a couple more than be done for a little while. With that said, I should be releasing some sweet frag packs around Christmas.
Some side shots
Season’s Greetings vs. Lucid Props Blueberry Sneeze
Orange Setosa
Red Dragon
$500 Efflo
ORA Hawkins Echinata
CUNAReefers Purple On Purple Stag
Rainbow Acro
Blueberry Acro
ORA Blue Voodoo
ORA Purple Plasma
Pink Branching Milli
Rainbow Acro 2
Ultimate Stag
ORA Red Planet
CUNAReefers Lakers Acro
CUNAReefers Nuclear Sunshine Tort
This coral has a white to green base, blue tips, and is just starting to develop pink polyps. The pink is only on a couple polyps and is very hard to get on camera. Its only at the base of the polyp right now.
Sold to me as Pink and Blue Abrotanoides
ORA Boreallis
ORA Bellina
Blue Branching Milli
PC Strawberry Fields
Purple Nana
CUNAReefers Ausie Gold
ORA Ice Tort
Sold to me as Blue Lightening from Hugo (SniperSPS)
PC Blue Thunder
Tri Color
CUNAReefers SPS Tank
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You have a friend that can help get you started
There's nothing like being a Reefer!
