My first Sargassum tank

[reeformadness]

I don't really have a macro lens, but my camera's lens has a "macro" setting. Its not great, but the anemones are probably large enough to get a pic. The nudibranchs and others probably won't come out great though. I have a microscope at work that can take great pictures, so I might try to photograph some of the others when I get a chance. Thanks Cristi, It looks as though PC's might do the trick then. Thanks dwarf, I might try and get some help from Dr. Shimek. I do have a great identification guide to sargassum fuana. I'm pretty sure the anemone is Anemonia sargassensis. I didn't find the nudis till yesterday afternoon and I left the guide at work, but hopefully I'll be able to get some ID's on those too.

 

[sunfishh]

Awesome reeformadness. I am really excited to see those photos

 

[reeformadness]

Not the best pic...This one is probably about 1/2" across...these are all over the place

 

[reeformadness]

OK, here is the best I could do for the nudibranch (...I think)

And here is what might be a barnacle, white thing in center

That's about all I can get for now, some of the other things I've been seeing aren't out at the moment.

 

[sunfishh]

Thanks for the pics

 

[reeformadness]

OK. Its been over three weeks now and the good news is that the Sargassum is still alive and looking healthy. The only problem I'm having is that my water quickly gets cloudy...a pinkish-tan color. I am doing very frequent water changes and used a diatom filter to deal with the problem for now. Does anybody know what could be causing this. It sheds leaves occasionally but it wouldn't seem to be enough to pollute the water that much. I suppose it could possibly be some pelagic microalgae clouding the water but I really have no idea. I did add some live grass shrimp (without acclimating) to feed the sargassumfish and several had died and polluted the water the next morning. That is when the problem started. The tank is also not fully cycled since I had to quickly get the Sargassum into something and did not have a tank set up for it. I also dosed nitrate a couple times. I am currently using a penguin biofilter rated for up to 30 gallons on my ten. So, does anyone have any ideas? Should I just keep doing water changes or is there something else I can do to keep the water clear.