badxgillen Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Well Contestants this is the official thread to post your Cuttlefish And Corals Zoa Grow Out entries! If you post your entry in another thread it will not count. Contest begins April 20th!You have a week before and a week after to post up your picture. This competition will run 4 months! Ground Rules: The goal of this competition is to be both educational and fun. I am hopeful the winners will be able to share their "secrets" and truly see how different lighting, supplements, dosing, and tank parameters can make a difference in growth. Rules and Guidelines for The CNC Zoa Grow Out Competition. 1.Your first post must include a quick write up of your system in thiis competition thread. Including tank size, flow, lighting, placement of the frag, frag measurement, equipment (ie calcium reactor, dosing, etc), feeding regiment, etc. 2. You will be required to post photo updates. The contest will start April 20th. You will be required to post a photo update once a month. I will remind you of this when the time is soon to post. I know life gets busy and people go out of town so you have a 2 week window to post.You will have 7 days before the 20th and 7 days after to post your update. If you do not post within the allotted time frame you will be disqualified. 3. Please no cheating. This competition is meant to be fun and for bragging rights. Cheaters will be disqualified and banned from any future competitions. 4. The frags must remain on the original plug. You may modify the plug if needed example cutting off the stem for placement. You may place the frag anywhere you want in your tank and you may move it to a different spot during the competition but it is frowned upon and you cannot move it to a new tank as the point is to see how the frag does over time in different systems. 5. Initial photos of frags need to have a top down as well as side shot so we can all see the frag and what you are starting with. No hiding zoa polyps in your photos. Not following the rules will cause you to be disqualified, I know that sounds harsh but it is out of fairness to the rest of the group. Remember a lot can happen in 4 months. During the last growout many were DQ'd due to not posting. It's really simple. JUST DO IT. Length of competition: The competition will run for 4 months. This will give us enough time for the frag to grow. A lot can happen in 4 months and a lot of people could drop out, so if you are persistent, you have a chance to win the grand prize. This will give EVERYONE the same advantage\disadvantage with acclimation and so on. Pictures will be required frequently for updates. Final post will be July 20th 2015 for the winner. Judging a winner: Should be pretty straight forward this grow out. The most polyps at the end wins. But the Grand Prize is... Not going to spoil it yet, you have to play our little game here. Our Standing List of Fine PNWMAS Contestants are... 1. Sharklover 2. Paratore 3. Kasasah 4. Lewisriverfisherman 5. Spectra 6. Reefnjunkie 7. Jtarmitage 8. Badxgillen 9. Optimusprime 10. MJs reef 11. Sroberts 12.Flash21 13. Emerald525 14.Jeremevans 15.Kristen Herr 16.TheClark 17. Kev 311 18. JMurray 19. Pdxmonkeyboy 20. Gil & Fin 21. TheDSBlack So lets see who is who among the competition, Who thinks they have a chance against some of PNWMAS finest coral growers? Post em up and lets get this party started. Featured here is the mother colony, not my grow out frag... Although mine might look like that in 4 months, I got the JUICE!!! 5 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Woo hoo! Thanks for getting this up Bert! Still working on prize options! But you all are going down!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 13 minutes ago, Emerald525 said: Woo hoo! Thanks for getting this up Bert! Still working on prize options! But you all are going down!! Smack talk in the grow out thread... when things get "real" in PNWMAS land 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, albertareef said: Smack talk in the grow out thread... when things get "real" in PNWMAS land It’s the only reason I do these! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash21 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Tank Specs: 25 Lagoon Return 1.5 Sicce with a Tunze Wave Nano pump. Heated with a Heater. No skimmer. 2 AI Primes I try and do weekly WC. If not it gets pushed a couple days of 5 Gallons. I Hand dose Cal and Alk when needed, Every 2-4 days. All Corals get fed every so often with Whatever I decide that day. FRAG: located on the Frag Rack for the moment I’m going accumulated it in a higher locate with in a week or so. About 8”s from water line. I have 5 heads Frag Measurement is 5 heads wide. Which would be 5/8” by 1/2” hard to tell and I think that is not needed as this is not a stick so hard to measure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 First post: Frag tank 4x2x12 (about 60 gallons) with 30 gallon sump Lighting 6 bulb ATI T-5 Flow: Mp 40 and mp 10 Skimmer: Reef Octopus Feed: Rod’s food daily , spot feed dendro with mixture of PE calanus, oyster feast , pods etc Hand dose Brightwell Calcium and alk daily and occasional mag Weekly to biweekly 4 to 5 gallon water change Also use Santa Monica algae scrubber Frag is in front right of tank near the MP10 starting with 4 polyps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMurray Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) First Post: 90 Gallon Trigger System Sapphire 26 sump Reef Octopus 150 In Sump Skimmer Heated to constant 78 degrees with 2 Eheim Jager heaters Sunlight Systems Sun Blaze 8 Bulb T5 (7 bulbs functional, 6 bulbs in use) -2 ATI Blue Plus , 2 ATI Purple Plus, 2 ATI Actinic 2 Rossmont M1200 circulation pumps at alternate sides of the tank Rossmont Riser return pump Currently dosing by hand with Bionic 2 part Alk and Calc. Maintaining 9 dkh. Not sure about Calc because I haven't bought a test yet. Feed: Target feed Benereef twice per week with some broadcast feeding. Fish are fed frozen mysis every other day. Frag: 5 polyps opened. Possible 6th but it has not yet opened and seems like a dud. frag will be kept front left corner of the tank near sandbed. Checked in picture Edited April 18, 2018 by JMurray Frag location 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Does it matter if I reattach it to a disc vs a plug, mine detached in the travel home and it’s just free floating in my sump- At least it was 2 days ago when I last looked LOL If not no big deal, it was more the donation of the buy in that I was doing, I don’t do zoas but thought my regal would enjoy the snack 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 You can do some changes to the frag plug and mounting but only before your first entry post, since the frag itself came detached I see no problem with it being remounted on another similar plug. And even if you are not a zoa fan these contests are a HOOT! Good prizes, bragging rights, and poking fun at our fellow members is all worth getting in on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristen Herr Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 4/18 Tank Specs 65 Gallon Red Sea Reefer Curve 5 Bubble Magnus Skimmer Cobalt Heater (78 Degrees) 2 AI prime lights Couple of JBJ powerbeads Weekly 5 gallon water changes with occasional 2 part dosing Feed LRS and Reef Chili Got two polyps 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What_The_Frag Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) Good luck folks! Here's my entry, there's 4 heads on this Zoa. Three heads are open but one is still closed. - 90 Gallon with 30 gallon sump, 1/3 of it is a refugium with cheato - Reef Octopus 150 In Sump Skimmer - Lighting is a T5x4 and Radion LED hybrid. T5's are ATI, 2x Coral Plus and 2x Blue Plus - Temp kept between 78-79 degrees - 2 x Vortech MP40's - Eheim return pump - Tank Feed Schedule: 1x per day with mysis and 2x per week spot feed coral with Reef Roids - Place about 12 inches from the top of the tank under ledge with partial shadow. - Dosing Acropower 1x per week Edited April 24, 2018 by theDSBlack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash21 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 DS Black you may want to read the 1st post. That is one nice looking zoa tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroberts Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 This is my first post. I have a 200 gallon system. 2 - MP40 opposite sides staggered flow 75 gallon sump (homemade) with sock, Vertex Omega 180i skimmer (1 bad attitude powder brown tang resides here along with a coral eating butterfly) 4 Kessil A360WE tuna blue on variable 8 hours up to 30% color and 50% intensity. 1 purple tang, 1 powder blue tang, 3 clowns, 1 goby, 3 shrimp, several hermit crabs and lots of snails. Fish get fed 4/5 times weekly frozen and occassional pellets Corals include mostly softies with some SPS that I am trying for the first time including currently acro grow out contest. Parameters checked several times each week, water change of 40 gallons every 1/2 weeks. Corals get fed 3 times a week or so with Reef Roids doing spot feeding Currently dosing with two part based on tests last test showed: alk 9.2, cal. 410, mag. 1360, ph. 8.2, temp. 78, sal. 1.025 i have 4 polyps - plug is currently set pretty low for acclimation but will raise it up soon for more light. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremevans Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 System: 200g display (36x48x27) + 100g sump (~265g total volume)Reeflo Orca 250 SkimmerRefugium with chart and reverse illuminationCalcium reactor 30g water change twice a monthDosing iron, iodine, silicate weeklyICP testing quarterly and dosing trace elements in response (if needed)Tank was setup last JuneBare bottomDual maxspect gyre 250s running on tidal cycle76.5-77 degrees, steadyPhosphate 0.02, nitrate near zero, alk 7.8-8.4, pH 8.2-8.3, SG 1.026, CA 430, mg 13504x OR t247b: 55% ch1, 5% ch24x t5 mixed ATU coral plus and blue plusLights are on 10 hrLivestock: purple tang, kole tang, hippo tang, flame hawkish, long nose hawkfish, foxface rabbitfish, one lonely chromis, 4 clowns, 2 adult Bangalore cardinals + 4 juveniles + 6 babies (they keep breeding), yellow tang (lives in sump for now after getting beat up)Lots of sps, decent amount of zoa's and a few lps.A bunch of snails (probably a thousand the size is a pinhead since they breed...), a few hermits, two emerald crab, 2 peppermint shrimp, cleaner shrimp, and a sneaky milk cowryHere's the crummy picks I took after three lights were out. I'm headed out of town so better than no post. It looks like 6 heads to me. This is on there bottom of the tank near the outer edge. It's getting roughly 125 par.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 First post: Frag tank 4x2x12 (about 60 gallons) in a 500 gallon total volume system Lighting: Ocean Revive 247 Flow: MP 10 and Gyre 130 Skimmer: Reef Octopus Feed: Mysis/LRS on alternating days Weekly to biweekly 40 to 50 gallon water change Starting with 5 polyps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Well I may be out before it even starts mine still hasn't opened up..........I may have got a dud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, spectra said: Well I may be out before it even starts mine still hasn't opened up..........I may have got a dud Just take pictures of the closed pictures polyps . Don’t give up !! I have had zoas close for weeks and then come back ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Just now, Emerald525 said: Just take pictures of the closed pictures polyps . Don’t give up !! I have had zoas close for weeks and then come back ! Oh I will I am just pissed that they wont open......................guess there scared of the hallucinations on the rack next to them 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuttleFishandCoral Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Free replacement frags for the first week if anybody’s didn’t make it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasasah Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) •Red sea reefer 170 •Hydra 26HD •Reef Octopus Skimmer •Chaetomorpha •Ceramedia bag Edited April 20, 2018 by Kasasah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, spectra said: Oh I will I am just pissed that they wont open......................guess there scared of the hallucinations on the rack next to them I’m thinking you just put too much pressure on them - they heard you were the zoanthid champ and just couldn’t take it. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtarmitage Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Tank: 92g + 110g sump Lighting: Maxspect Ethereal x2 Flow: 2x gyre 150s + 1800gph CL Skimmer: RLSS IS8 Feed: Mysis/LRS, pellets, flake foods biweekly 20g water change Dosing 2 part Starting with 3 polyps Will get a pic shortly....had a dosing mishap...😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ'S-Reef Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Alrighty we are in the same spot as spectra as ours have not opened. We have 6 large polyps and 1 baby. Keeping 🤞 they figure their crap out, lol.System:120gal tank with 30gal sumpReef octopus skimmerNot currently dosing anythingBiweekly water changes of 20galLighting is 3 strip current usa led's- don't judge, lol. We are running our own experiment just to see success or lack there of you can have running cheaper lights. If anyone is curious so far they do okay the only problem is they don't seem to penetrate far enough so only corals about 1/2 up and higher do well. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev311 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I have 4 polyps placed midway up under moderate flow System: 40b with an arctic t247 led fixture a 15 gallon Aqeon proflex 2 sump, cheato in middle chamber. An 8 watt tmc vecton 2 uv sterilizer. also just hooked up an aquamaxx cheato reactor that seems to be doing really well. Two Jebao ow10’s at opposite ends of the tank both on else mode and a simplicity dc120 skimerI should include a top down pic also, I’ll get one in here tomorrow when the lights are on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtarmitage Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Well, mine came off the plug. Just found them stuck to my CL intake. Will see how they recover 😐 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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