AIO MacroAlgae Tank

[iamsamuel93]

Hi guys, I have had a reef tank about 2 years ago but I've taken it down because of college.
Figure that I can't keep my hands off a saltwater tank and thus, I've decided to have a MacroAlgae display tank to keep the cost low.

Tank has been up and running for 3 weeks now. I'm still looking for some rocks to add into the tank as my current rocks from my previous reef tank are too big for this.

Equipment:
Eheim compact 600 pump.
Freshwater planted lights

Technically that's about it.
Planning to get a tunze ato, maybe better lights.

Do note the white specks are baby brine shrimps

 

[NY_Caveman]

Hi guys, I have had a reef tank about 2 years ago but I've taken it down because of college.
Figure that I can't keep my hands off a saltwater tank and thus, I've decided to have a MacroAlgae display tank to keep the cost low.

Tank has been up and running for 3 weeks now. I'm still looking for some rocks to add into the tank as my current rocks from my previous reef tank are too big for this.

Equipment:
Eheim compact 600 pump.
Freshwater planted lights

Technically that's about it.
Planning to get a tunze ato, maybe better lights.

Do note the white specks are baby brine shrimps

Love that! Very cool!

 

[Rlreefing]

This looks fantastic!!

 

[ReeferReefer]

What tank are you using?

 

[iamsamuel93]

What tank are you using?

Am using an aio tank that is actually for fw setups. Bad thing about it is there another Hole at the bottom of the tank. So I placed some chaeto over there, was afraid that the pipefish would swim in.

 

[iamsamuel93]

Here are some updates.




Added a pair of seahorses for a week already.They have been feeding well ever since the second they entered the tank.

Added a shaving brush and dragon breath macroalgae that I got from my LFS today.

Extremely happy with the dragon breath!




Oh, and yes they are captive bred kuda seahorses. feeding on frozen mysis, enriched with selcon and AF garlic

 

[philosophile]

Wants to keep costs low.... adds pipefish and seahorses.
Lol.
It looks great though!

 

[crusso1993]

Looking really nice and moving along!

I am unsure if you've ever seen the build in the link below but it is, hands down, the most amazing macro tank I've ever seen. The builder is not on here super often but he is helpful and I'm sure would answer questions for you should you have any.

Build Thread - Waterbox 130.4 Macroalgae Display

So after a 3 year hiatus from owning a saltwater tank.... I'm finally back with a Waterbox 130.4 Tank! This tank will be mainly macroalgae similar to a tank I did back in 2011! Link for those that'd like to check the old tank out...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[iamsamuel93]

Wants to keep costs low.... adds pipefish and seahorses.
Lol.
It looks great though!

hahaha! Well maybe in terms of keeping costs low in regards to dosing etc. Am monitoring no3 with 10 and po4 with 0.08.
I've also recently added a skimmer.

Pipefishes are pretty easy so far though, just eats bbs and the seahorses were captive bred. Helps alot when they're fed on mysis.

 

[iamsamuel93]

Looking really nice and moving along!

I am unsure if you've ever seen the build in the link below but it is, hands down, the most amazing macro tank I've ever seen. The builder is not on here super often but he is helpful and I'm sure would answer questions for you should you have any.

Build Thread - Waterbox 130.4 Macroalgae Display

So after a 3 year hiatus from owning a saltwater tank.... I'm finally back with a Waterbox 130.4 Tank! This tank will be mainly macroalgae similar to a tank I did back in 2011! Link for those that'd like to check the old tank out...

www.reef2reef.com

haha I've been reading his tank thread almost daily! His tank is truly amazing. But sadly there are alot of things that I can't have because of the seahorses. And the lfs' in my city doesn't bring macroalgae. Most of them only have chaeto(lol yes pathetic).

 

[iamsamuel93]

A little update

 

[iamsamuel93]

Here are some pictures of my seahorses and new macros. It's hard to get shots of the pipefishes and ocellaris. :/

gotta make do with a budget cam :/

 

[crusso1993]

Here are some pictures of my seahorses and new macros. It's hard to get shots of the pipefishes and ocellaris. :/

gotta make do with a budget cam :/

Very nice!

 

[NY_Caveman]

Here are some pictures of my seahorses and new macros. It's hard to get shots of the pipefishes and ocellaris. :/

gotta make do with a budget cam :/

Ha, I feel the same way about my pictures. The hobby is expensive enough, no one told me I would need thousands for a camera setup too, LOL!

 

[iamsamuel93]

long overdue . i got some halimeda and mermaid’s fan. nothing special haha.

changed my freshwater planted light to a zetlight qmaven 6500.
I sold my 2 kudas because my LFS has some hippocampus barbouri coming in. don’t want to mix different species together.

Highlight of today , went to my local beach to get a couple of mangrove seedlings and stumbled upon this macroalgae . it’s red but with orange tips under blue leds. i think it’s a soleira robusta.