100 litre Coral Zoo - Part 4 - Week 11 update.
100 litre Coral Zoo - Part 4 - Week 11 update.
Our Zoa arch we made in part 1 is coming along quite nicely now, you can really see how much they have grown over the last 11 weeks!
The main stock so far is of Zoas, with most of those being Vietnam Zoas, like these.
But, there are also a lot of Zoas from elsewhere too. From left to right; Goblins on fire, LA Lakers, and Rastas.
What’s in there at the moment?
So far just Star polyps, Zoas, and mushrooms, like these.
There are 80+ types of mushrooms in there so far!
They are steadily getting bigger
It’s hard to believe that we only started our 100L Coral Zoo just 11 weeks ago! From an empty tank on 5th Feb 2022, it has really come on well in 11 weeks, despite not having much time spent on it really! They are growing really well.
It’s hard to believe that we only started our 100L Coral Zoo just 11 weeks ago! From an empty tank on 5th Feb 2022, it has really come on well in 11 weeks, despite not having much time spent on it really!
Progress so far
Here's a few updated pics of our Coral Zoo project. We now have 190+ types of Zoas and Palys, 80+ types of Mushrooms, and 8 types of Star polyps in there. Let’s take a look at some of the corals in there.
I’ve linked some of the pictures
For some of these pictures I’ve added links, so if you click the pictures it takes you to their product listing and you can find out more about them, and maybe even buy some too!"
There are several frags of these VZ93 El Presidente's Whammin Watermelon zoas.
As well as the very similar VZ94 El Presidente's Eye of the Gryphon zoas.
There’s a huge rock of these which I haven’t got round to identifying yet.
These ZOA680 ★ULTRA GRADE★, LA Lakers Zoas are awesome!
I stole a few of these INZOA630 Candy apple Red Zoas, 🌴El Presidente grade🌴 too.
INZOA980 Pink Zipper Zoas, 💎El Presidente Personale Collezione grade💎.
I highly recommend getting some of these ZOA075 ★ULTRA GRADE★ Fake lime Chilli's. They’re fantastic!
You can see sme of the Zoas are changing colour. Oddly they seem to be absorbing some of the colours of the ones next to them, in a similar way to the way Acans do.
We have 4 types of Grandis Paly in there so far. they can get close to 2” across on each polyp! These are ZOA028 Mocha GRANDIS PALY, 🌴El Presidente grade🌴.
These ZOA029 El Presidente's Personale Collezione, Blue centred GRANDIS PALY! are particularly good!
We have a few of these DISCO751 Passionfruit mushroom 🌴El Presidente grade🌴 in there and they’ve already started popping out baby ones!
A particularly nice DISCO725 Ocean turquoise Disco mushroom 🌴El Presidente grade🌴.
Our most recent insertions
These are some of the newest arrivals into the 100L Coral Zoo.
These little mini colony of VZ-900 EXTRA BRIGHT Ultimate Fire & Ice, 💎El Presidente Personale Collezione grade💎 are one of my most favourite corals in the tank.
Another new one this week ZOA082 Dark Magicians Zoas, La Generale grade.
A very unusual Vietnam Zoa, VZ-60 Razzamataz Zoas La Generale grade (5+ polyps). Not online yet.
only limited stocks of these left now VZ-280 Cobalts Zoas, El Presidente Personale Collezione.
These VZ96 Blue Blowpops Zoas 🌴El Presidente grade🌴 5+ are a particular favourite of mine.
These INZOA840 Lunar Eclipse Zoas, El Presidente grade are particularly bright.
There’s quite a few of these INZOA900 Red Dragon Indo Zoas, 🌴El Presidente grade🌴 in there, mainly because I really like them.
ZOA600 Rastas Zoas are an essential for any serious Zoa collector.
Possibly my most favourite Zoa of the 190+ types of Zoanthids in there. These are of co
The truly impressive ZOA-395 El Presidente's Personale Collezione, Predator Zoas, 💎El Presidente Personale Collezione grade💎.
Another new one recently inserted, these ZOA-331 Stardust GRANDIS PALY, 💎El Presidente Personale Collezione grade💎.
You’ll want it so badly
This beauty isn’t for sale yet, we will be farming these in the Coral Zoo though, and they will be available soon. Some truly stunning ZOA-331 Stardust GRANDIS PALY, 💎El Presidente Personale Collezione grade💎.
ZOA-331 Stardust GRANDIS PALY, 💎El Presidente Personale Collezione grade💎.
Look at these colour poppers
Some absolutely jaw dropping mushrooms in the tank so far including these 4 new ones I added this week:
This 💎El Presidente Personale Collezione grade💎. Aztec warrior is particularly stunning!
DISCO760 Red Riding Hood Disco mushroom 🌴El Presidente grade🌴, what a beauty!
Plus this threesome!
The hottest of them all!
By far the hottest things in the Coral zoo are these Sizzling hot mushrooms!
I need to do some pillaging!
I definitely need to pillage the Star polyps section in our Coral bays, because we have 20+ colours of Star polyps in stock, and I only have 8 types! Thinking about it I haven’t got any of the Clove polyps, Anthelias, or Knopias, in there either, and there’s at least 20 types of Indo Zoas in stock that I might not have all of either! At best guess I have around 290 types of soft coral in there at the moment, but, with some careful pillaging and rummaging around I reckon we might have as many as 40 types more I can add.
There are only 8 types of Star polyps in there so far, so I’ll definitely need to add more!
Two more new Star polyps added this week.
VS94 Vivid green palm tree star polyps, with white centres, 💎El Presidente Personale Collezione grade💎.
VS95 Solid green palm tree star polyps, with white centres, 💎El Presidente Personale Collezione grade💎.
These are just some of the 20+ colours of Star polyps currently in stock.
Invert it!
I also added a couple of inverts too this week.
These Pom Pom crabs are great!
Tequila sunrise Fromia starfish. These easy to keep starfish get to just 2” across, and they are stunning!
I’ll be getting my hands on these soon
Here are some of the Clove polyps in store at the moment. I’ll definitely need to add some of each of these!
And these Knopia too!
Indo Zoas
We have at least 20 types of Indo Zoas in stock and many of these aren’t in my tank yet. I’ll add some more of these to the Coral Zoo this month.
A mixed polyps Indo Zoas rock.
Yet more Indo Zoas.
Do I like leathers?
I’m not including the leather corals for now (probably), but, I’m still undecided on this one. We have a dozen or so types in at the moment, and I might add 1 or 2 later just for structure, but, with it being a relatively small space it would soon get crowded out if I put all 6 types of Toadstools we get for instance.
Here are 3 of our most unusual Toadstools:
SR029 ★ULTRA GRADE★ Lime green toadstool
WYSIWYG 359 Super rare Sarcophyton two tone.
WYSIWYG 361 Sarcophyton trocheliophorum green. WYSIWYG farmed in Vietnam
Some whip based drama might be fun
I think I will add some Sea Whips at some point, because they’re a great way of adding height, without using up much floorspace. I haven’t got a lot of height to play with as the tank only has a water depth of around 10”, so I may need to stick to some of the smaller or slower growing ones.
SR025 Purple Sea whip. This would be ideal if I can find enough space for it.
Fantastic when the lights are off
Dendros will definitely be making an appearance at some point soon. I absolutely love the huge range of colours you can get, and particularly like the high contrast pink and white, and, purple and white ones that add such a fantastic splash of contrasting colours. For the same reason a Chilli coral is likely to go in too. Despite the commonly held view that Dendros are impossible, whilst it is true there are some that are tricky, some are not really any more difficult than keeping Toadstools and Mushrooms if you’ve got the right setup. There are certainly many Dendros that are far easier than other widely kept coral species such as Sun Corals etc.
Some species of Dendros such as this one are actually easier to keep than the much more commonly imported Sun corals.
If you can keep Sun corals like this, then some of the easier Dendros should be no problem at all.
Chilli corals are one of the easiest NPS, usually in stock, and an ideal starting point for keeping non-photo corals.
Coming next
Here are some updated pics of where we’re at so far. I haven’t had as much time to spend on it as I’d like the last few weeks, as with the web side of the business being insanely busy, plus new puppy, time has been in short supply. But, I have got a bit of time scheduled to do a few more bits on it this week.
Some of the other Zoas in stock that I haven’t added to my tank yet, plus I’m going to have to add some Florida rics too.
Ricordea Yuma mushrooms, we have some, and more on their way.
Should I be naughty?
Although this is supposed to be a soft coral tank really, we have some really nice Acans and Blastos at the moment, and it’s so tempting to sneak a few in! Pretty special huh?
And maybe a few Dwarf Seahorses too!
Dwarf seahorse.
In other news - Puppy page coming soon!
I’m also planning to get a puppy page up online soon, as I’ve had so many people request updates on how he is getting on. He now has a name which officially is “Tik Tok” (he picked it himself), although usually I call him “Little man” or “My boy”. He is by far the best present I have ever had! Thanks Neil!
He is SO cute!
Why are we making a Coral Zoo? Find out more here!
In total the tank is just over 100 litres, so it goes to show that you can easily get to 400 or 500 different corals in even a small reef tank! Read more about our Coral Zoo project, and why we're doing it here:
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