NinjaBum Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I don't think they can tell what season it is if you keep your temperature constant as well as light and nutrients. It's almost as if they trade off having growth spurts. When one is in growth mode maybe it is dominating most of the nutrients while the others don't absorb as much. My reds didn't start growing too quickly until after some of my caulerpa died off from going sexual. Link to comment
RESONANCE Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Macro algae are like any form of life... they will compete with each other for resources and with all the varieties you have in there, that's probably what's happening. Some will fade while others will begin to dominate. As ninja pointed out, I don't think macros can sense what season it is if you keep the lighting exposure, temperature and nutrient levels constant. Link to comment
grmoore Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 Thanks for the thoughts on this Ninja and Resonance. It certainly is possible I'm reading too much into it. I'm thinking that it could simply be the size of some of the plants blocking the light from reaching the base. Some of the plants have grown 3 fold since I got them, and only a couple of them have faded from the bottom up. I supposed I should prune or frag them more often. Oh well, clipping and moving algae around keeps me out of trouble! Link to comment
NinjaBum Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Yeah, I had to do that to some red grape. I didn't want to clip such a massive bunch of it, but it was good that I did. Plus now I have a ton of new plants around the tank as a bonus from placing the clippings elsewhere. I have started to get in the habit of doing that to caulerpa. Link to comment
yoshii Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 OMGSH THIS TANK LOOKS AMAZING Great job! Link to comment
grmoore Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 OMGSH THIS TANK LOOKS AMAZING Great job! Thanks for the kind words, Yoshii! Link to comment
ohiwaiian Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Hey, it's Jess from HPC. I finally got around to looking at your thread and... WOW. lol It's absolutely GORGEOUS! I LOVE all the species you've worked together in 12 gallons. The colors and placement just work so well. It's definitely one of the BEST macro tanks I've seen. Love it! Btw, how's the spaghetti worms working out for ya? Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Oh wow! This is a fine looking macro tank. Makes me miss my old macro mantis sump. Keep up the good work! Link to comment
pj86 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Wow! Making a macro tank is on my list now. Link to comment
grmoore Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 Oh wow! This is a fine looking macro tank. Makes me miss my old macro mantis sump. Keep up the good work! Thanks! Wow! Making a macro tank is on my list now. Thank you! Hey, it's Jess from HPC. I finally got around to looking at your thread and... WOW. lol It's absolutely GORGEOUS! I LOVE all the species you've worked together in 12 gallons. The colors and placement just work so well. It's definitely one of the BEST macro tanks I've seen. Love it! Btw, how's the spaghetti worms working out for ya? Hi Jess! The worms are all fat and happy. Give me a yell if you start yours up soon. Link to comment
drunkenmonk21 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Looking Great Grmoore, Its grown out quite a bit, I love that flamingo . Beautiful Monk Link to comment
metrokat Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I moved the Halymenia into a fish bagger for safer keeping. It had a nice gentle flow going into it. Still love your tank! Is this yellow halymenia from reefcleaners? Link to comment
NinjaBum Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Lol, well it's dead Halymenia. Light shock yours or leave it in the dark for a while and you can have the same effect = p Link to comment
whitrose02 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I love this tank. It's inspired me to do my planted NPS tank! Really amazing grmoore! Link to comment
grmoore Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Still love your tank! Is this yellow halymenia from reefcleaners? Lol, well it's dead Halymenia. Light shock yours or leave it in the dark for a while and you can have the same effect = p Yeah, this was a really bad order from Reef Cleaners - pretty much everything died within a few days. This one was supposed to have been Scinaia Complanta but was sent this spieces of Halymenia instead. I never did figure out what it was really as it was a really thick sheet about 8" in diameter. Most likely it was nearly dead before it was shipped, but the entire order was pretty bad. John covered most of the cost of the order which was nice of him. Link to comment
grmoore Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 I love this tank. It's inspired me to do my planted NPS tank! Really amazing grmoore! Thanks! Poor MP10. Hehe. I't looks happy to me! There's at least 6 species of algae attached to it now, not counting the coralline. Link to comment
NinjaBum Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 How's your Eucheuma doing? I just got some yellow variety from them and I seem to remember reading the yellow just grew in higher light environment so I rubber banded it to a mount right at the surface. It's getting nailed by some pretty high light. 8x54w T5's to be exact = p Hope it does well cause it's very pretty. Link to comment
grmoore Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 How's your Eucheuma doing? I just got some yellow variety from them and I seem to remember reading the yellow just grew in higher light environment so I rubber banded it to a mount right at the surface. It's getting nailed by some pretty high light. 8x54w T5's to be exact = p Hope it does well cause it's very pretty. The 4" frag I got from GCE didn't make it. I didn't know at the time that it needed to be blasted with light, so I really had it mounted in the wrong spot. I'm hoping to get another yellow variation to try again. I really need to add more lighting to the back wall of the tank - maybe one of the new TrueLumen PadLites. Link to comment
grmoore Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 I received an order from Russ at Gulf Coast Ecosystems today, and as usual, way more than I expected! They managed to get some nice specimens of yellow Eucheuma so I figured I better get an order in now before winter sets in. Here is a shot of the right third of the tank with temporary placement. I'll fix up the rest of the tank tomorrow and get some more shots. Click on the image to see the HD version of it. I also picked up a Skunk Cleaner Shrimp from the LFS last week (thanks Jess!) and he's made himself right at home, setting up shop in the front of the tank. The Chromis stop by several times a day for a check up. He seems to like flake food, and happily gobbles it up when fed by hand or swimming upside down at the water surface. Again, click on the images to see the HD versions. I found this little guy roaming around the other day - it's a baby Green Sea Slug, Elysiella pusilla. The HD version is available by clicking. Link to comment
grmoore Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 Here's the latest full tank shot as well as some closer shots of each third of the tank. Click on the images to see the HD versions of them. Link to comment
metrokat Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Calvin said Euchema will turn red or orange. Is that preventable with lighting ? Link to comment
grmoore Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Calvin said Euchema will turn red or orange. Is that preventable with lighting ? From what I've been told by collectors, yes. This is my first real attempt at a full plant (have 2 of them in this tank), so it remains to be seen. I had a small branch previously, but it didn't last long. I actually think my lighting was too intense for it, so I've shaded these somewhat with halymenia. Link to comment
metrokat Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I sent an email to Russ today asking if he could make me a nano-pack of yellow/brown macro samplers. I hope he can. Link to comment
NinjaBum Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 From what I've been told by collectors, yes. This is my first real attempt at a full plant (have 2 of them in this tank), so it remains to be seen. I had a small branch previously, but it didn't last long. I actually think my lighting was too intense for it, so I've shaded these somewhat with halymenia. I have mine about 3 inches from the surface under 8x54watt T5's and it seems to be slowly turning red. I would say it's difficult to keep yellow. Link to comment
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