High Nutrient Macro Algae/Sea Grass Reef
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Vinny Kreyling
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Very Nice.
vlangel
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Thanks Vinny!
Very nice. What is the green macro in bottom left. It’s branches look like a Gorgonion.
vlangel
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Hi Patrick, the brighter green macro is caulerpa cupressoides and the darker green behind it is codium.
Good to hear from you, how have you been?
I have been on high octane for about 60:days. I started up Aquaculture Ranch again and am looking for a part time apprentice to help with husbandry of tooooo many systems.
I am partnering with Aquadome to display and sell designer rock. I have three tier/skill levels that represent sustainable cultivation in grow-out systems in my home.
Tier 1: Easy
Soft coral and colorful macro.
Tier 2
Accomplished reefer to expert
Yellow & Orange Sponge combined with Red or Green macro . And a Gorgonion., depending on requested design.
Expert only
NPS Gorgonions with Orange or Yellow Sponge
I am partnering with Aquadome to display and sell designer rock. I have three tier/skill levels that represent sustainable cultivation in grow-out systems in my home.
Tier 1: Easy
Soft coral and colorful macro.
Tier 2
Accomplished reefer to expert
Yellow & Orange Sponge combined with Red or Green macro . And a Gorgonion., depending on requested design.
Expert only
NPS Gorgonions with Orange or Yellow Sponge
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vlangel
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Good for you Patrick and may God bless your endeavor!
Chasmodes
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Dawn, your tank looks incredible, as always. Any sign of the jawfish? I also never had luck with pearly's or yellowheads, as most found the tiniest holes to jump out of my tank no matter what I did. I had a dusky jawfish that was awesome for many years. It was one of my favorite fish. So much personality. It also did a much better job of moving rubble around his burrow than the other species.
vlangel
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Hi Kevin, good to hear from you! Yeah, I am really pleased with the tank. It just seems to stay very consistent and everything is doing well. That is except the jawfish, I had not seen it since the 2nd week I got it. George (griss) also said that he had good luck with dusky jawfish but not with pearly or yellowhead jawfish. I will definitely keep that in mind. Not for now since Guardian the ywg seemed intimidating toward the last yellowhead. Maybe 2 bottom dwellers are not a good idea.
Chasmodes
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One of my dream set ups that may or may not happen was to have a few bluespotted jawfish tank. Right now, that's on the back burner. I have too many tanks to maintain, at least, until I retire. I'd also like to have a tank just for Panamic Barnacle blennies. Maybe that would all be one set up, I don't know. I'm dreaming right now. I've always been fascinated with both species.
vlangel
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A tank with bluespotted jawfish and panamic barnacle blennies would be very cool. I absolutely adored my panamic barnacle blenny and have been on the look out ever since mine died. For a small fish they live a rather long time, or at least mine did. Barney was the coolest fish!
Bluespotted jawfish are so beautiful. I heard that they can be challenging and their price tag has always scared me off. I would definitely follow if you got those!
Love it! Do you prune the algae or is it pretty well maintained by the fish/crabs?
vlangel
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I wish the inhabitants did the pruning for me but they don't. Yesterday I removed a Hagan ice-cream tub's worth of algae! I hated to do it but just threw it in the compost because I don't have anyone to give it away to. I do that about every month month and a half.
vlangel
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Thanks George, it doesn't change much except pruning the macroalgae but it's doing well.
vlangel
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Thanks George, the tank is going well.Looks fantastic. Thanks for the update
vlangel
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I have made some additions to my tank in the past week. First I visited a friend who is aquaculturing coral as a retirement project. His systems are beautiful for both SPS and LPS. He saw the video of my tank and noted that even though I said I love torches that I did not have any. He said that I could pick any one I wanted of the ones he had in exchange for some of the sinularia that I was going to frag. I ended up coming home with not only a beautiful torch but also a paly frag and a small goni on a frag plug!
That got me really excited about my tank, and since I had been thinking about getting more fish anyway, that spurred me on. Especially when I tested my nutrients and found my nitrates dangerously low. Hopefully adding 2 cardinalfish, 2 firefish gobies and a small female fairy wrasse will help with the nitrates, while adding activity and interest to the tank.
I will post some pics after the new fish have settled in.
That got me really excited about my tank, and since I had been thinking about getting more fish anyway, that spurred me on. Especially when I tested my nutrients and found my nitrates dangerously low. Hopefully adding 2 cardinalfish, 2 firefish gobies and a small female fairy wrasse will help with the nitrates, while adding activity and interest to the tank.
I will post some pics after the new fish have settled in.
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