My Macroalgae Tank!

[micstarz]

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Day 1: Cloudy and ugly. Aquascaping is a non permanent "draft".

Today:
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Full Tank Shot
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2677/231/6/565794390/n565794390_1476592_627068.jpg I have no idea what coral this is but I picked it up from the seafood market, where fishermen collect corals for local hobbyists (It's a local Hong Kong species and it only cost me $2 USD)
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Zoa's in background
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Angled FTS
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IMO this pic looks very very nice.

[micstarz]

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Is the stuff in front chaeto or not? I collected it from the beach.
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Grape Caulerpa, doing very well.
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2677/231/6/565794390/n565794390_1476602_7897591.jpg Mishmash of grape and feather
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Closed, bleached zoanthids.
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Angled FTS
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I caught this little fish - what is it?
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FTS again

[micstarz]

More "Before" Pictures:
This is everything in the tank:
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Trunk: Alot (10+lbs) of live rock, 15 kgs of sand
My mom's bag of stuff
My schoolbag with a tonne in it
My LFS bag (Basically 100% water; full of bagged macroalgae, corals, fish)

Carrying all that home by yourself isn't going to be fun...
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[micstarz]

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ID this for me, please.
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The dining room halide lights produce the shimmer effect.
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An anemone from the seafood market (70 cents USD) It died.
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My P. ciliata!
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ID this macroalgae (Collected from beach)

[Mentat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14657931#post14657931 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by micstarz
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ID this macroalgae (Collected from beach) [/B]
Ok, let me start on this one. If asking about the green ribbon like algae to the left, looks like Enteromorpha (http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=30&-session=abv4:4840375C07d6d209A0RIq29B77C0). It's thallus is tubular, so slicing a piece with a sharp blade can confirm this characteristic.

[Mentat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14657931#post14657931 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by micstarz
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ID this for me, please.
A macroalgae tank LOL! Lot's of algae and a little blue damsel like fish.

[Mentat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14657909#post14657909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by micstarz
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I caught this little fish - what is it?
Look's like it will grow... let me check with the fish guys.

[micstarz]

Aww...I thought it was Chaetomorpha and I was so happy D: Its a very slow grower and doesn't attach to anything. I weight it down with crushed coral.

I meant the next pic...sorry about that D:

Okay, thanks :D

By the way, Mentat, I just saw your signature! Wow! 46 years in the freshwater hobby is 3.2 times longer than I've been alive and 5.75 times my experience! I'm in awe!

[Mentat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14659206#post14659206 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by micstarz
...By the way, Mentat, I just saw your signature! Wow! 46 years in the freshwater hobby is 3.2 times longer than I've been alive and 5.75 times my experience! I'm in awe!
I'm ancient LOL! Experience have taught me to allways learn and be happy.

[micstarz]

Respect! :D

[Mentat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14657909#post14657909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by micstarz
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I caught this little fish - what is it?
Got it narrowed down to a possible Porgie (http://www.fishbase.org/identification/specieslist.cfm?famcode=330&areacode=&spines=&fins=&CFID=57293617&CFTOKEN=47291439) (Sparidae family). Need better pictures (and maybe few inches of growth) to better ID.

[micstarz]

Well it's grown quite a bit now and has a very big mouth in proportion to body size. I'll try and get more pics :D

[ptraverse]

I need to get a hold of some of that stuff. So you got most of it from the beach?

[micstarz]

The Gracil., Red Grape, Grape and Featheer are from the LFS. The unidentified stuff was from the beach :P

[Beaun]

I agree with Enteromorpha, I have the same stuff. I would also agree with a very small Porgie, we have those locally as well.

[micstarz]

Thanks for the confirmation :P

I just got another fistful of the stuff from the beach. I'm using it mainly to provide a "land" area as well as nitrate removal for my feeder crab bucket. I want to make a turf algae filter bit with enteromorpha. Is this possible?

[crazydante]

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Can you take a pic of the scenery outside your window? looks nice.

[micstarz]

Haha sure, man. There's a highway down there, but the scenery is alright...

When I look at this pic it looks like an isolated mountain in Korea/North China but it isnt ;D

[jewcy240]

I like the setup

[sebae09]

That is a very mean fish, i caught one that was about 3 inches long off of the NC coast and he killed about 100$ worth of fish. they grow quick and will eat anything. mine had a nice light blue spot on his side, i sold it for 10 $ and the fishstore owner flushed the fish after a while(1.5 years. i could never id it so maybe we have a differant fish, pacific collection ????

[redfishsc]

That little fish does look like a perciformes (ie, porgy and similar fish).

Sebae09 is right in that they are typically very aggressive. Much like big cichlids and perches in freshwater.


Also pretty good to eat!


Now personally, I'd consider him "live food" for that mantis ;)

[micstarz]

Thanks guys...if he becomes trouble I'll bring him to the LFS...

He already has an oscar/green terror-like personality...

[johnmaloney]

very cool

[micstarz]

Thank you!

[ctenophors rule]

that algae looks like an ulva species not so common here in florida.

and the fish looks a little like a yellow majora.

hth

[Beaun]

Ulva (http://www.jonolavsakvarium.com/blog/200708/ulva.jpg) is broad "leaved", "Enteromorpha (http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/773/15021526.JPG) is thin/long "leaved".

[ctenophors rule]

not all ulva has broad leaves though, their is some that looks exactly like that photo, and even some that look like byropsis

[micstarz]

Ahhh...

Hey guys, do you know what the tubular-leaved grasslike macro is?

[johnmaloney]

really healthy looking plants

[DouglasTiede]

Wow wish I could get some corals for $2