Zoaelite photo dump thread

[Zoaelite]

Build-esk :neutral:.

This will be for photos of my new cube and such, enjoy.
Questions are welcome.

Candy Apple Reds
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1699/mg0690.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/i/mg0690.jpg/)

Darth Mauls
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8451/mg0717l.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/mg0717l.jpg/)

Eagle Eye Morph
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4616/mg0711d.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/i/mg0711d.jpg/)


http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/7721/mg0722.jpg (http://img801.imageshack.us/i/mg0722.jpg/)

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2936/mg0694b.jpg (http://img11.imageshack.us/i/mg0694b.jpg/)

[Zoaelite]

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8716/mg0720.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/mg0720.jpg/)

Red Planet the Chalice
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6298/mg0789.jpg (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/mg0789.jpg/)

Bam Bam Reds
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/3466/mg0702.jpg (http://img809.imageshack.us/i/mg0702.jpg/)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/881/mg0697w.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/mg0697w.jpg/)

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6250/mg0847w.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/i/mg0847w.jpg/)

[Zoaelite]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5930/mg0753.jpg (http://img515.imageshack.us/i/mg0753.jpg/)

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2300/mg0843f.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/i/mg0843f.jpg/)

Watermelon morph
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5651/mg0680.jpg (http://img28.imageshack.us/i/mg0680.jpg/)

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5349/mg0837.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/i/mg0837.jpg/)

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2417/mg0813.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/i/mg0813.jpg/)

[Zoaelite]

Tyree Space Monsters & Tyree Captain America (in recovery).
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7469/mg0796.jpg (http://img194.imageshack.us/i/mg0796.jpg/)

New chalice came with a pretty nice hitch hiker!
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4708/mg0776.jpg (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/mg0776.jpg/)

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2610/mg0768.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/i/mg0768.jpg/)

Sunny D's
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/7833/mg0764.jpg (http://img545.imageshack.us/i/mg0764.jpg/)

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/1349/mg0749k.jpg (http://img571.imageshack.us/i/mg0749k.jpg/)

[Azzkr]

awesome pics how about a FTS

[reefwars]

ill admit those purple zoos before the sunny d's did turn out to be nice , mine have colored up nicely now:)

[bignose]

Very nice corals, please post a FTS.

[reefermadness]

Nice....those sunny d's look different. No long skirt and they have red in them?

http://finsandcritters.net/images/sunnyd1.jpg

[reefwars]

Nice....those sunny d's look different. No long skirt and they have red in them?

http://finsandcritters.net/images/sunnyd1.jpg


my sunny d's are also identical to levis :)

[Zoaelite]

Nice....those sunny d's look different. No long skirt and they have red in them?

http://finsandcritters.net/images/sunnyd1.jpg

Pulling this one up from the dead. After seeing a few other Sunny D frags in person I'm pretty sure your right on this one Darryl. Denny and I put the two side by side and although close they are not the same.

Getting away from zoas though, the chalice addiction continues:

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/845/hlmh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/hlmh.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/96/upzl.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/upzl.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/13/9k6z.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/13/9k6z.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/838/d7c2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/d7c2.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/694/uoe7.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/uoe7.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/850/gp76.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/gp76.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/541/gepm.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/541/gepm.jpg/)

[thmh]

damn dude awesome tank, i love the chalice/lps mountain!

[Proteus]

Very nice :)

[reefermadness]

Nice update Levis !

[Zoaelite]

Thanks everyone! New tank is doing well, I think its almost time to turn this into a legitimate build thread.

[lastlight]

words of encouragement!

[Misses.ReefWars]

Damnnnnn levi....looks amazing buddy :D

[JDigital]

Nice looking tank levi. :biggrin:

[lastlight]

how the heck are you getting away with having acan echinata simply mixed in with the other corals like that? nice stuff!

[hillegom]

Tank looks great

[DAVE]

how the heck are you getting away with having acan echinata simply mixed in with the other corals like that? nice stuff!

+1 to that, I can't keep them anywhere close to any coral (except another echinata of course)

Nice photos Levi.

....but, it looks like you need some more chalice ;)

[Zoaelite]

Damnnnnn levi....looks amazing buddy :D

Nice looking tank levi. :biggrin:

Tank looks great

Thanks for the kind words folks :mrgreen:!

[Zoaelite]

words of encouragement!

Generic thank you!

how the heck are you getting away with having acan echinata simply mixed in with the other corals like that? nice stuff!

Haha, the photos are little misleading and yes the echinata do pack quite the stinging punch. Although close what your seeing is over lap, the lip sits over top of the lip shading it slightly intead of touching.

+1 to that, I can't keep them anywhere close to any coral (except another echinata of course)

Nice photos Levi.

....but, it looks like you need some more chalice ;)

Agreed :biggrin:! Payday is Friday and if I sell these acans I plan on buying myself a perty new Rainbow chalice frag!!!

Thanks again for the kind words guys.

[kien]

Mmmm.. juicy chalice goodness..

[thmh]

I got chu brah! :-) (crappy cell phone pic)

~Tony

[DAVE]

I got chu brah! :-) (crappy cell phone pic)

~Tony

You got just one rainbow ;)

[thmh]

Hey hey I ain't competing! I can't bring my knife to a gun fight! But mine is a double rainbow.... All the way!

~Tony

[Proteus]

Hey hey I ain't competing! I can't bring my knife to a gun fight! But mine is a double rainbow.... All the way!

~Tony

Well then that's a double edge knife ;)

Although I've seen some of Darryl's pics and he employs a army

[Zoaelite]

An army of Rainbows... Sounds fabulous :razz:!

What makes a "Rainbow" chalice, all I know is that they are expensive and I'm already addicted?

[Zoaelite]

Damnnnnn levi....looks amazing buddy :D

Nice looking tank levi. :biggrin:

Thanks ladies and gentlemen!

[DAVE]

An army of Rainbows... Sounds fabulous :razz:!

What makes a "Rainbow" chalice, all I know is that they are expensive and I'm already addicted?

They are very rare and are notoriously slow growers. Also, a difficult chalice to keep, they are collected in deep water and sometimes don't adjust to aquarium life. Best to buy a rainbow that has been with a tank for 6+ months.

With the high price tag you want to be sure it's got a good chance for survival.

[The Grizz]

Wow now that's a chalice tank!! You should just give me the rest of your Zoas to make room for more chalice goodness :biggrin:

[Zoaelite]

Wow now that's a chalice tank!! You should just give me the rest of your Zoas to make room for more chalice goodness :biggrin:

Admit that your secretly using close loops and we will talk :razz:.

[The Grizz]

Admit that your secretly using close loops and we will talk :razz:.

Only on my chiller & reactors :razz:

[Zoaelite]

Only on my chiller & reactors :razz:

:lol::lol::lol:

Oddly I'm having some serious growth on my zoas at the moment, it was much slower when I had a tank packed with them. Would be interested to see a high quality PPM test before and after the introduction of any of them.

[Zoaelite]

http://imageshack.us/a/img819/7670/78lt.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/78lt.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img842/562/ua0e.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/ua0e.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/34/0lgz.JPG (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/34/0lgz.JPG/)

[kien]

very nice! I especially like your favia tree/toadstool in the background there :biggrin:

[kien]

very nice! I especially like your favia tree/toadstool in the background there :biggrin:

or maybe it's an acan tree.

[reefermadness]

An army of Rainbows... Sounds fabulous :razz:!

What makes a "Rainbow" chalice, all I know is that they are expensive and I'm already addicted?

I just noticed nobody really answered this for you Levi. Maybe you know by know but here are how chaices get rare and expensive.....here is a list of things that make a chalice rare and desirable to the collector.

-a nice and bright base colour (duh)
-contrasting eyes (green wont cut it here, must be yellow,orange,pink,red etc.)
-a green rim or contrasting coloured rim
-splashes of other colours in the body

any combination of these traits are good and finally we come to the explanation of what a proper rainbow chalice is.... basically it has a multicoloured base with contrasting eyes and contrasting rim.

Hows your frag doing? Im sure you saw a picture of my mother colony. I have had that one for over a year if you were curious. Chalices love to be feed as a tip...it will grow much faster if you can get it to eat.

[Zoaelite]

very nice! I especially like your favia tree/toadstool in the background there :biggrin:

or maybe it's an acan tree.

Correct that is an acan tree :razz:, thanks for the kind words Kien!

I just noticed nobody really answered this for you Levi. Maybe you know by know but here are how chaices get rare and expensive.....here is a list of things that make a chalice rare and desirable to the collector.

-a nice and bright base colour (duh)
-contrasting eyes (green wont cut it here, must be yellow,orange,pink,red etc.)
-a green rim or contrasting coloured rim
-splashes of other colours in the body

any combination of these traits are good and finally we come to the explanation of what a proper rainbow chalice is.... basically it has a multicoloured base with contrasting eyes and contrasting rim.

Hows your frag doing? Im sure you saw a picture of my mother colony. I have had that one for over a year if you were curious. Chalices love to be feed as a tip...it will grow much faster if you can get it to eat.

Thanks for the info Darryl, the frag is doing very well. Here's a few photos of the little guy.
http://imageshack.us/a/img802/5935/05z4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/802/05z4.jpg/)

I was afraid portions were possibly bleaching but I'm pretty sure that's just the eye forming process now? The area lightened and then a little green spot formed, got larger and then a mouth popped up! Second new eye since I've gotten it, slow grower but hands down my favorite!

PUNNIISHHHERRRRR!!! CONTROLL!!! (aka photo dump)


http://imageshack.us/a/img405/1913/dpwr.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/405/dpwr.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img5/1968/is72.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/5/is72.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img96/1198/1jpv.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/1jpv.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img407/5951/g1t2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/407/g1t2.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img202/9828/b4rv.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/202/b4rv.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img819/8664/gwio.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/gwio.jpg/)

[Zoaelite]

New split eye is forming on this bad boy!! Is REALLLYYY slow to grow but holy crap do I love it.
http://imageshack.us/a/img607/7291/sw86.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/607/sw86.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img812/271/3js5.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/3js5.jpg/)

[gqlmao]

Wow! Quite the collection of zoas, acans and chalices! Can't wait to see it when that zoa floor grows out! :mrgreen:

[Skimmerking]

Levi that tank looks amazing

[kien]

Great collections there ZoaCanLaceElite

[Zoaelite]

Wow! Quite the collection of zoas, acans and chalices! Can't wait to see it when that zoa floor grows out! :mrgreen:
I'm excited too, Denny (Reefwars) has a few really high end babies coming in that I will be snapping up.

Levi that tank looks amazing
Thanks Mike :biggrin:!

Great collections there ZoaCanLaceElite

Thanks Kiener, relevant (http://www.manhattantoy.com/p/imagine-i-can-lace-play-fish).

[gqlmao]

He's been telling me about those! Some wild pieces I must say. They are so unique and crazy including the price :P.

I'm excited too, Denny (Reefwars) has a few really high end babies coming in that I will be snapping up.

[Zoaelite]

He's been telling me about those! Some wild pieces I must say. They are so unique and crazy including the price :P.

Cant wait!!

http://imageshack.us/a/img43/8872/usoq.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/43/usoq.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img41/6199/ytg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/ytg3.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img27/4584/d09j.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/27/d09j.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img716/1963/c2s9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/c2s9.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img819/5925/pnve.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/pnve.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img571/5042/bvry.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/571/bvry.jpg/)

[JDigital]

Damn! That looks great!

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

I love the combination of all colors in your tank :smilecol:

[Ryanerickson]

Beautiful tank and corals!!!
Nice poster by the way lol

[thmh]

Awesome FTS Levi !


-Tony

[Misses.ReefWars]

wow levi...absolutely impressed by your auqa scape and all those lovely chalices...way to go my friend :)

[Zoaelite]

Damn! That looks great!

I love the combination of all colors in your tank :smilecol:

Awesome FTS Levi !


-Tony

Thank you gentlemen :biggrin:!

[Zoaelite]

Beautiful tank and corals!!!
Nice poster by the way lol

Thank you :)! The poster really pops with the actinic lights... among other things haha.

wow levi...absolutely impressed by your auqa scape and all those lovely chalices...way to go my friend :)

Thanks Ruth, I think I will be doing a full rework of the aquascape here shortly. Placing coral 1/2" from the water might make them look nice but its a VERY fast way to bleach them.

You and Mr.Reefwars need to stop by for a beer here shortly!

Brought some samples into the lab today, black and whites are with brightfield/ DIC microscopy and the colored are using florescent microscopy (FITC/ TRITC filters).

The colored photos are two images imposed on each other, yellow notifies co localization of both pigments.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/837/mpesx.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/n9mpesxj)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/542/yyzf.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/f2yyzfj)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/716/a2yj.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/jwa2yjj)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/839/rlum.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/nbrlumj)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/856/dar6.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/nsdar6j)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/585/l6ls.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/g9l6lsj)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/580/qd49.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/g4qd49j)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/716/pbsj.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/jwpbsjj)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/824/y9fl.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/mwy9flj)

[Zoaelite]

Feel like I should dig this up with some Eye Candy.
These have been growing out for a while :razz:.

http://s12.postimg.org/4p65w0yy5/MG_5691.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/ukpwf80rt/full/)

http://s12.postimg.org/4l7r21431/MG_5699.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/4l7r2142x/full/)

http://s12.postimg.org/o8ar5dxpp/MG_5702.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/z7vygzo4p/full/)

http://s12.postimg.org/pw9wk1bl9/MG_5703.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/49uw30d0p/full/)