40g Long Naturally lit macro-algae tank

[Zhi Long Oh]

The red from T95. Purple from Marinelife, Green from FreshNMarine

Pls keep us updated on the dragonet especially the red ruby!

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[suehwee]

Wow! Where did you find these macro?


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[CKS]

May 2018 FTS

 

How many types of green macros can you identify in the following photos?

 

The reds are still doing ok, can't say they are doing growing well. Heres a photo of a fat Mandarin pooping on it

 

And zoomed out view of the FTS. The macroalgae tank is surrounded by more greens.

 

And lastly, the evening view the fishes and critters get to enjoy.

[Damianiac]

Finally found this beautiful red macro (Halymenia .sp). Maybe Red Ulva, maybe dragon's breath. Gotten a big bunch to be sure I don't lose them again 

can share where u got them? interested to get some as well. TIA!

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[CKS]

10 hours ago, Damianiac said:

can share where u got them? interested to get some as well. TIA!

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From T95

[CKS]

Traded some macros over the weekends with bro @JulianZxc, please help us with the ID if you are positive about it

This could be flat blade Gracilaria?

And maybe Liagora?

And a bad news. The regal Tang died too it was the most aggressive fish in the tank. And there has been a series of mysterious death of healthy fishes recently.

I've also caught a Gorilla Crab Available for adoption immediately.

Ending the post with photos of the inhabitances, please no more missing/dead fishes!
The Mandarin feasting on frozen brineshrimp

[CKS]

Jul 2018 FTS

Now with Mangrove!

[JMW]

I mean, those ochtodes.... haha 

[CKS]

6 hours ago, JMW said:

I mean, those ochtodes.... haha 

Thank you JMW!

unfortunately, the blue sponge is not doing well. And i've no idea where to get aquarium grade silica to feed them :|

[loong mun seng]

Go reef club seek for CKS
This guy really algae pro


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[Jeebusai]

Nice! Do show more pics of ur gobies feeding! I love gobies but don’t dare to try keeping them! 

[CKS]

14 hours ago, loong mun seng said:

Go reef club seek for CKS
This guy really algae pro


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eh?

13 hours ago, Jeebusai said:

Nice! Do show more pics of ur gobies feeding! I love gobies but don’t dare to try keeping them! 

Sure! Fortunately, they're not too fast, easier to capture. They're also pellet trained now

[Jeebusai]

4 hours ago, CKS said:

eh?

Sure! Fortunately, they're not too fast, easier to capture. They're also pellet trained now

Just came back from CF. Saw so many nice gobies. Very very tempted....but decided not to. Let me know if ur selling a pellet trained goby. Lol

[CKS]

5 hours ago, Jeebusai said:

Just came back from CF. Saw so many nice gobies. Very very tempted....but decided not to. Let me know if ur selling a pellet trained goby. Lol

lol very hard, unable to have another Mandarin in the tank. Will likely be killed by the current pair

[harvin6]

wow nice algae tank. Add some codiums as well.

[CKS]

5 hours ago, harvin6 said:

wow nice algae tank. Add some codiums as well.

Thank you! I'm hunting for Codiums, and also the super beautiful blue scroll algae!

[CKS]

FInally gotten the red grapes just in time to celebrate the National day with more hue of red This dirty tank is littered with snail eggs, baby starfishes and tiny fanworms

[loong mun seng]

Give you a , I like your tank so much. Hope can learn from you.



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11 hours ago, loong mun seng said:

Give you a , I like your tank so much. Hope can learn from you.



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Thank you! I hope the information shared here has been useful and hopefully one day we can have a bigger community to exchange weeds

[nemonary571]

12 hours ago, CKS said:

FInally gotten the red grapes just in time to celebrate the National day with more hue of red This dirty tank is littered with snail eggs, baby starfishes and tiny fanworms

nice!

[Jeebusai]

12 hours ago, CKS said:

FInally gotten the red grapes just in time to celebrate the National day with more hue of red This dirty tank is littered with snail eggs, baby starfishes and tiny fanworms

Nice! Maybe can start breeding some astrea snails for sale. Always in demand but not much in supply! Lol

[CKS]

2 hours ago, Jeebusai said:

Nice! Maybe can start breeding some astrea snails for sale. Always in demand but not much in supply! Lol

The active breeders are the Nassarius snails,  but unfortunately ive not seen any babies. Something must be feasting on them

[CKS]

Was planning to count these home-bred mini brittle stars, but most of them are lumped together. So I gave up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXHCDIowudk

 

[CKS]

The reason why photos are usually taken at night. The contrast is too strong in the daytime. This photo shows the tank with direct noontime sun. The floodlights are turned on at most for 4-hours a day.

[CKS]

Finally splurged on actual Aquarium lighting 3.5 years after this tank was started! The colourations of the macros and anemone are more appealing now! Also added blue and yellow sponges gotten from Specialised Aquatics solutions recently. The previous blue sponge didn't make it and I've decided to try again with a slightly different approach.

Yep, I'm reconstituting Silica into the tank! Another chemical compound most people are removing. Gotten this from MadPetz. Hopefully, the sponges thrive with this supplement.