Your doing pipefish and seahorse right? I would go with a few BIG pieces of LR and the rest eel grass like you want.

Trying to get a list of Macro algaes together.

So far I am liking.

Botryocladia
Gracilaria
Ochtodes
Padina sp
Halymenia
Dragons tounge
Acetabularia sp
fuzzy calerpa
Neomaris sp.
Fauchea sp.
Scinaia sp


Of course these depend on availability and compatability.

fill er up!

I got my Marco rocks today. I spent a few minutes aquascaping. Doesnt look too busy does it?

haha
yes im immature

just read through the thread DEFO following

i like the scape but the big loop looks a touc unnatural? im one for natural scapes but it still looks great, nice an open like a patch in a seagrass bed or something
thers a seagrass bed near where i collect my coral ill try get some pics of it for u, failing that ill see what species live there

I plan on having the loop completly covered in palythoa or something. I figured that would look neat.

My wife really wants me to order this mushroom for the new tank. Its $150 but almost worth it to make her like the tank.

is that a ric? or a nem? im confused
watch stinging animals and seahorses

That's a mushroom? I found something almost exactly like this in my tank a couple of days ago. It's really neat looking.

Its a rare color variation of Orange ball mushroom ( PSUEDOCORYNACTIS
CARIBBEORUM ) I dont think they sting.

It sounds, from your other posts on this thread, that you are planning on heading into uncharted territory with this tank, and experimenting with an unusual biotope. I'm not brave enough (or rich enough) to put a $150 critter into such an experimental environment. Does this mushroom have a $10 cousin with similar husbandry requirements that you can use as a test subject first?

How big is that mushroom? Except for color and pattern, it looks just like Corynactis Californicus (strawberry (club-tipped) anemone) which are about 3/4" across. Corynactis need cold water (55 - 60 degrees) and your going warm right?

I believe this is a carribean species and its about 2.5" across.

http://actiniaria.com/pseudocorynactis_caribbeorum.php

NVM its listed wrong. It is a anemone....damn it.

It would be an anemone either way. Just looks like a tropical species of cornactis.

IMO it's to much rock, sea moths need little to no rockwork. And you are using more rock than I in my reef tank. I would use a 3rd of the rock you are using now.
Just my .02

???? I only have 40lbs in a 75gal tank. Im probably not going to do sea moths. The only ones I found for sale get to 7" across.

Corynactis are corallimorphs, which is the same groups as mushrooms and rics, but they behave more like anemones. They have a powerful stings, and the big ones can eat fish. They are nonphotosynthetic, but I think they usually can make do with what's in he tank, and don't require much feeding.

What kind of sand does Lowes carry? I didn't think they had anything that was suitable for a tank that didn't contain silicates. The rock work looks like fake freshwater decorations, pretty awful. Cool idea with the macro/low flow tank though.

The rockwork looks alot better in person but gee thanks for the comments....douche.

You're asking for opinions...I gave one.

lol

Very nice work so far, looking forward to more pics. I have a planted 15 gallon lagoon biotope I need to take pics of. Where are you planning to get plants for it?

i think its pretty cool. its not suppose to be a reef tank, its suppose to be sand flats. thats why the rocks are different then reef tanks

I will order the plants from several places. Most im getting local from a fellow breeder/reefer. The rest ill get from gulf coast eco systems and inland aquatics. Divers den had mermaids wine glass the other day but I jsut checked and its not on the list anymore.

I'm not trying to offend you, the tank looks great, but I guess I just have a different interpretation of a sand flat tank

yea I know...its turning into more of a planted sea grass macro idea than a sand flats...ohh well.

Yes I realize this, but a rock like that with a HUGE hole in it would never exist in nature, let alone in a sea grass habitat. Those rocks wouldn't exist anywhere, be it reef, lagoon, or any other biotope, they are too delicate looking.

I do apologize for not offering very constructive criticism earlier though.

Regardless of everyone's harsh opinions... I think it looks cool, will definitly be following.

There are arches like that in the ocean. Currents do that to rock. It will look perfectly natural when it gets covered in feather dusters, macros, algae, and coralline.

Sand storm has finally settled after 3 long days. Now its just the agonizing wait until friday when I can order the lights and some live rock from sealife so i can get the cycle rocking

Awh. i came to late. when i saw you sump i was like OH NOOOO. your going to have a big problem with toping off if you dont have an ATO. i made that mistake and i have to put 1g of FW into my 75g everyday. its pretty anooying.

Nice rockwork though!

I gotta say I really like how this has ended up. I just read through the thread and like the direction you are taking. The scape reminds me of stargate, especially with the swirling sands. Perhaps a gimic tank....

In all seriousness, I can't wait to see this come together.

Heres a horrible drawing showing kind of what I have in mind....Not definate but general.



Any other open available space on the rocks will be for misc coral like mushrooms or zoanthids.

looks good!

arnt tyou supposed to be at school?
im in photo class ATM.

PS; tanks lookin Awesome D3

heh heh, we dont have school today

FML. im still sick and im at school.

tht sux. my lil bro has swine flu lol

oh. that sucks...
thankfully i dont think i have that.
but i do have some weird viri still in me.

PS we should stop hijacking D3's thread.

haha good idea

its the best action this thread has gotten in a while...please proceed.

seriously?

i dont think you want your thread hijacked... trust me...

and i think NB is offline anyways

Paint the stand black.

+1

After all the work I put into staining the damn thing? Hell no....I got the lights now so I can start building the canopy.

Well make the stand and tank trim the same color whatever you end up doing. It will look nicer.

you stained it that color and you got a black trimmed tank i dun get it...

you wont see the trim once I put the canopy on silly.Thats why you dont see the trim on the bottom.

150 for the corallimorph? i have a few of a smaller variety in my tank. the only rock I've owned comes from fiji. Mine have white tips and magenta stalks, not much bigger then a tac. the hardest part is trying to get them fed so I can get more of em.

http://www.reef-solutions.com/forums/showt...772&page=11


moar pics