Caribbean Biotope Seagrass Tank

If you're keeping your tank at reef pH, Alk, Ca and Mg levels, they should deteriorate apart from bacterial or other life munching on it.
 
Yeah, it's me for sure. I used to be able to see the photos in this thread, but I just went back to the beginning and I can't see any of them now. I'll figure it out.
 
Sorry to hear of your troubles Pigpen17. I reviewed RC's photo stuff, and I'm all good. I have gone over the suggested photo width (600 pixels @ 72 dpi) a few times, but I doubt that would cause your issue.

I just checked on my phone (iPhone 6+). All pics present and accounted for, including your pics, Sam. I'm flabbergasted that you would see a gif at your end.

I bet there's some posts on RC regarding this issue.
 
Michael Hoaster said:
Couple more pics from today:

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Neighborinos!

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A different angle.


I brought all the caulerpa and gracillaria that I removed down to my LFS, and got some store credit. So, I picked up two different anemone shrimp! One Pederson and the other is a white spotted anemone shrimp - Periclimenes brevicarpalis, I think. I couldn't get decent pics of them but I'll try again later.

I wanted to point out in the full tank shot above, the sand-scaping at the right end. See how it's shallowest at the end, and slopes up around the live rocks? That was all done by the current. I helped by using 3 different substrate sizes. I noticed when snorkeling that there were lots of grain sizes on the sandy bottom. And the currents constantly sculpt them. I'm thrilled to get a similar feel in my tank.

A water change was done today. I don't vacuum the bottom any more. I don't want to destroy the guild of creatures so vital to my system.

I'm getting a few tiny patches of coraline algae on the glass. I guess with the calcium carbonate (and CO2) in my canister filter it is functioning as a mild calcium reactor.

I dosed iron and nitrate after the water change. I'm hoping that the reduction in macro biomass will give my grasses a leg up. Maybe growing blade length is a precursor to rhizome growth, and new plant production. The grasses look great. I just want more of them.

The sodium silicate won't get dosed for another week or two. I'll watch the diatom levels. Test sponges all look good. I think I'm seeing some tiny sea squirts as well.
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The Shrimp Report

The Shrimp Report

It took me a while to find the new shrimp this morning. I found only one, the pederson. Let's call him Junior. He's parked on the sand, within antennae range of touching the anemone. That is very encouraging, this soon after introduction.

I found the shed exoskeleton of the white spotted anemone shrimp, so he'll be hiding for a day or two, I think. This little marvel is a living jewel! Let's call him Spot.

Both shrimp are barely an inch long. They're almost invisible, being transparent, on the sand bed. I'm still struggling to get descent pics. It's fun to have multiple species and sizes of shrimp in the tank.

I wonder if mysids would work in my tank. I can just imagine, a big enough community to equalize with Barnacle Blenny predation, so I no longer have to feed the tank!
 
Dominance Encounter on a Blenny Scale

Dominance Encounter on a Blenny Scale

This is how it started. Looks innocent enough.
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Commitment. He's heading over there.
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Face off. I didn't get any shots of their mouth gaping threat displays. Seconds after this image, they fought, with the resident fish triumphing. The other guy went back to his old bolt hole. Maybe these are two males. Sure act like it. It doesn't happen very often, so when it does, it's fun to watch. Two too cute fish fighting is nuts! I wonder if I can expect spawning behavior next?
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More Drama

More Drama

The Blennies went at it again. Brace yourself for graphic violence:

Sizing each other up before"¦
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Sizing up each other's mouth"¦
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More mouth threats"¦
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The pounce"¦
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I'm the man"¦
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See ya"¦
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That's it, keep moving"¦
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"I told you I could take him"¦"
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Now relax with these seagrass pics"¦
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Ahh"¦
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Thanks Sam! It was fun capturing some action with the fish.

And I finally got a descent pic of the seagrasses. Some of those blades are approaching 30 inches I think.
 
I think i know what the issue is with pics (which are gorgeous, btw, now that i can see them). For whatever reason tapatalk is treating them like i'm not logged so rc won't let me see them. If i go to safari, it lets me see them once i've logged in.
 
I just spent considerable time, trying to get a good avatar image. It's tricky, getting an image that size to work well. I went through several, before finally settling on one. It's a challenging photo design exercise!
 
I think it looks great!
The only thing better would be a close up of one of the barnacle blennies face. Just the eyes and lips in the little circle. Lol
 
Thanks, Sam! I'm pretty happy with it, until I take a better one. A blenny closeup would be awesome. Let me take a look at that…
 
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