Zoaelite photo dump thread
 

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

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

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


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http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2936/mg0694b.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8716/mg0720.jpg

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

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

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/881/mg0697w.jpg

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6250/mg0847w.jpg

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5930/mg0753.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2300/mg0843f.jpg

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

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5349/mg0837.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2417/mg0813.jpg

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

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

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2610/mg0768.jpg

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

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/1349/mg0749k.jpg

awesome pics how about a FTS

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

Very nice corals, please post a FTS.

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 :)

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/scaled/large/96/upzl.jpg

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/13/9k6z.jpg

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/838/d7c2.jpg

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/694/uoe7.jpg

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/850/gp76.jpg

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/541/gepm.jpg

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

Very nice :)

Nice update Levis !

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

words of encouragement!

Damnnnnn levi....looks amazing buddy :D

Nice looking tank levi. :biggrin:

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

Tank looks great

+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 ;)

Thanks for the kind words folks :mrgreen:!

Generic thank you!

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.

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.

Mmmm.. juicy chalice goodness..

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

~Tony

You got just one rainbow ;)

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

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?

Thanks ladies and gentlemen!

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.

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:.

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.

http://imageshack.us/a/img819/7670/78lt.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img842/562/ua0e.jpg

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/34/0lgz.JPG

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

or maybe it's an acan tree.

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.

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

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

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)


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New split eye is forming on this bad boy!! Is REALLLYYY slow to grow but holy crap do I love it.
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