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Delphinus 04-09-2012 07:22 AM

Featured Tank - April 2012 "Zoaelite"
 
For April 2012 we are featuring Zoaelite's ridiculously-full-of-zoanthids garden reef!

Please click on the picture below to check it out.

Congratulations Levi and Devan, and thank you for sharing your system details with us!

http://www.canreef.com/ftotm/apr12/i...s/_MG_9241.JPG


Cade 04-09-2012 07:31 AM

Congratulations!! You deserve it, Im sure I was not the only one who thought you would get it.
AMAZING TANK!!
:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

waynemah 04-09-2012 07:38 AM

Congrats! Well deserved :mrgreen:

kole 04-09-2012 10:04 AM

Congrats. Amazing collection. I really liked the video nice job.

reefermadness 04-09-2012 12:00 PM

Congrats for sure.....looks great.

reefwars 04-09-2012 01:00 PM

way to go buddy and show em how its done!!!! :):) well deserved:)

fishytime 04-09-2012 01:42 PM

Congrats gentlemangs.....well deserved..... Welcome the the club:wink:

Triggz 04-09-2012 02:13 PM

Congrats on the TOTY... errrr I mean TOTM lol! Well deserved indeed!

Skimmerking 04-09-2012 02:13 PM

Well done Levi and devan looks amazing the colors blow my mind

Seriak 04-09-2012 03:01 PM

Congrats, amazing tank.

Lance 04-09-2012 03:06 PM

Congrats guys! Well deserved.

spawn 04-09-2012 03:29 PM

Very Nice, well deserved.

blaster 04-09-2012 03:32 PM

Funny i thought mangroves never really grew that much.Do you believe they are a good nutrient export?Tank looks great by the way.

lastlight 04-09-2012 03:48 PM

Amazing tank and a very thorough write-up =)

christyf5 04-09-2012 03:49 PM

Congrats! Gorgeous!! :cool:

Bblinks 04-09-2012 03:56 PM

Amazing collection of zoa, congrats Levi!

NastayNatron 04-09-2012 04:03 PM

Congrats! Looks amazing!

Madmak 04-09-2012 04:03 PM

Very, very nice! Congrats!

Marlin65 04-09-2012 04:06 PM

Very nice tank well done.

toytech 04-09-2012 06:15 PM

One of my all time favorite tanks for sure , great job.

muck 04-09-2012 06:50 PM

Well deserved guys!! :biggrin1:

Zoaelite 04-09-2012 08:07 PM

Thanks for all the kind words everyone :biggrin:, even bigger thanks to Tony for putting up with me trying to design the webpage vicariously through him at 2:00am in the morning.


Quote:

Originally Posted by blaster (Post 703137)
Funny i thought mangroves never really grew that much.Do you believe they are a good nutrient export?Tank looks great by the way.


Hard to tell because I have multiple nutrient sinks going on, I have always used them and regardless if they work I love the look :biggrin:.

Just to spice things up here are some recent top downs:
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4672/mg0041n.jpg

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5581/mg0030vx.jpg

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1064/mg0013c.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5215/mg0011i.jpg

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3516/mg0002ge.jpg

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3131/mg0016i.jpg

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/796/mg9994.jpg

Zoaelite 04-09-2012 08:09 PM

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2553/mg9988y.jpg

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/9837/mg9985.jpg

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8223/mg0078s.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9534/mg0073.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/503/mg0064.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9813/mg0057e.jpg

Casey8 04-09-2012 08:12 PM

It's so BEAUTIFUL ! Congratulations !!!!

reefgirl189 04-09-2012 08:21 PM

You are every aspiring zoa collectors' envy :)

Congrats on TOTH, It's very well deserved!

NorthernCoral 04-09-2012 08:27 PM

UNREAl zoa collection... very envious.

christyf5 04-09-2012 08:59 PM

Great pics Levi, you've got quite the candy store there :cool:

Just a question about your nighttime water column saturation method. You haven't ever had any oxygenation problems with the corals sliming/reduction of flow/no skimmer combination? Just wondering as I accidentally had my skimmer and return pump off overnight once and lost my bellus angel from what I assumed to be low oxygen. Could be that they're just overly sensitive as I've heard angelfish can be. I'm intrigued to try your method but it kind of scares the bejeezus out of me and I'd likely have the pumps come on after only an hour or two.

Anyway, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this :biggrin:

reefermadness 04-10-2012 01:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoaelite (Post 703252)
Just to spice things up here are some recent top downs:

Spicy! ;)

bignose 04-10-2012 01:54 AM

Absolutely stunning tank. Congrats on TOTM it's well deserved.

gregzz4 04-10-2012 01:57 AM

Congrats
No surprise here as I've always thought your tank is stunning

noirsphynx 04-10-2012 02:04 AM

Congratulations Levi!!! Well deserved and long overdue :biggrin:

EDIT: just watched the video :hail:

Coralgurl 04-10-2012 02:42 AM

Wow!! That's an awesome tank and system you have! Thanks for the write up and video, very inspiring. Congrats!

Rice Reef 04-10-2012 02:43 AM

Congrats! Your "field" of zoas is awesome!

Zoaelite 04-10-2012 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by christyf5 (Post 703276)
Great pics Levi, you've got quite the candy store there :cool:

Just a question about your nighttime water column saturation method. You haven't ever had any oxygenation problems with the corals sliming/reduction of flow/no skimmer combination? Just wondering as I accidentally had my skimmer and return pump off overnight once and lost my bellus angel from what I assumed to be low oxygen. Could be that they're just overly sensitive as I've heard angelfish can be. I'm intrigued to try your method but it kind of scares the bejeezus out of me and I'd likely have the pumps come on after only an hour or two.

Anyway, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this :biggrin:

No losses thus far, I agree though if your hesitant to do it start really slow.

That being said all of the tanks I have done this with have had a fair amount of surface area so it has never really been a problem. Make sure you keep your return pump on though, don't want a temperature drop. It would be nice to get an O2 probe running and take some measurements, I might pick one up the next time I'm at the LFS.

Thanks again for all the shout outs everyone :smile:!

The Grizz 04-10-2012 04:45 AM

Congrats Levi & Devan very well deserved & I have yet to feast my eyes on this system in person YET :twised:

Myka 04-10-2012 01:52 PM

Congrats Levi! I've always loved the idea of a Zoa dominated tank, and the size of yours too is really great. Love the rainbow!

tt101 04-10-2012 06:19 PM

wow your tank is stunning.....why hasn't a game of count the fish began yet lol. i counted 15

RPatsula 04-12-2012 07:46 PM

Wow
 
I'm just starting out. My setup is very similar to yours wrt to equipment abnd tank size. I'm just starting to put the coral and fish in. I hope my tank can look a fration as good as yours. Steve at RedCoral edmonton has been helping me out. I have lotsa to learn...lol

canadianbudz604 04-13-2012 04:37 AM

Wow
 
this is the type of stuff that makes me love salt tanks. Wow crazy tank

Zoaelite 04-14-2012 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by canadianbudz604 (Post 704536)
this is the type of stuff that makes me love salt tanks. Wow crazy tank

Thanks!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Grizz (Post 703458)
Congrats Levi & Devan very well deserved & I have yet to feast my eyes on this system in person YET :twised:

Hopefully before I get you to build my light hanging rail :mrgreen:. 23rd is my last exam then I'm off to Jamaica for 10 days, you should stop by for a frag swap after that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myka (Post 703525)
Congrats Levi! I've always loved the idea of a Zoa dominated tank, and the size of yours too is really great. Love the rainbow!

Thanks Mindy! I'm excited to see how your 50g turns out, should be a little easier to deal pest algae and keep everything stable for the little guys.


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