My seagrass and macroalgae tank

[halophila]

Originally posted by Dyceskynes
Would there be a benefit adding a similar tank like this onto a main tank loop?

Dyceskynes, hi I really dunno about this, perhaps somebody could try to see if it works or not.

[halophila]

Originally posted by Limbo

I peeked in a couple of months ago and now I've started one....

That's cool Limbo, can you share your setup with us?

[halophila]

Originally posted by graveyardworm
I love updates, your tank looks awesome. How many cucumbers are in there?

Hi graveyardworm, ten maybe? I really couldn't recall. They are all small one. Large ones are more efficient, but too efficient to uproot the young seagrass and mess up the mud/aragonite layers too. So, I employed a dozen of smaller ones to do the job.

[mr. bojangsjang]

Originally posted by halophila
Hi, it is around 100L, approximately 26.4 US gallons. Mini-reef in US standard

Wow that tank looks wayyyy more than 26 gallons!

[Cody Ray]

U have some many fish in that tank I wish I could pull that off!

[hooterhead]

Originally posted by halophila
What goby is this?

[IMG]http://i15.*******.com/2irm15t.jpg[/IMG]

Black Sailfin Blenny
(Atrosalarias fuscus)

[sunfishh]

Bump
Can we get an update Halophila?
I am a huge fan of your tank

[halophila]

Originally posted by sunfishh
Bump
Can we get an update Halophila?
I am a huge fan of your tank

sunfishh, thanks for your kind words. Nothing special. Seagrasses still grow, and corals grow too. Except my camera is dying, and I am thinking to change it to coral only display tank.

[gemini aquarius(t)]

wow your tank s amazing and only 27 gallons!!!! i want my tank to be that cool. how are the anthias doing i thought they needed a much bigger tank/
?? anyways nice tank please stay with the macros and grasses !!!

[gemini aquarius(t)]

also what filtation are you running/>

[sunfishh]

Nice to see you back halophila

[rekn]

sorry to necro an old thread but halo, what are those silver fish in your third post with pics? also, where did you get them?

[whatnot45]

Originally posted by halophila
Hi sylphid! Yes, it is a bad idea to add Terapon together with M. cephalus. Although they were caught in the same tidepool, Terapon are much more fierce then M. cephalus. Terapon also has a bad habit of tail picking on other fishes. I should return the rest of M. cephalus back to the sea.

Yes, I am from Asia. You may able tell my locality by the design of the tank

Where do you live? i want to move there

[bv]

Wow! I can't begin to say how much I love these planted tanks. I'm new to the marine setups and couldn't have imagined a tank could look so great without the major cost of a reef. Could anyone offer any reading on macro-algae and grass? Thanks, Brian.

[graveyardworm]

to RC bv, check all the articles in this link.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/subject/algae.php

[bv]

Thanks. Do most of you use a mud/sand bottom? I'm using 1/4" crushed coral and it looks like I'm going to need at least sand.

[graveyardworm]

I'm using aragonite, you'll need 2-3 inches for most halodule, halophila, and 5 inches plus for thallasia.

[invertaman]

Hey what type of cukes are those?

[ptero.fan]

absolutely amazing =)

what's the aquarium substrate consisting of?

[Plantbrain]

What would be nice is seeing a good rug of Halophila for a foreground and then corals, not really that natural, but would look nice.
Then a nice integrated macro algae tank for the filter.
But not some ratty looking thing, something that is taken care of shows some pride.

That would be the ideal system IMO.

Regards,

Tom Barr

[dwd5813]

Originally posted by halophila
Dyceskynes, hi I really dunno about this, perhaps somebody could try to see if it works or not.

if i recall correctly, Eric Borneman (at least at the time his Aquarium Corals book was published) maintained a system consisting of multiple tanks, one of which contained seagrasses. hang on............................(dwd grabs erics book) ................................................................................yes, in the about the author page in the back it says "His personal home aquariums include a multihabitat system of more than 500 gallons that links a seagrass habitat, an intertidal habitat, and a large coral reef"

the current incarnation of my plan for my system is to have a 75g reef drain into a 30g sump which will in turn drain into a 55g seagrass tank, then return to the 75. i think it could work well, and by linking different types of systems together, i believe that the need for additional filtration becomes less as more of the processes are allowed to balance themselves naturally.

HTH

Halo, your tank is very beautiful. thanks for sharing it with us.

[sayn3ver]

any update on this tank. I have so many questions.

Filtration being one of them.

[yrema]

sweeeet setup, halo. and natural sunlight at that. i'm jealous.

[StunnaShadez]

one of the nicest looking tank i've seen so far

[sayn3ver]

I know, this is a very successful and inspirational tank. I have many questions but afraid they don't post on here any longer.