yoshii Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Gorgeous tank! The grasses with the flower nems creates a nice look Link to comment
seabass Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 Thank you yoshii! Strombus snail (Strombus maculatus) keeping the grass clean: Link to comment
Squared Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 this tank really starting to look like a little under water medow. good work. Link to comment
xxbrianxx Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 wow seabass your tank looks great, really unique too. definitely following. just curious though do you know how sea grass interacts with corals/anemones? probably a stupid question but can they grow around each other in peace or would something happen? Link to comment
seabass Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 this tank really starting to look like a little under water medow. good work.Thanks, I'm thinking I'll need to add a baby manatee soon. wow seabass your tank looks great, really unique too.Thank you Brian! So far, the coral and anemones seem alright with their neighbors. The longer shoal grass brushes the rose rock flower anemone and it doesn't react to being touched; however, it will retract immediately when food touches it. I'll have to shoot a video some day. I'm a little more worried about the plate coral. While it also seems unaffected by the grass, the oar grass is definitely encroaching on the coral. I doubt that it would be able to move around like it used to. So far the coral seems to remain healthy. I'm prepared to move it if that changes, but (like you) I'm interested to see what happens. Link to comment
Rehype Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Incredible job seabass. Such a natural looking setup.. Definitely one of my favorites. Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Wow the tank looks amazing! Great job! And nice photography too Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Awesome tank. Very very unique and well executed. Kudos! Link to comment
seabass Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share Posted June 1, 2011 Wow! So much positive feedback. TY ~LadyBug~, Rehype, altolamprologus, SoCalDude, and gabe3eb! Link to comment
spanko Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 What you were expecting negative feedback? Okay I'll give you some! Um........well.......ah.........oh never mind can't come up with any. Link to comment
TMG Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Wow, this is pretty amazing. Never thought of that myself. Great job! Link to comment
seabass Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share Posted June 1, 2011 Thanks TMG! just curious though do you know how sea grass interacts with corals/anemones? probably a stupid question but can they grow around each other in peace or would something happen?They won't sting each other, chemical warfare shouldn't be a problem, and they wouldn't compete for food; therefore they are just competing for space and light. Here's a pic of the Fungia just after being fed. Link to comment
seabass Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Sometimes I see the anemones with seagrass in their mouths. Occasionally I pull it out, but they are able to clear it on their own (they don't actually eat it). Link to comment
spanko Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 You think it is the clowns trying to feed them? Link to comment
seabass Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Thanks Dasani! You think it is the clowns trying to feed them?Nah, she's pretty much indifferent to the rock flower anemones. I figure that some pieces of shoal grass get cut off by the MP10 and drift into the anemones. The grass doesn't trigger a strong feeding response. Maybe that's just a method to clear away the loose grass. Link to comment
seabass Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 I'm using my Bubble Magus NAC3 to achieve a very wet skim for a water change: I set it to skim out a couple gallons of water in less than an hour (which I replaced with freshly mixed saltwater). Link to comment
syncro Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 How is the overflow working? Is the water noisy? Any worry about floods? Is that a 1" drain and a 1/2" return with MaxjiJet 900? How many gph do you think is flowing? Do you think this would work on a 20 gallon (with only 1-2" sand bed) with 10 gallon sump? Thanks! Great tank and awesome stand. One of the most unique setups on the board! Link to comment
seabass Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Thanks syncro! I have no worries about the overflow; and because I'm not pushing its limit, it is virtually silent. I figure that the return pump is producing less than 100gph, but that's plenty for this setup. A more powerful return pump was causing waves to approach the tank's rim and was stirring up the sand bed. Yep, it is a 1" drain and a ½" return. The overflow, sump, and return would all be fine for a 20 gallon tank. For oar grass, I'd probably keep at least a 3" sand bed. I think they recommend at least a 4" bed for shoal grass. Link to comment
seabass Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 I did another round of Flatworm eXit today. I used this siphon setup to remove the flatworms: The mesh end goes in the sump. If your return pump pushes more water than the siphon's capacity, you can siphon out flatworms as long as you want. My return pump couldn't quite keep up, so I had to kink the hose from time to time so the pump could catch up. Hopefully one more round of treatment will take care of this problem. Link to comment
racechase Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Flatworms are awful keep fighting though. the tank is amazing Link to comment
seabass Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Thank you racechase! Yeah, they can be a pain, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. My other tank had more, but now they are all but eradicated from that tank. I'm going to quarantine better in the future. Link to comment
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