Duncan Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Soft cycle pays off well, didn't it? haha. If it's growing from that spot, then you got the right condition for it. I think turtle grass/weed don't really appreciate high flow. Mine went bald with medium flow. I might be wrong about the flow issue. But is that a high flow area? I'm saying it 'cause you got monti in the tank and I assume that it is a generally high flow tank. Link to comment
MrAnderson Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Soft cycle pays off well, didn't it? haha. If it's growing from that spot, then you got the right condition for it. I think turtle grass/weed don't really appreciate high flow. Mine went bald with medium flow. I might be wrong about the flow issue. But is that a high flow area? I'm saying it 'cause you got monti in the tank and I assume that it is a generally high flow tank. interesting... it's a high flow tank, but the return nozzle is angled up from the bottom right, so it flows across the top... and the montis. where that turtle grass is is a little dead-spot. not really DEAD, but not much eddying/swaying of the macro is seen there. i guess that's why the turtle grass emerged there. i want to get a bigger tank, because this one is too packed, i have a hard time cleaning the glass. it looks like crap from the outside, but once scraped it really shows off nicely. however, i can't get to certain spots, and i don;t want to disrupt the life in there rearranging, so i'm thinking about scaling up... Link to comment
c est ma Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I love those pics--color-wise and composition-wise they look so natural! Except for what's still visible of the frag plug, everything looks like it could have been shot in the wild. I too love the macros. --Diane Link to comment
spanko Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Have you tried the Nimble Nano magnet cleaner. Very thin like one is 1/4" and the next step up is 1/2" thickness inside the tank. The are made from super strong Neodymium rare earth magnets. Don't know if you have that much room but really a great cleaner. Pics are nice Mr. A. Really would like to see a FTS as the previous ones looked so good we need to see how it has progressed. Link to comment
jeremai Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Wow. I wonder how I missed this. Purdy tank, MrA. Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Update! Looks good Mr. A. Link to comment
chuckfullservice Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Yes I really like the natural look ! I love the different algaes ! Nice work! I often wondered why do we let our tanks cycle the way we do . You have effectively eliminated the standard for cycling aquariums. I wonder why this topic has not come up becuase of this post??? ????????????? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? Link to comment
MrAnderson Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 wow i forget about this thread for months at a time. anyhow, a few update shots. not much has changed, corals growing slowly, "THE THING" is still in there (i can't even remember what we decided it was - tube anemone?), the macro cycles through, i get the fuzzy pink afros for a month or two, then turtlegrass for another month in the same spot. the Alcyonium is looking gorgeous, my original hitchiker on the Kaelini LR. i love that i kept it alive. The M. spumosa hasn't been moved in 8 months, and it's neat to see how the colony grows to take advantage of the light and flow. it has encrusted all over a neighboring rock and cemented the 2 pieces of LR together. what's cool is that the neighboring encrustation is starting to plate out. over time, going backwards: the M. peltiformis: the Alcyonium: i'm just letting the tank do it's own thing, not forcing things. i'm letting macros compete and the dominant ones come and go.i've pruned some growth here and there, and some b!tch kelp every now and then, but otherwise it's pretty much an abandoned child. thanks for looking! Link to comment
holdorf333 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Nice! I am considering doing the pico thing. LFS around here sells nice FL rock. I'd like to set it up and just let it go, no fish, just low minimal maint. and whatever comes on the rock. FTS, please. Link to comment
JediGobi Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Great looking tank MrA, interesting way to cycle the tank. Maybe you just discovered a new and proven way to do it. Again great job. Link to comment
MrAnderson Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 some update shots, and the long-requested fts... ok, i'm embarassed. let me just say a la john edwards "blah blah i've been stripped bare... you can beat me up if you want... yadda yadda". i've let this tank go, and it shows. how bad? ok, confession time. i haven't done a water change since last year i think. i've put my hands in the tank maybe twice this year. i change my skimmer cup once a month if i'm lucky. the coraline has bleached in the direct light, but underneath it's still very vibrant. the corals haven't grown maybe as well as they should, but they have nonetheless. don't ask me about parameters because i haven't checked in almost a year. how can i excuse my laziness? well i'd like to say it was part of the plan but it isn't. once i got so far behind in water changes and the corals still grew i figured it might actually HURT to do one. so i've skipped them pretty much permanently. this type of "regimen" in a 6 gallon tank with SPS should've been a death sentence for my corals. no one's more surprised than me that it wasn't. i'm not bragging in any way because the tank isn't all that much anymore to brag about. however i thought it was worthwhile, almost a novelty... "HM!" to post these pics. i guess the SPS is getting Ca and carbonate from dissolution of aragonite. i'm not testing so don't ask. anyhow, the pics: the M. spumosa and [/i]M. peltiformis[/i] have grown to meet. the Alcyonium and some turtlegrass. the Alcyonium close up. i think it's a really pretty coral, and it's getting huge. the turtlegrass is getting a bit out of control, but i like it: ok... <wincing> fts: there's color there, but it's not on lit portions of the rock. i know, it doesn't look so hot. however, i think it's interesting nonetheless. i'll be breaking down this tank and mixing it with a new reef i'm setting up in lab soon. i jsut can't take care of it at home, and if it's at work i believe it will be a great source of procrastination from work. so i'll be moving the tank to lab where it will get the attention it deserves. stay tuned for new lab tanks, including the coldwater setups linked in my sig. thanks for looking MrA Link to comment
dahliaheartsyou Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 nice really pretty!!! i like the turtlegrass! (that's what you called it right? lol) Link to comment
MrAnderson Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 yeah, aka "maiden's hair". and thanks. the rock used to be so colorful... now.... and HEY ADIN. Link to comment
AdriftQuasar Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I don't think that's turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum), however, it does appear to be maiden's hair (Chlorodesmis spp.). Link to comment
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