Just beautiful! I look forward to your next FTS!
40g Long Naturally sun-lit tank
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Thanks Michael! I'd love to have populate my sandbed with seagrass too like what you have done. C.Prolifera is enough to fool the seahorse for now 
I looked up on that brown algae a little bit more and found these (Halymenia maculata)
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seaweed/rhodophyta/maculata.htm
http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=2009
I looked up on that brown algae a little bit more and found these (Halymenia maculata)
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seaweed/rhodophyta/maculata.htm
http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=2009
piquesegue
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karimwassef
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It can be. There is soft calcareous algae. Still needs calcium, but with other constituents. Think of Halimeda but looks like calcareous.
Oh yes I believe the calcium are at healthy level now, the back of the tank is filled with coralline algae. Finally took the time to clean-up the coralline covering the front of the tank and now i've a clearer FTS of the 40g salad platter
The Ochtodes are back! They received the most flow and are attached firmly to the rocks.
I've also gone without skimmer for about 3 months. It occupied too much space in the sump, and i prefer to grow more macros with that space. The ATS is on the right side.
Powering the sump is 18W 660nm LED. It is typically positioned so that the ATS receives 50% of the energy.
The Ochtodes are back! They received the most flow and are attached firmly to the rocks.
I've also gone without skimmer for about 3 months. It occupied too much space in the sump, and i prefer to grow more macros with that space. The ATS is on the right side.
Powering the sump is 18W 660nm LED. It is typically positioned so that the ATS receives 50% of the energy.
karimwassef
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Wow! Beautiful colorscape.
Thanks guys
The red LED are really good for growing certain algae. Especially the turf algae in the ATS, it also has alot of effect on the Grapes and C.Prolifera. However, not much growth observed for the Ochtodes and the Gracilaria hayi. But it could be due to lack of high-flow.
The red LED are really good for growing certain algae. Especially the turf algae in the ATS, it also has alot of effect on the Grapes and C.Prolifera. However, not much growth observed for the Ochtodes and the Gracilaria hayi. But it could be due to lack of high-flow.
Awesome pics again! I don't recall ever seeing any of your fish. Can you post pics of them too?
karimwassef
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Love the ochtodes color. Does it shimmer a bit? Maybe take a movie?
Hey, if nobody starves, you're all good! I think it's good sometimes for people to try breaking the rules. It pushes the boundaries of the hobby.
Anyway, thanks for sharing more great pics! Stunning!
Anyway, thanks for sharing more great pics! Stunning!
karimwassef
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Amazing what sunlight can do
Thank guys!
Here are the new photos taken today 14-Mar 2016.
The C.Prolifera in the display tank got wipe out again, something is feeding on them and they are not growing fast enough to sustain. However, the Ochtodes and the hitch-hiker brown algae exploded in size. The changes can be quite dramatic. It is also fast becoming aiptasia heaven due to how much i've been feeding.
Also new is the rose petal algae which i've been incubating in the sump. It was just a little red 'leaf' when i gotten it.
Here are the new photos taken today 14-Mar 2016.
The C.Prolifera in the display tank got wipe out again, something is feeding on them and they are not growing fast enough to sustain. However, the Ochtodes and the hitch-hiker brown algae exploded in size. The changes can be quite dramatic. It is also fast becoming aiptasia heaven due to how much i've been feeding.
Also new is the rose petal algae which i've been incubating in the sump. It was just a little red 'leaf' when i gotten it.
Gorgeous! Great pics too! so much color!
I'm getting aiptasia all over as well. I plan to add a peppermint shrimp to consume them.
I'm getting aiptasia all over as well. I plan to add a peppermint shrimp to consume them.
lifeoffaith
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Not sure a peppermint would do much for the size Aiptasia cksss has.
Beautiful tank cksss!
Beautiful tank cksss!
karimwassef
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Gorgeous! Love the color and texture combos.
What fish do you have now? Room for a butterfly or two?
Can I get some of that ochtodes?
Just saying .. If you need to prune a bit
What fish do you have now? Room for a butterfly or two?
Can I get some of that ochtodes?
Just saying .. If you need to prune a bit
nawilson89
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You could get a matted or sargassum filefish also. I think they eat Aiptasia.
