Tigahboy's Macroalgae Tank(s)

[dennis romano]

Always loved your tanks. Just curious, have you ever thought of putting in a Cassiopea jellyfish in one of your tanks? They are small, cheap, photosynthetic, usually sit on the bottom, and look cool.

 

[Tigahboy]

Always loved your tanks. Just curious, have you ever thought of putting in a Cassiopea jellyfish in one of your tanks? They are small, cheap, photosynthetic, usually sit on the bottom, and look cool.

I have not, but sounds like something worth looking into!

 

[Tigahboy]

Super honored to be featured this month as R2R's Reef of the Month! Link to the feature article below!

REEF OF THE MONTH - May 2021: Tigahboy's Macroalgae Paradise!

R2R Username: @Tigahboy Build Thread: Tigahboy's Macroalgae Tank(s) Introduction: Greetings from Seattle, Washington! I’m super honored and thrilled to be featured this month on Reef2Reef. Although I go by Tigahboy and tigahboy.h2o online and in social media, my real name is Dennis, and...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Loved the episode of RNN you were a part of. May or may not try my hand at a macro tank as a result

 

[Tigahboy]

Loved the episode of RNN you were a part of. May or may not try my hand at a macro tank as a result

I had a lot of fun on that episode! I may be biased, but I think you should absolutely do one.

 

[Tigahboy]

Some random shots I took tonight.

 

[Aheinz]

I First saw this on a Insta post then logged in and saw it as a spotlight I love the tanks

 

[Coopdod50]

What do you use as clean up crew? I know nothing about macro algae but I would assume some members of a CUC would eat the display stuff along with hair algae or whatnot, right?

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

@Tigahboy any updates?

 

[Tigahboy]

What do you use as clean up crew? I know nothing about macro algae but I would assume some members of a CUC would eat the display stuff along with hair algae or whatnot, right?

I have a decent variety of smaller-sized snails in all of my tanks. Astreas, Florida Ceriths, Dwarf Ceriths, and Nassarius are my go-tos. Stay away from like huge snails, such as Mexican Turbos, urchins, emerald crabs, and possibly larger hermits. I do have some scarlet hermits and I think I've seen them munch on some macroalgae.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I have a decent variety of smaller-sized snails in all of my tanks. Astreas, Florida Ceriths, Dwarf Ceriths, and Nassarius are my go-tos. Stay away from like huge snails, such as Mexican Turbos, urchins, emerald crabs, and possibly larger hermits. I do have some scarlet hermits and I think I've seen them munch on some macroalgae.

Everything still looking beautiful!!

 

[Tigahboy]

@Tigahboy any updates?

Oh boy, it's been awhile. Work has been keeping me insanely busy. But here are some updates:

JC&P sent me this light to try out for my UNS 5N. I think it's a lot more light than I need though for this sized-tank, so I may move it to my grow-out tank. It looks pretty nice though.

Some random shots from around my tanks:

 

[Tigahboy]

A few more.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

A few more.

DROOL! Very nice my friend!

 

[Tigahboy]

DROOL! Very nice my friend!

Thank you!

 

[MattyMatt]

I recently put some macros in my nano tank, and realized the stuff I bought is the same macroalgae (ulva and others) that I find at my beach house. Now excited to try a tidal tank with stuff I can collect while kayaking--eelgrass, winkles, ulva, fiddlers, hermit crabs, etc. Coastal NC kind of stuff. Is it possible to create tides in a tank system? If so, how? Has anyone done it?

 

[reefpizza]

A few more.

What's this awesome macro?

 

[Tigahboy]

I recently put some macros in my nano tank, and realized the stuff I bought is the same macroalgae (ulva and others) that I find at my beach house. Now excited to try a tidal tank with stuff I can collect while kayaking--eelgrass, winkles, ulva, fiddlers, hermit crabs, etc. Coastal NC kind of stuff. Is it possible to create tides in a tank system? If so, how? Has anyone done it?

That's really awesome. Looking forward to seeing what you can collect. I'm sure you can create some kind of tide tank. Just need to sump it up and get to plumbing.

@reefpizza blue hypnea pannosa!

 

[Tigahboy]

Some random shots from my grow-out tank.

 

[Tigahboy]

I've been playing around with plant specimen vases (these are made by Aqua Worx) to showcase macroalgae for photos. Not to keep them long-term, but just to capture fancy shots. What do you think?

Caulerpa paspaloides and Portieria shown here.