d0lph1n Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 What kind of non invasive & California legal macro algae would you put in these 2x7.2Gal nano? - substrate <1 inch. - current: medium-strong - light spectrum: white(5xLED), blue(7xLED) & red (1xLED) - PAR sand: 50-180 - PAR top rock: 400-600 1 Link to comment
Acielot Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I have not tried it myself but a seagrass would look cool in the left tank and since it would grow in the substrate you could easily control it. Link to comment
d0lph1n Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 I like your idea. Something that doesn't grow too high. In that area, there is a strong current and 50-200PAR. Any idea where can I get it pests free or can i use TLF reVive (plant extracts) to treat the algae or it's too powerful? Link to comment
Acielot Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Honestly I have no clue to either of those questions, but you could ask you lfs if they can order some. My lfs has some for their seahorse tanks but they don't sell it. I have only ever kept gracillara and scroll algae. The scroll stuff looks pretty cool, almost like a plating montipora 1 Link to comment
Subsea Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Seagrasses are true marine plants. Not suited for such shallow substrate. http://marineplantbook.com/marineplantbookseagrass.htm No need to add nutrients to encourage macro algae. It will assist in removing nitrates, phosphates and iron as well as any heavy metals. Many use utilitarian macro in a regugium for this purpose. The above link is on the home page for Gulf Coast Eco-Systems. They can load you up with macro info as well as quality producet. Tell Russ that I sent you. I also cultivate utilitarian and display quality macro. Patrick Link to comment
d0lph1n Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Seagrasses are true marine plants. Not suited for such shallow substrate. http://marineplantbook.com/marineplantbookseagrass.htm No need to add nutrients to encourage macro algae. It will assist in removing nitrates, phosphates and iron as well as any heavy metals. Many use utilitarian macro in a regugium for this purpose. The above link is on the home page for Gulf Coast Eco-Systems. They can load you up with macro info as well as quality producet. Tell Russ that I sent you. I also cultivate utilitarian and display quality macro. Patrick Thanks Patrick. The site looks very promising. I'm interested in purchasing these, what do you think? - Red Sampler Pack - Halimeda Sampler - Shoal Grass - Reef Pods Link to comment
Subsea Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Everything you choose is good except for the Shoal Grass. You will find that true marine plants are much more difficult than macro. Plus, they require extensive substrate. Often more than 6". La bonne temps roulee, Patrick Link to comment
d0lph1n Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Everything you choose is good except for the Shoal Grass. You will find that true marine plants are much more difficult than macro. Plus, they require extensive substrate. Often more than 6". La bonne temps roulee, Patrick I picked Shoal Grass because the site's description: "A thin flat bladed sea grass that is commonly found in shallow water on the edge of turtle grass beds. It forms thin runners under sand and mud sediment to form shallow water meadows. This is an ideal specimen for the refugium because of it's shallow root system. A hardy plant that is often observed completely exposed at low tide." Link to comment
metrokat Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 live plants is a good site. Your choices are good. Link to comment
d0lph1n Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 live plants is a good site. Your choices are good. Thanks kat. Your refugium is one of the best I've seen not to mention your tank. Yesterday I watched a that blew my mind and got me to rethink the filtration and the general look of my subpar tanks. 1 Link to comment
Subsea Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I picked Shoal Grass because the site's description: "A thin flat bladed sea grass that is commonly found in shallow water on the edge of turtle grass beds. It forms thin runners under sand and mud sediment to form shallow water meadows. This is an ideal specimen for the refugium because of it's shallow root system. A hardy plant that is often observed completely exposed at low tide." I have never used it. Go for it. I like Caulerpa Prolifera. It resembles Oar Grass and is very pretty in my opiniuon. The blades are a little wider than Shoal Grass. It is readily eaten by fish. I have dehydrated and added seasoning to eat it as a sea veggie chip. La bonne temps roulee, Patrick Link to comment
d0lph1n Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 it's out of stock anyway. I'm trying to stay away from Caulerpa Prolifera. It's banned in the San Diego County which is no far from me. Maybe they know something that my county doesn't know it yet. Link to comment
Subsea Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Caulerpa Prolifers will survive the cold waters off the coast of California. Taxifolia and Prolifera are the only two macros that needed to be banned in California. Link to comment
SeahawkReefer Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Thanks kat. Your refugium is one of the best I've seen not to mention your tank. Yesterday I watched a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC0aXnKQY-E'>tube that blew my mind and got me to rethink the filtration and the general look of my subpar tanks. OMG!!! That video is amazing! 1 Link to comment
Acielot Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 OMG!!! That video is amazing! massive clam, massive coloony of hammer, tons of mini colonies.....sooo many tangs Link to comment
d0lph1n Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 The entire video is full of amazing tanks and corals. Link to comment
rafastank727 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Dope video. That first colony of hammer is HUGE! And people say you can get great growth out of SPS from LEDs Link to comment
d0lph1n Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 As far as I understand from their site, the Triton tanks (the store in the video) use LED for corals - 3 x special version of CREE - and T5 for refugiums. Link to comment
Amphiprion1 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I picked Shoal Grass because the site's description: "A thin flat bladed sea grass that is commonly found in shallow water on the edge of turtle grass beds. It forms thin runners under sand and mud sediment to form shallow water meadows. This is an ideal specimen for the refugium because of it's shallow root system. A hardy plant that is often observed completely exposed at low tide." Shoal grass would do fine in shallower substrates. I would try for ~3" of sand depth, give or take. Your best bet to get it would be to ask around and see if other aquarists have some to spare. I don't have any to spare, as I'm in the process of getting a new system. It will largly focus on turtle grass instead of the others, but will have some shoal grass. Link to comment
d0lph1n Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 For now, I got the following red macroalgae from my LFS: - Halymenia Floresia - Halipton Sp. - another one that looks like Red Dictyota or Nemastoma Sp. For me, it's too small to tell the difference. Thank you for all your suggestions. Link to comment
dtitus1 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Dragons tounge and blue fuchea, hands down. Link to comment
MeepNand Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Buy as many macros as possible. They are awesome. Dragon's breath and other halymenia are good though; those and blue ochtodes. Link to comment
d0lph1n Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 Buy as many macros as possible. They are awesome. Dragon's breath and other halymenia are good though; those and blue ochtodes. I have very limited space but I'll do my best. In the red tank, I put the Halipton Sp. on the top left of the big rock in a medium-high light area. and the D's Breath I ziptied it (loosly) to a small rock and put in a shadow-low light area under Xenia. The unidentified 3rd macro is in the 2nd tank, under a net... Today For the past month I cleaned only the front glass plus some over feedings produced some hair algae but I think it's under control. The coraline made a huge progress since last month: 1 month ago Link to comment
SDartifex Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 If you want any red grape or gracilaria I was gonna trim mine up this weekend. I'm in N. SD county so it shouldn't be hard to get it to ya. Link to comment
d0lph1n Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 Sure, thanks a lot. Let me know. Link to comment
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