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09/10/2016, 08:05 PM
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cHRoNzZe MacRo LaGooNzZ
Sup fellas been on reef central for a while now so I think it's think to open a thread to ask some questions,I'm mostly on my local boards but not to much people know about macro's...seems like this is the right spot for me .. Little about myself ... I'm a human from San Diego
 ....... My main reef tank is a 120g 4x2x2 softies/Zoas dominant.lights are 2 ai hydra...I also have a 60g flat 4x2x1 plumb into my main tank/sump with all my macro's..lighting I have for macro tank is a 32in reefbreeder.. Mostly leave lights on about 14 hours a day 90percent white 15/20percemt Blues ..... I'm currently upgrading to a 150g 5x2x2 that's going to be all macro's, so I hope with this thread I'll give me a boost to finish my stand lol....... I'll post pics From my local thread to show the progress and algaes from when I first started with macro's...also have a 7gallon macro tank and a 4g nano macro tank..... Sooooo first question is what should I keep my nitrates at and how can I boost it ?? I'm planning of doing all my rock work with PUKARI Rock .... I just picked up 6 bags of live sand and have 5 buckets of dead sand and some really nice Tonga branches (20in plus lol Last edited by cHRoNzZe 619; 09/10/2016 at 08:19 PM. |
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09/10/2016, 08:20 PM
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My main set up 120g with a 60g macro as a natural filter....
 Current FTS of my main tank ....... Been dosing calcium/mag/trace elements/and a bit of iodine and since then I have notice my few sps growing and my frogspawns (mostly purple tip and 5 wall hammers) Reason why some spots are empty fyi ...working on the rails to look better I hate those brackets my lights are on lol Current FTS  Macro tank at its prime a couple months ago...  What I can remember I had Red bush. Hayi red bush. Barbarta. Sargasum. Spinosum. Gracilaria (about 4/5 different types) Aussie red kelp. Indu red kelp. Caulerpa(about 5 different ones) olive balls alga (rare) Ulva brythonion. blue octo. hypnea pannosa. Thin red branch. Red grape. String of pearls Last edited by cHRoNzZe 619; 09/10/2016 at 09:20 PM. |
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09/10/2016, 09:37 PM
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My 7g fluval ...place this by the window to see if the sun can make the algae's grow ... My dragons breath went HAM on growth with the sun light, and everything is living except the barbarta and spinosum ....I only turn on the lights at night so my holland lop's have a night light : ) current shot after I took out most of the dragons breath,has about 10 different macros at the moment
 My 4g AIO nano... Only live rock,macro's,and a sponge for filtration in about 3/4 months only gave it a 1/2 gallon water change once for my display tank ...about 10 macro's in it 
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09/10/2016, 09:45 PM
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Now time to load up some pics from the past. Gonna do a lot of copy and paste from my local club thread .... Also I'm currently fighting pink fuzzy algae and I swear I hate it so much I'm going crazy,I have about 15 turbos in my 60g and they have ate a lot of other macros including the pink fuzzy but I still have a ton of it,I manually remove it mostly when I do water changes.... Didn't have a chance to finish my list of what I had but I have lost about 15 of my algae due to this annoying algae
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09/10/2016, 09:57 PM
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This was when it first up last year ......
  Bout a week later started to add a bunch of macros...some pics to view  Crypto..  Codium.... Red fern  Very cool looking algea ....very slooooow grower. Can't find any pics of this one online may be a cross between macro  Couple mangroves   Red blade leaf  Forgot the name of this one 
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09/10/2016, 10:11 PM
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09/10/2016, 10:12 PM
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About 3/4 months into the tank
Few more random pics.....love this rock!!!!          
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09/10/2016, 10:14 PM
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Few more pics....plenty coming up
And some more.... Bryo..  Grape was bet up when I first got it...... This was after shipping...    Another Indo kelp type algae ??  
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09/10/2016, 10:18 PM
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My Christmas tree corals behind the dragons frags
 Dragons breath  Mama    What a normal trimming looks like lmao  
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09/10/2016, 10:25 PM
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Current top view shot
Date.5/15/16  Red grape is looking great since I first received it   Time to trim the hayi again...I trim it about 2 months ago to a size of a baseball now it's about a basketball size lol  Stupid culerpa took over my blue hypnea colony....hate this algae I pick it every other day and still can't get it 100 percent out   
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09/10/2016, 10:27 PM
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Few more pics to enjoy...some late night pics
  Another grape tree I pick up little bit up but is starting to get the bubbles back     
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09/10/2016, 10:31 PM
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   6/24/16 Well ordered some algea's last Thursday and finally got them in today ....overall very happy with how the look ... A little bet up but they will bounce back up in a few weeks if they don't melt...... Enjoy spinosum..... Ultra hard to keep long term ...so we will see how it turns out  Sargassum ..... Another one of my favorites now lol  2nd piece.....  Blue hypnnea NOT blue octo.  Barbata ..... 
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09/10/2016, 10:32 PM
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And a few more pics lol
Few more random close up pics......     
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09/10/2016, 10:32 PM
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Love this angle ....
   Some top angles...   Love the color combo on this pic.... 
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09/10/2016, 10:34 PM
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And a few more pics....
    
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09/10/2016, 10:37 PM
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Finally got my macros in today after 5 days of being shipped( thanks usps :curse
came in a little bit up but should pop back up in a few weeks....... Galaxaura  A little different from thin red branch with is on the top ....  One type of gracilaria I got...... Tree type   And picked up another pieces of hypnea pannosa..... Not blue octo.   Portieria came in really bad ... Hopefully it makes it color should be more reddish   
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09/10/2016, 10:39 PM
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Really nice tanks you've got. The macro tank is also very cool
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09/11/2016, 10:39 AM
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Love tha tanks. No thoughts on your questions sorry. What substrate are you running?
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09/11/2016, 04:54 PM
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Tons of great pics! So many macros!
I'm a little confused as to what you have right now, with all the old pics included. Can you post a pic or two that clearly shows what you have right now? Gorgeous!
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09/11/2016, 05:55 PM
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Thanks fellas...been collecting for a while now.
Zcinco ... I have black live sand not sure what size it's is,kinda med size I guess Michel h....I'll load some current pics in a bit .... Didn't realize you can't edit the threads so sorry for the typos!! |
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09/11/2016, 05:59 PM
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Pick this up from GCE about a mo th ago was doing great till the snail got it
 
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09/11/2016, 06:49 PM
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This is a current FTS....as of today...
Algaes have been growing at a steady rate since I started to dose,gorgs are looking pretty happy after my tangs nip half of the gorgs flesh off had to move them out of my display to recover 
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09/11/2016, 06:54 PM
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Wow, that is a really nice tank, and you have some cool macros.
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09/11/2016, 07:02 PM
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What I know I lost so far is.... Nemastoma,barbarta,blue octo. Hypnea pannosa,dragons tongue,most of my dragons breath,spinosum,sea lettuce.im sure I'm missing a few others,luckily I can get these back without looking to hard for them...except the nemastoma
Current top view... Looks a bit empty IMO,but after I'm done dealing with this algae I'll fill it back up 
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09/11/2016, 07:12 PM
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This is the algae I'm dealing with right now ...all over my grape algae !! I usally put the snails on top of it when I see them been working out good so far...... Size of the grape is about a basketball size ... Any other recommendations on how to control this algae,I'm also gonna get a blue urchin tomorrow to see if it will help
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