Melwood1978

First round of macro giveaway both ca. prolifera and ca. serrulata to my ex colleague and fellow reefer. Hope 1-2 weeks can give out some. Meantime my Picasso clowns are laying eggs at my main tank.

I stay in Punggol but sometimes will go west at CCK area to visit parents. These plants I get from fresh and marine: caulerpa racemosa (grow fast but insufficient lighting will easily cause them to turn white0 caulerpa prolifera (super fast grower) This plant I got from Henry at Marine Life: Caulerpa Serrulata (fast grower) The pail of caulerpa racemosa I had thrown away.

Running 12 hours for this plant tank and my refugium I run 10 hours.

Trim and throw away. Sometimes I give to another reefer for his refugium.

Manage to get NO3 reading is less than 5ppm, but the high PO4 causing red slime which I rescape the tank and start running ROWA in my sump. Adding more sand and remove most if the overgrowth. Also move most of the caulerpa prolifera to my refugium.

Week 8 and also the plant I got from Henry is growing well after a week... Time to trim my forest...

I will update the nitrate reading once I change water this Sunday. I think no3 should be low but po4 is high. Think of running ROWA but dunno whether it will impact on my marine plants??

My main tank and planted tank week 7

No particular choice just some left over sand I bought from Madpetz to create a deep sand bed in sump. I find very few reefer in marine plants.

1 more week the caulerpa racemosa gonna overgrow and may trim and throw away.

Gracilaria hayi

caulerpa prolifera

caulerpa racemosa

Haha i become lazy and from weekly change water to monthly change water. Only recently I started weekly change routine and only measure salinity of 1.024-1.026 and check my fishes health regularly. No nutrient dosage, just another 3 feet tank of 2 tangs, 2 Picasso clowns, 1 wrasse, 1 damsel and 8 chromis supplying my plant tank the nitrate. I'm using the 2 feet beamworks LED with a return pump of 1200 l/m and no wave maker. I keep only 3 fishes in this tank. The only observation is all my chaeto in sump are getting lesser and lesser as compare to before I introduce this tank. Actually is from your thread inspired me to start a marine plant tank.

Week 6