What's everyone up to?

[REEFBRONCOS]

They were in tanks without anemones for longer then i can remember. If my gf would have allowed it i would have bought them.

Have a large 4 inch female leuc and a sandracinous paired and displaying mating behavior this pair was not a good idea.

Good looking fish you got there.

OCean Gallery is a good spot for some nice fish.

[WDLV]

My poor 'gripes have been in a 10 gallon for over a year. :( but their day is coming soon.

[REEFBRONCOS]

I wanted to let ya know by the way that my leuco kept that yellowish color so far.

Ive been feeding the same foods as always

[WDLV]

It took a long time for mine to turn brown/tan. I have not yet made it a point to increase squid or krill. Speaking of which, mine were in their tank clicking and twitching at each other this morning. They're still quite skittish but have become more comfortable since I added them to the 45 cube. That said I still have to hide most of the time to get them to come out of their nems.

I will be adding a pair of clowns to my new 45 this evening to break it in but I'm not sure yet who the sacrificial lamb will be.
The thielleis will be getting that tank once I know it isn't toxic.

The first tank is improving quickly since I removed the LR from the sump. The hair algae is all dieing off in clumps
I have a little more rock to remove and a few more cleanings to do and I think the rest will just disappear on it's own.

[WDLV]

What kind of sea grass/macro is that growing in your sand?

[WDLV]

Originally Posted by Mike

Hmmm, apart from major cuts in jobs in my office....

I'm trying to get another holiday sorted!!

Are we talkin' American style "vacation" (2-3 weeks) or European style "holiday" (2-3 months?)

I swear every time I go overseas for my meager two weeks I always run into some European who's "on holiday" for three months. I can't say I'm not envious. Don't get me wrong. Americans take three month breaks from work occasionally too but we call it "unempolyment" and we're not typically enjoying ourselves. There's a lot of that going around at the moment.

[REEFBRONCOS]

Its oar grass shaving brush algea and cyano and diatoms.

LOL

the diatoms and cyano are from news sand.


The oar grass looks cool but i have a feeling my lighting is too strong for it, most of it melted away, Its a low light macro.

[WDLV]

It's the oar grass I was looking at. Other than the initial melt down, has it started to grow? Did you get it locally? I'm looking for something like that.

[REEFBRONCOS]

Yes it has continued to grow. Im not so sure its going to do what i wanted it to do.

I was hoping it would use up nutrients in the sand bed but my shaving brush algea has been popping babies up all over the place.

[WDLV]

I want sea grass for a lagoon biotope tank with a haddoni or gigantea. If it exports any nutrients, I'll mark it as a bonus and call it a day.

I've pretty well thrown in the towel with regard to biological means of nutrient export. I'm kinda getting back to basics...
Skimmer, water changes, suppliments and enough liverock to attach cnidarians and provide hiding places for fish. I feel like everything else adds to the problem of nitrate and DOM.

I'm not saying plants don't help at all, but my current thinking is that they complicate matters by adding another tank to deal with or else they grow where you don't want them. For someone who likes to tinker that's fine but I'm getting sick of always having to rescue some component of the system from itself. I'm ready for another cut and dry system. My 210 was about as simple as it gets. BB, high flow, sump that's easy to syphon and big enough to do a WC without having to concern myself about major parameter fluctuations. I only had to put my hands in the tank to add stuff, frag stuff for other people or clean the glass. It was the best performing system I've ever had.
I miss that.