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Does is look like this? C.Serrulata. Would be better if you take a photo of a small 'branch' in isolation outside the tank http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seaweed/chlorophyta/serrulata.htm

Anyone spotted peppermint shrimp?

that was why i was distributing them when they were healthy, hopefully can buy back the same crop from you guys one day I'm at a fixed too.. maybe i'll post a photo of the current status here and also over at RC to get more ideas. Yes you are right, i actually reduced the flow significantly due to introduction of small seahorses. It was struggling with high-flow. I should not have introduced them :| And i've no control of the temperature since its outdoor tank XD

No idea really, one contacted gas bubble, though we managed to cure it with antibiotic and 'needling' but died a month after recovering due to unknown reason. Another smaller one just went missing, thats the risk when the tank is not dedicated seahorse setup Tested, Nitrate usually 0-10ppm, Phoshpate always ~0.25 and iron always undetectable Have been fighting with redslim as well, maybe something is wrong with my redfield ratio. Oh yes, I think the ATS could have been working too well. Its a paradox thought, i needed it to hopefully stave the redslim but at the same time its fighting with the macroalgae in the display.

Thank you Only the tigertail black/white seahorse is alive now. Added a tiny seahorse 2 months ago but it went missing and havent been found for 2 weeks Oh yea the mandarins r happy and still fat I've also caught their mating dance on video THank you Sharon The tank is very different now actually, lost most of the non-green macroalgae. They just vanished suddenly. Still have a tiny strain of purple Ochtodes in the sump lighted 24/7 together with the ATS. Hopefully it will return to its 'glorious day'. I've no idea what could have caused it, probably lack of certain nutrient which i'm unable to measure. The display tank is dominated by green macro now.

omg so beautiful. looks like dragon breath

Love the concept It's probably best to buy mandarin that is already feeding on frozen food or so. There are some available from time to time. Btw, would you share where to get sea grass?

Hi monkeysee, i dose about one cap full of about~5ml Iron supplement once per week. Same for nitrogen & iodide+magnesium

New macros added Orange Gracilaria parvispora (i think?) from CoralFarm, didnt look quite healthy with the white-tip, so it might be short-live An unknown green macro gotten from the F&M, anyone has any idea what this might be? And the FTS, the hitch-hiker slimy brown macro didnt make it

Last measured 3 months ago with Nyos PO4 test kit and gotten reading of about 0.025 - 0.050, its hard to tell the different between these 2 Also, i need 3 frozen cubes (2 x hikari brineshrimp, 1 x hikari mysis) to a 40g tank daily

Hi Melwood, I've a bag of ROWA in the sump. Not too sure if my macro will grow better without the ROWA, I think its worth it because there're more annoyances without it such as high PO4 and cyanobacterial due to unbalanced redfield ratio (i think). You can find a post made by 'Subsea' who runs a macroalgae farm in the USA! he sent some of his macroalgae for lab analysis and discovered that the nitrate to phosphate absorption in Gracilaria Parvispora is 30:1 Hope it helps Quoting his post here for easy reference. "In general, slow growing macro algae will consume nitrogen to phosphorous in a ratio of 100:1. Fast growing Caulerpa ratio is 20:1. This information was from research papers at the University of Hawaii which I can no longer find. I grow Gracilaria Parvispora, Red Ogo, for human consumption and its nitrogen to phosphorous ratio is 30:1. In general, macro algae is a sponge and it will absorb what is in the water. My make up water comes from the Middle Trinity Aquifer. The Edwards Plateau limestone was an ancient ocean and it is high in all minerals except iron, which I dose. Agriculture lab results for Gracilaria Parvispora are: Nitrogen. 2.6 % Phosphorous 0.08% Potassium. 13.5% Calcium. 0.55% Magnesium. 1.16% Sulfur. 4.80% Zinc. 139 ppm Iron. 107 ppm Manganese. 20 ppm Cooper. 7 ppm"

The greens are looking really good! If you are observing the NO3, are you able to share the reading please?

Thanks guys! New photos taken today 14-April, about a month from the last FTS update. Not much have changed, except the Aiptasia, managed to exterminate most of the visible one with RedSea's Aiptasia-X. Also gotten alot more C.Prolifera from F&M. They've been growing well so far on the sandbed *keeping my fingers crossed*.

I'm sure there are such interest here. Please share with us the photos of yours planted tank too

I have created a short video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5uDtD_l8Ho New photos will be uploaded sometime this week

Thanks for sharing How about the sediment, any motivation for the sediment choice? I'm sure we can inspire more people and then we can have enough people to trade macro

Wow! Well done, the growth looks really good! Would you share more parameter such as the light setup, nutrient dosage? the sediment looks interesting too. Congrats on your newborn

Please PM me if you have Berghia nudibranch to let go

Good good good! I'd have thought its impossible or hard to breed in aquarium since this specie dont go through brooding, so it is still possible with not so crazy flow rate Thank you for sharing

Omg so happy for you!! Btw, would you be able to share the filter setup? I'd to know how the eggs survived the filtering

Willing to pay and also give a small golf size blue octodes macroalgae

THanks! I hope the macroalgaes in your tank are doing well

Up, or has anyone seem them in LFS recently?

Thank you for all the kind words haha thats the confusing part, it could be under the dictyota family (brown algae), and so it might be Lobophora http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seaweed/phaeophyta/bracket.htm or it could be red macroalgae since the description is kind of close (slimy surface) http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seaweed/rhodophyta/scaly.htm

Please let me know if you are willing to let go your Peppermint shrimp(s) who are hungry for live aiptasias Thanks!