The official macro algae eye candy thread

Subsea · Sep 12, 2018

lakereef said:
Updated shot of the sunlight refugium!

Macro lagoon display is beautiful. What spectrum on your lights?

lakereef · Sep 12, 2018

Subsea said:
Macro lagoon display is beautiful. What spectrum on your lights?

Those are a kessil a360we that I use for supplement. They run at about 40% max but spectrum is variable based on personal preference at view time. Sunlight doesn’t have any visible blue like aquarium lights so in the evening I do heavy blue to see the fluorescing algae and coral.

Side note: I checked the par once and the sunlight was 700-1100 par in that tank

rmchoi · Nov 11, 2018

hhough · Nov 28, 2018

Dos Ocho said:
Did someone say macroalgae???

What type of macro is in the first picture upper left (The green macro). I had some start growing out of a piece of live rock in my fuge and it has really taken off. I have not been able to ID it.

Todvod · Nov 28, 2018

Dos Ocho said:
Did someone say macroalgae???

What’s that red stringy alge in that last pic? Beautiful.

Dos Ocho · Nov 29, 2018

hhough said:
What type of macro is in the first picture upper left (The green macro). I had some start growing out of a piece of live rock in my fuge and it has really taken off. I have not been able to ID it.

Grape Caulerpa. Of all the macros I have, it is the toughest and best grower. Not too pretty as it has a tendency to get wild and stringy. Either remove the rock or learn to love it. Even a tiny spec attached to the rock will grow back over time. I, of course, love it!!!

Dos Ocho · Nov 29, 2018

Todvod said:
What’s that red stringy alge in that last pic? Beautiful.

Red Gracilaria. Unfortunately I don’t have much left. Never grew well in my display, and I think a hungry crab or three nailed most of it in my fuge. Oh well, crabs gotta eat too!!
There is a green variety I may try down the road. There are also some more ornate red varieties of Gracilaria out there too.
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vlangel · Feb 2, 2019

2019-02-01_06-06-56 by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr
56 gallon natural nutrient garden

lbacha · Feb 2, 2019

Just added some dragons breath. I’ll try to get a better pic later

vlangel · Feb 2, 2019

2019-02-01_06-06-56 by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr

Nokiaec11 · Mar 2, 2019

Wow!...My Tangs snd Angel would love to vacation in some of you alls tanks

lakereef · Mar 13, 2019

Nokiaec11 said:
Wow!...My Tangs snd Angel would love to vacation in some of you alls tanks

Funny was just thinking the other day to give mine a vacation in the refugium and see how much it’d eat.

OutsideBrian · Mar 14, 2019

This is amazing!
Is anyone running two displays with macro in one and reef in another using the same sump?

norfolkgarden · Mar 14, 2019

At 1 point we tried a 1/4" net cage in the main tank with some caulerpa.

The 2 tang's would push the net in to get at it and devour it before the cualerpa could outgrow them.

We were feeding nori as well.

luckylepgw · Apr 5, 2019

OutsideBrian said:
This is amazing!
Is anyone running two displays with macro in one and reef in another using the same sump?

I was actually in the process of doing that, I'm shooting for 4 displays. Reef, fowlr, macro garden and still hasn't decided on what the fourth would have. Maybe a Mantis shrimp habitat.