High Nutrient Macro Algae/Sea Grass Reef

Michael Hoaster said:
I sent you a package!
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O boy O boy, I can't wait! I was in Nashville all last week helping with my baby granddaughter, Daisy. I had not been on RC for a couple of weeks as I did a lot of cooking for my hubby who was batcheloring it, plus I took food down to the kids too.

My tank looked pretty dirty when I got home but Dave took good care feeding it and keeping the sump topped off. Yesterday I did a WC and cleaned the glass plus removed some caulerpa. Everything looks real good now that the glass has been cleaned. It was all just film algae on the glass, everything else is clean.
 
Michael Hoaster said:
Sorry about the late heads-up. Glad to hear you'll be around, Mrs. Popular! Best of luck with them!
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No problem and I am glad I am home now too. I am sure that I could have talked Dave through it. I am not sure the trip speaks to my popularity as much as my offer to babysit and cook for free. That gets the attention of busy millennials, ha ha!
 
Looks good. You appear to have a peaceful community of fish in there. That's got to be fun to watch! It's a delicate balance to get that. Fish, corals and plants all looking well!
 
Hey Michael, they came and look great! Actually I think that is a perfect amount to start with as their is not a huge amount of sandbed to plant them in.

I am sorry but forgot to mail your sponge today but will definitely do it tomorrow. Thanks again for the seagrass. Now the title of my thread is more true to life, LOL!
 
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Michael Hoaster said:
Looks good. You appear to have a peaceful community of fish in there. That's got to be fun to watch! It's a delicate balance to get that. Fish, corals and plants all looking well!
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Thanks Michael for the kind words!

It is a very peaceful community, ( although Linus disappeared and I think Marmalade, the other combtooth blenny is to blame. He would harass Linus.)There are 2 green gobies in there as well as 1 barnacle blenny. I haven't given up on getting 3-5 yellow tailed damsels, and 3-5 barnacle blennies. I think about a coral beauty too but they can be coral nippers so I will think on that one some more. I have had several coral beauties who were all model citizens in my prior reefs.

I am feeding very very heavy and that seems to be working. Hopefully the seagrass will flourish and the balance will continue.
 
They look good! I'm relieved. I was worried they wouldn't arrive until after the weekend.

Give them some time. As I said, they may go downhill at first, but should bounce back.
 
Michael Hoaster said:
They look good! I'm relieved. I was worried they wouldn't arrive until after the weekend.

Give them some time. As I said, they may go downhill at first, but should bounce back.
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I will be patient with them. I was wondering if I should have them planted deeper however? I have them in the sand about an 1" deep.
 
Man that looks good!

In the right end pic, is that purple sponge at bottom left, mixed in with the G. hayi? Or are those mushrooms?
 
Michael Hoaster said:
Man that looks good!

In the right end pic, is that purple sponge at bottom left, mixed in with the G. hayi? Or are those mushrooms?
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Good eyes Michael, yes that is purple sponge. One of the 2 pieces I sent you was from there and that is how much it recovered in a month and a half or so.
Yours pieces are bigger and more solid than that.
 
Needless to say, I'm happy with the trade. I like the trading thing in general. No money to change hands and everybody's happy. Yay!
 
Michael Hoaster said:
Needless to say, I'm happy with the trade. I like the trading thing in general. No money to change hands and everybody's happy. Yay!
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I agree, I also like the trading thing. It's like how we acquired coral in the old days!

I hope the sponges arrive in as good shape as your grasses arrived here. If not I will get you more but you might have to wait for mine to grow out again. I wanted you to have a nice amount so sent both pieces that I had.
 
It sounds like plenty, and a good trade. I'll give 'em a go. Thanks again!

It's gonna be fun seeing our stuff in each other's tanks!
 
I went to 2 LFSs today and got 6 yellow tail damsels and 4 mollies (for the fuge). I was only going to get 3-5 damsels but the LFS only had 6 and I hated to leave 1 behind so I bought them all, ha ha. My hubby got a laugh over that.

I am acclimating everyone as I speak. The LFS that had the mollies had some already acclimated to salt water but they were all males and I wanted mostly females for fry production and 1 male. I chose 2 dalmation, 1 white and 1 orange. They will live in the fuge and their main job is to help with algae on the the seagrass.

The damsels are being acclimated in the 1st chamber of the sump. They had been at the LFS for 3 weeks so I don't think I need to QT them. I hope I am not being rash. In the sump they can adjust to my water parameters without having to deal with tank mates. Then when they are settled I will move them all together into the display where there should be safety in numbers but my tank is pretty chill anyway.

I will take a pic or two when everyone is settled. I plan to hit another LFS tomorrow and see what they have. I know, I am out of control. LOL!
 
I went to 2 more LFSs to see what fish they had. The first one did not have anything but the 2nd store had a tomini tang. It has been at that store for 3 months and was eating well. It is probably a better choice than a coral beauty which could be a picker. The tang is attractive and should fit well with the fish I have. I added it directly to the display since the LFS has had it so long and its body and fins looked clean. It appears to have settled in immediately and is curiously exploring it's new home. I like that it has a different body shape and coloring from any other fish I have. It should be a nice addition to my aquarium.
 
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