Amphiprion1 Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Checked around the right side today and sure enough, the Halophila have already begun to sprout. I see a bunch of little twin shoots sticking out of the sand--a dead giveaway that a little leaf pair will sprout. Link to comment
kel73 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 looking good! I want to do something like this next year with a h.malu anemone and clowns. Your tank is so natural and beautiful. Good job! Link to comment
Amphiprion1 Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 looking good! I want to do something like this next year with a h.malu anemone and clowns. Your tank is so natural and beautiful. Good job! Thank you for the compliments Natural is definitely what I'm shooting for--glad my efforts are paying off enough that the look is noticable. Link to comment
asteen Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Just read the whole thread, great tank, love the idea! How is your tank ATM? Link to comment
Amphiprion1 Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Just read the whole thread, great tank, love the idea! How is your tank ATM? Thank you. It's certainly looked better. Things got busy for me and I managed to neglect the tank quite a bit. I think the lack of feeding was the biggest immediate hit the system took. Couple that with failing to trim back the seagrass and it caused the infauna to dwindle while cyanobacteria went on a heyday. The grasses, or the Halophila more specifically, started getting root bound and began to die back, making the cyanobacteria worse still. The sad part is that it was mostly gone prior to all of this and the seagrass had made a big comeback. In any case, I've since done a bit of necessary work on it, fired up the protein skimmer and restarted dosing kalkwasser (since it is easily automated and very cheap with low/moderate demand). The grasses are already sprouting back in the spots that died (or were removed). Everything else is still alive and kicking, however, and doing well enough. Other grasses, like my Thalassia, didn't even flinch the entire time, which is mostly thanks to its slow growth. Given a month or two, it should be back in decent shape--at least enough to take a new photo. Link to comment
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