Zoaelite: Zoa/Paly Species Tank
 

Its been a while since I've updated Canreef on what my reefing situation is looking like so I its time for a new build thread.

Since parting ways with my brother on our 250g display I held a 37g 24" X 24" X 14"H cubish tank. Decided to pull the trigger on a nicer build and was a little blown away by how well Concept turned this puppy out. Big credit to both Denny & Dave, they made this really easy for me and have been nothing but helpful since the get go.

New tank Specs:

• 30"X 30"X 14"T: 55g
• Starphire on all three viewing sides, external rear overflow
• CSC 150 Skimmer, 2 Radion Gen 1s, Aquaclear for carbon/GFO
• Tunzee ATO with 40g baffled sump & 15g top off tank
• Return pump & Korellia 4 for flow

Fish List:

• Starry Blenny
• Harem of Flasher Wrasses (3F 1M)
• Yellow Tang

Coral List:
Zoanthids/ Palys out of the yinngg yanngg!

Photos:
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I will snap some more accurate photos of the fish & coral tomorrow when the lights are on.

Skimmer and sump:
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nice build... can't wait to see more pics... last tank was pretty friggin sweet! Just wish we lived closer so we could trade some zoa/palys to add to my garden...

Looks great Levi! A build with instant gratification, nice :-)

You must have to clean that tank very very slowly/carefully. I noticed that the water line looks pretty high and there is no eurobracing.

Very awesome! Always enjoy tagging along on your builds. :pop2:

Very nice! That's enough footprint for a lot of polyps!

I'm sure as most can attest I'm pretty bad for getting frags cut :razz:, I'm a little too addicted to share haha! No photos tonight unfortunately, just got home and the lights are already almost off. I will get a whole whack load of them up hopefully by the weekend.

When it was first set it up I was a little scared of exactly that, ends up not being all that bad and with the lack of bioload I rarely have to clean the glass. I thought the waterline would sit about an inch off the glass but its much closer to a cm :neutral:.

Why thank you :biggrin:!

Polyps GALOORREE!
Instead of a sand bed or bare bottom I purchased quite a few tumbled marble tiles, should look really good when the zoas start growing on it not to mention it should make for much easier fragging.

Thats a cool idea for the bottom having tiles there. How do you like your skimmer so far? I just orded the CSC 250 but havent gotten around to putting it in the tank yet

As long as you don't have them melt on you, just sayin :twised: