[RyanG]

Anyone keep zoos?

[NYreefNoob]

i do i have a variety of zoo's and polyps. different color's and such. what do you want to know

[ACE]

What strength of light do zoos need???

[NYreefNoob]

you could use a power compact, what size of tank do you have and dimensions ? makes a differance on amount of light you need. and do you plan to have anything else in the tank down the road.

[reefaddict]

I have zoos and I have flourecents and 2 250w MH You can place them in the tank with the appropriate lighting by careful placement.

[ACE]

I have a 30gal 36''by12''inch aquarium and I plan to have polyps and mushrooms.

[NYreefNoob]

get a t5 lighting setup. it will give you ample light if you decide to put other thing's in as well, and they really bring the color out in corals, as well they are cheaper than metal halyde's and use less electricity

[Fisher]

I had thought the MH consumed alot of power also, but I had contacted my power company lasts week and they said running a 400W MH cost about $8 in 34 days. FYI

[ACE]

Thanks for the information.

ACE.

[dphilbert]

just got some green stars today. pretty cool and they really glow bright under my blue moon lunar. question: do zoo's and other corals need time of complete darkness after the daylight turns off or can you go straight to lunar light? also its normal for the polyps to close up at night right?

[dphilbert]

heres a pic under actinic light:
<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d166/dphilbert/reef003.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>

[dphilbert]

oh woops heres image code

[reefcrazy]

can you show a picture of your whole tank with that light on, please?

[dphilbert]

Why not!

Heres the whole tank under actinic only:


And here with both the actinic and daylight:


Makes a big difference. If I could, I would probably change out the daylight for another actinic but I think somethings need the daylight spectrum and some colors (like the orange of the tomato clown) get lost with only the blue light.

[RCBruce]

I use T-5's and am very happy with them, and get great results with my zoo's and my frogspawn's and my mushrooms.

[c-c]

Nice Pics, You Guys!!

[RyanG]

[mtfabel]

Those are awesome reefbuilders.

[WorkinMan]

Ryan,
SWEET close up!!!

[wendyzim]

Originally Posted by RCBruce

I use T-5's and am very happy with them, and get great results with my zoo's and my frogspawn's and my mushrooms.

What are T-5's?

[Jamaalnleah2003]

I want to get into zoo's really bad now that my tank is established and has been going for almost a year now without any losses (fingers crossed) I am new to the site and this is my second post. I was wondering if anyone has any zoo's available for sale? Let me know, I do have some soft corals but really do not know what they are. i will give you a picture if I have one. Thanks everyone! I have learned alout in about 5 days on here. I have no way to resize my pictures so I will provide you with a link to my photobucket. Enjoy.


http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...JJ03-07119.jpg

[sarha]

i beleive that is a stony coral form the genus heliofungia or the genus euphyllia need a better pic and one of it closed

[NYreefNoob]

looks like frog spawn to me, hard to tell cause of the picture. you should be able to buy zoa's at your local fish store. there is also a ton of vendor's online, here is a good site to get them from also
https://reefer.powweb.com/catalog/pr...792922465eb1b2

[Taras1]

T-5's are flourescent high output lights measuring about 1/2" (50mm) in diameter. They're very efficient and fairly economical. I have an Current USA Orbit X-Treme 48" 8 tube setup for my 90 gal reef. (4 Actinic @ 54 w / 4 10K daylight @ 54 w). It doesn't have that metallic shimmer that Metal Halides have, but my Pink Birdsnest Frag is growing like wildfire. It doubled in size in about 3 weeks.

[rstroede]

Real Nice pictures you all. Makes me hope mine gets just as good. I just made the plunge 4-13-2007 into Zoos. I hope it is successful.
Randy