Tigahboy's Macroalgae Tank(s)

Tigahboy · Dec 31, 2020

Recap of my macroalgae tanks for 2020.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

Tigahboy · Jan 4, 2021

Managed to pick up some codium from alocal reefer (my first macroalgae trade!).

Ended up cutting it into 4 pieces and kept 2 in this UNS 5N and moved the rest to my other tanks. Also added some galaxaura to this tank.

Tigahboy · Jan 4, 2021

And some random scenes from the 60S lagoon.

joekidwell · Jan 4, 2021

What lights are you using?

Tigahboy · Jan 5, 2021

joekidwell said:
What lights are you using?

Twinstars which are full spectrum (6500K) freshwater planted tank lights.

don_chuwish · Jan 5, 2021

Tigahboy said:
And some random scenes from the 60S lagoon.

Great fish choices - the Blenny has so much character and the Springeri Damsel is such a vibrant blue. I have a Springeri as well.
You must be quite the skilled photographer - all your shots are incredible.

Tigahboy · Jan 7, 2021

Some macro macro shots (plus a worm).

Hypnea pannosa. Super finnicky, but finally started to take off in color and growth in my 45A tank.

Gracilaria hayi. As hardy as they come in terms of macroalgae. Lower light intensity actually brings out its best colors (will dull out if the light is too bright).

Laurencia iridescens. The blue tint on this red macroalgae is pretty insane.

Dwarf feather duster (Sabellastarte indica).

Soren · Jan 7, 2021

Your macroalgae tanks look so amazing! I really like what you have done with them.
Also, your detail photos and information about the different species will prove helpful for me in deciding which macroalgae types to include in my own setup.

Aero · Jan 7, 2021

Nice looking macro algae tank I’ve always wanted to start one, great work

Tigahboy · Jan 7, 2021

Soren said:
Your macroalgae tanks look so amazing! I really like what you have done with them.
Also, your detail photos and information about the different species will prove helpful for me in deciding which macroalgae types to include in my own setup.

Thank you! Good luck with yours!

Aero said:
Nice looking macro algae tank I’ve always wanted to start one, great work

Thanks! You should give it a try!

fishlover1478 · Jan 8, 2021

do you have tips i want to do something similar for my 75 or a 40b

Tigahboy · Jan 8, 2021

quirkylemon103 said:
do you have tips i want to do something similar for my 75 or a 40b

I recently was a guest on a podcast called Nature’s Wonders (episode 6) where I talk about keeping macroalgae. Should check it out!

Tigahboy · Jan 11, 2021

Added a few more pieces of macroalgae from other tanks to this one. A total of 6 different species in here now.

Tigahboy · Jan 21, 2021

My macroalgae tanks got featured on Seafriendlyreef's Youtube channel!

Check it out!

Tigahboy · Jan 22, 2021

Another cool update! I was the featured guest on the Reef News Network podcast talking about all things macroalgae.

RNN148 - Admin Takeover: Macro Mania (2021) - Reef News Network

A movie recommendation, magnetic mechanism, and a chat with the king of macroalgae, Dennis…AKA, @Tigaboy.h2o! This week is another admin takeover. Remy (@bahamallamacoral) and Tyler (@inland_reef) talk about their background in the hobby and chat about the latest trend, macroalgae display tanks...

reefnewsnetwork.com

Tigahboy · Jan 23, 2021

Unfortunately had some losses in the lagoon over the past few weeks: waspfish passed and I think blenny jumped when I forgot to put the lid on one night. Also had a little hair algae outbreak that I neglected so had to pull out a ton of macroalgae. Tough few weeks. But I’ve been getting hair algae under control and tank is back on track (and won’t be adding anymore fish in here). A few shots from last night.

Tigahboy · Jan 24, 2021

A few macro shots from my UNS 45A.

Subsea · Jan 28, 2021

Tigahboy said:
Current dosing regimen:

•Brightwell Aquatics CheatoGro (fertilizer)
•NeoNitro (nitrates)
•NeoPhos (phosphates)
•Ferrion (ferrous iron)
•ATI Essentials Pro Part 1 (alk)

Kudos to your display macro lagoons. How long have you used Brightwell ChaetoGro.

Iron is an included ingredient of ChaetoGro, yet I see you dose iron in addition to what’s in ChaetoGro. I agree that iron storage is common among many macros and it would be difficult to overdose iron. Do you have a fixed ratio of Ferrion to ChaetoGro?

Tigahboy · Jan 28, 2021

Subsea said:
Kudos to your display macro lagoons. How long have you used Brightwell ChaetoGro.

Iron is an included ingredient of ChaetoGro, yet I see you dose iron in addition to what’s in ChaetoGro. I agree that iron storage is common among many macros and it would be difficult to overdose iron. Do you have a fixed ratio of Ferrion to ChaetoGro?

I've stopped dosing Ferrion. I think ChaetoGro is enough. I tested iron and I was definitely over-doing it.

So ditch the Ferrion.

Subsea · Jan 28, 2021

Tigahboy said:
I've stopped dosing Ferrion. I think ChaetoGro is enough. I tested iron and I was definitely over-doing it.

So ditch the Ferrion.

I can document iron storage in Gracilaria Hayi. Once, while dosing iron to 55G macro tumble culture growout tank, I dumped 250ml, instead of dosing 10ml of Seachem Iron.
Water was red for two days and instead of thin & slightly brittle, Gracilaria Hayi got thicker and somewhat spongy. After two weeks, everything returned to normal.