Tigahboy Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Update: Decided to make this thread a general macroalgae tank thread instead of creating new ones for my various macroalgae projects. I may start posting updates on my contest macroalgae tank in here as well once voting is done on that contest. *** So I started a macroalge tank as my contest entry for the current 365 Day AIO Challenge (check it out here), and got totally sucked into the world of macroalgae. Thought I'd create a build thread for my UNS 60S (1 of 3 macroalgae tanks I have right now). This tank was largely inspired by freshwater valley/snaking river scapes. Latest FTS from last night. Started this tank on 7/15/20. Latest addition - this grape caulerpa. Red grape macroalgae, dictyota in the background, and purple ribbon gorg. Valley of branching coralline algae. Equipment Deets: Aquarium: UNS 60 (10 gallons) - 23.6" x 14.2" x 7.1" Light: Twinstar II 600S Backlight: Smiful Water-Proof LED strip Filter: XP Aqua Internal Filter Box running InTank Filter Floss Heater: Cobalt Neo Therm 75W My other two macroalgae set-ups - UNS 45A (my contest entry) and a UNS 16C (with basically just halimeda and a 1-rock scape). Thanks for stopping by! 13 1 Quote Link to comment
RedCrow Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Your aquascaping abilities never cease to blow my mind. You pulled all this off in a 10 gallon tank? Unbelievable 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, RedCrow said: Your aquascaping abilities never cease to blow my mind. You pulled all this off in a 10 gallon tank? Unbelievable Thanks! This 10g has very interesting dimensions. The footprint is around 24" x 14" so easier to create some depth in the scape. 3 Quote Link to comment
JulesH Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Gorgeous, I could look at them all day. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Acropora has nothing on macroalgae tanks imo... they are my absolute favorite type of tank (even though I have none currently). 4 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 14 hours ago, JulesH said: Gorgeous, I could look at them all day. Thank you! 13 hours ago, Tamberav said: Acropora has nothing on macroalgae tanks imo... they are my absolute favorite type of tank (even though I have none currently). It would definitely be cool to see more around. Definitely underappreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Received my Indo Pacific Sea Farms order from Hawaii yesterday! Got some mini seastars, hermits, pods, and macroalgae. But the true standout for me is this Sargassum. Beautiful! 5 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Don't get dragon's breath, it grows like a weed and is impossible to tame XD Love your scapes. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Amphrites said: Don't get dragon's breath, it grows like a weed and is impossible to tame XD Love your scapes. Thanks! True dragon’s breath wouldn’t look good in my tank anyway (not enough blue spectrum). 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Updated shots with the Sargassum. 5 1 Quote Link to comment
growsomething Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Branching coraline is underrated imo. It can add such unique texture to a tank, and here it is the perfect contrast to the macro/gorgs. I'd bet a lot of the general public couldn't tell you what kind of tank that is. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 7 hours ago, growsomething said: Branching coraline is underrated imo. It can add such unique texture to a tank, and here it is the perfect contrast to the macro/gorgs. I'd bet a lot of the general public couldn't tell you what kind of tank that is. Yeah, don’t see a lot of folks with the branching coralline algae, but they sure do add something extra to this tank. 2 Quote Link to comment
Neopolymath Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I NEED this coralline algae. I can never find it locally. Where did you procure it from or was it by chance? 1 Quote Link to comment
growsomething Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 KP Aquatics is where I get it. Quote Link to comment
growsomething Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I might be wrong. Think I got mine here https://www.live-plants.com/ 2 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Neopolymath said: I NEED this coralline algae. I can never find it locally. Where did you procure it from or was it by chance? Got mine from Gulf Coast Ecosystems (live-plants.com) as well. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Latest FTS from the weekend. FTS from a couple months ago. 7 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 Happy Friday, y’all! 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 Also @Cannedfish talked me into getting a certain fish for this tank. Got her yesterday, but haven’t been able to get a good photo yet. Stay tuned! 4 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 17 minutes ago, Tigahboy said: Also @Cannedfish talked me into getting a certain fish for this tank. Got her yesterday, but haven’t been able to get a good photo yet. Stay tuned! that guy is full of trouble.....don't listen to him 🤣 BTW, this is by far my most favorite tank of yours. yes, even more so than your IM20 peninsula reef. 3 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 2 hours ago, mitten_reef said: that guy is full of trouble.....don't listen to him 🤣 BTW, this is by far my most favorite tank of yours. yes, even more so than your IM20 peninsula reef. Thanks, man! Although I love all my children, I actually do prefer this one over my last IM20 as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 So I got a Pygmy Red Roster Waspfish for this tank, but she's a very good hider and I haven't been able to get a good photo yet. Here are a few other recent shots of this tank instead. 3 2 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Looking forward to seeing your new fish once it gets brave enough to let you get a picture. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 3 hours ago, debbeach13 said: Looking forward to seeing your new fish once it gets brave enough to let you get a picture. Not a great photo, but managed to get this one shot. Can you spot her?? 1 1 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I can but she blends in well. 3 Quote Link to comment
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