FOWLR tanks
- Thread starter digidana
- Start date
macclellan
New member
Re: FOWLR tanks
get a planted tank! even greener and grows even faster (and less environmental impact)! :strooper:
The 140g will be mostly FOWLR... I may have a few leathers and what not in there... I have to pick up some bulkheads before I set it up though... More than likely it will have to wait until over Thanksgiving or Christmas break to be set up...
I just got a new Imperator Angel...
So I will keep whatever corals it won't eat... 
I just got a new Imperator Angel...
So I will keep whatever corals it won't eat... 
digidana
Member
randy, do you know of a site that talks about different kinds of macro algaes? i looked around a little, and am just finding the normal ones, but i've got a couple growing that i don't know what they are. one of them i saw growing in a tank at SA, it looks like a feather. another almost looks like a delicate reddish clove coral. i just wanna make sure they're not harmful.
Best place I know of for aquiring different kinds of macro is www.marineflora.com ... But their stock list is somewhat hit and miss...
As far as identification goes...... I usually refer people to Melev's site... http://www.melevsreef.com/id/algae.html
LMK if this helps...
As far as identification goes...... I usually refer people to Melev's site... http://www.melevsreef.com/id/algae.html
LMK if this helps...
digidana
Member
thanks! melevsreef.com helped...one of them is feather caulerpa, the other i didn't see. it may even be some sort of coral. i dunno. we've got all kinds of strange things popping up. pink sponge and something that looks like a fat tick with polka dots. another leafy macro that is growing like crazy. and small purple "sticks". i think i've got a bit of halimeda that is starting to grow out of a rock too. i may have to take some pics, tho the camera isn't great.
EvilMel
is a serious goby fanatic
hijack
hijack
I wouldn't mind getting some algae to grow in my tank...not feather caulerpa though. Watch out because that stuff take over in no time flat!
It's nearly impossible to get rid of as well.
What other kind of macroalgae would you guys recommend, not feather or razor caulerpa. I guess if my lights cycle off and on, then I'm better off without it altogether because it might go sexual and kill off my stuff?
hijack
I wouldn't mind getting some algae to grow in my tank...not feather caulerpa though. Watch out because that stuff take over in no time flat!
It's nearly impossible to get rid of as well.
What other kind of macroalgae would you guys recommend, not feather or razor caulerpa. I guess if my lights cycle off and on, then I'm better off without it altogether because it might go sexual and kill off my stuff?
macclellan
New member
www.Reefcleaners.org has the best selection and by far the best prices I've seen on macroalgae (3x the selection of marineflora.com and much cheaper, and they actually have stuff in stock). I'd love to do a group buy there if there is enough interest (as I mentioned elsewhere) to get some macros and inverts. Free shipping on >$100 group order and 25% discount if we link to their site off ours. If that doesn't work out, we could at least order together and split the shipping or some such.
sure. Here's a pic of our 75g and a 10g (shrimp only for now...yet to add fish). I like 'high tech' softwater type plants and keep a lot of rare and newly imported species...basically the freshwater equivalent of SPS snobbery.
sure. Here's a pic of our 75g and a 10g (shrimp only for now...yet to add fish). I like 'high tech' softwater type plants and keep a lot of rare and newly imported species...basically the freshwater equivalent of SPS snobbery.
macclellan
New member
I just hope the green thumb can grow corals!
cee
New member
http://saltcorner.com/sections/guest/algaepage/algaepage.htm is the cat's meow.
macclellan
New member
If you go to the next meeting I can bring you some of this cool red macroalga in the right corner if you want some (free). No idea on the ID...
