Bob's 7g Zoa garden
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Made some equipment changes today. Added a black background. Added my AC70 fuge with the InTank media basket. I'll be running floss, chemipure elite, and chaeto. The light on the fuge will be a nanoglo that I will run 24/7. Here are some pics of the rig. Tank is cloudy from the gunk in the chaeto.
Closeup...you can see I painted the unit black, but not the input tube, which is covered in old corraline.
Closeup...you can see I painted the unit black, but not the input tube, which is covered in old corraline.
Here is a link to the InTank sight, where you can see the media basket. It is a plug and play solution...just drop the unit in, and the AC70 is a fuge/media holder. I modded my impeller to decrease the flow (I removed 3 of the 6 blades).
I actually used this same setup on my 40g and it grew chaeto like crazy.
I actually used this same setup on my 40g and it grew chaeto like crazy.
Went through a bunch of crap with this little tank. I got zoa pox, lost a bunch of frags, the die off f'ed up my parameters, so almost the entire tank crashed. It's really tough to control a crash in a tank this small.
Everything is pretty much back now. I made some equipment changes since my last post. I'm still using the AC70, but I am not running the fuge. I am just running floss-chemipure elite-purigen. A also picked up a new light, it is the finnex ray2 LED fixture. I really like the light output and the way the tank looks under this fixture.
Here is how the tank is looking now:
Everything is pretty much back now. I made some equipment changes since my last post. I'm still using the AC70, but I am not running the fuge. I am just running floss-chemipure elite-purigen. A also picked up a new light, it is the finnex ray2 LED fixture. I really like the light output and the way the tank looks under this fixture.
Here is how the tank is looking now:
Thanks for the compliments! No overflow Mike...It looks like I have one, but it is just a skimmer box that I use on my Aquaclear 70 hang on filter (instead of the stock intake tube). The big downside is that I have to run my heater in the display, but overall..I like the simplicity of the setup.
More pics:
More pics:
Thanks for the compliments! No overflow Mike...It looks like I have one, but it is just a skimmer box that I use on my Aquaclear 70 hang on filter (instead of the stock intake tube). The big downside is that I have to run my heater in the display, but overall..I like the simplicity of the setup.
More pics:
More pics:
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You ready my mind. I like the bowfront as I happened to read your thread on nano reef. Can you point me in the direction of the rimless bowfront? Do you know if they make a slightly larger volume such as 10 or 12g
My wife said I can get a large redsea max S once our hardwood floors are done....that wont be for a while and I have always wanted a zoa garden!
Thanks for all the tips. You do need a macro lens. Or for your knowledge maybe you just need some Reef Master originals of your own....where you located?
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My wife said I can get a large redsea max S once our hardwood floors are done....that wont be for a while and I have always wanted a zoa garden!
Thanks for all the tips. You do need a macro lens. Or for your knowledge maybe you just need some Reef Master originals of your own....where you located?
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Know right where it is. I grew up in Monrovia and used to go to puddingstone to the boat drag races all the time. Ya man we should get together...that is a great size. Do you by chance know how much the larger bowfront is?
Thanks for the comment on the photo. I have tons of them....when I broke down my larger 100g system I sold my zoa colonies as I was moving. I had tons of high end zoas even 24ks all the hornets etc...
What LED r u running? Maybe sometime if you are available I would like to swing by and take a look at your setup? Maybe ill bring my camera....lol
Here are a few more...
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Thanks for the comment on the photo. I have tons of them....when I broke down my larger 100g system I sold my zoa colonies as I was moving. I had tons of high end zoas even 24ks all the hornets etc...
What LED r u running? Maybe sometime if you are available I would like to swing by and take a look at your setup? Maybe ill bring my camera....lol
Here are a few more...
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I think Marine depot has it for like $60 plus shipping. I don't know how much it is at fishworld, but I bet it is about a wash when you factor the shipping in.
LMK if you swing by Covina and you can check out my little setup. Here is a link to the light I am using...perfect for a shallow 18" tank.
LMK if you swing by Covina and you can check out my little setup. Here is a link to the light I am using...perfect for a shallow 18" tank.
