10g low tech macro tank, what do you think?

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So I'm shutting down my 20g reef to safe some money and pay off debt. I was originally going to entirely shutdown the reef but a friend suggested a low tech macro pod farm and I had to do it. So plans for light is 1-2 cool white spiral bulbs.. 23watts I think? A heater, small pump and 20ish lbs of dry rock. Adding about 1" of sand maybe maybe and just rubble or crushed coral substrate since pods are monsters for going in any crack and space to form some babies.

Macro options and pieces I'll get are:

Shaving brush, mermaid fan, hamiladea?, dragons breath, green codium sp, chaeto, another fast growing red macro. Maybe ulva leaf. Avoiding caulerpa cuz of my bad experience in my 40g display. Kind of got out of hand even with regular pruning.

If I don't use those spiral lights then I'll be using a single par38 full spectrum bulb. It does give the darker look so might give the pods the dark spots they want and the par range for the shaving brush and mermaid fan to still flourish.

I'll post pics tonight. Me and the gf placed and glued the rocks so there ready and won't move when we start it up this weekend.

Any input will be greatly appreciated and hope for it to be an interesting tank. Not many display fuges locally for me so I'm stoked. Plus I know how much pods loved the codium so it should help lots :)
 
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Here's the tank.
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great idea! looking forward to your progression

Thanks :) I'll keep it up to date :) hope it does well. I'll try testing lights and light cycles for growth rates on each macro. If I get that in depth haha. I tend to just enjoy it instead ☺️
 
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Sounds like fun!

Well I hope it will be. I liked my low tech freshwater planted shrimp tank. Might be the se idea for this. Get sexies and gf wants harlequin.
 
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A little pic update. Still need to finish my list of the few macro in there now.

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Here's mine. I love growing macros. When they get too long or bushy, I clip them and trade them to my Los for store credit. So when I'm ready to get back into corals, I've got a head start! Plus it's a great seahorse tank!
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Here's mine. I love growing macros. When they get too long or bushy, I clip them and trade them to my Los for store credit. So when I'm ready to get back into corals, I've got a head start! Plus it's a great seahorse tank!
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Dude that's a dream tank for macro right there! Nobody here does display macro tanks so I'm hoping this becomes a good thing
 
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Added some new stock today.

Emerald crab, tailspot Blenny and some snails similar to red banded Mexican turbos. Large darker stripes.
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Love seeing other macro tanks. Here is a shot of mine. Think its great that these are starting to catch on...
 

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Love seeing other macro tanks. Here is a shot of mine. Think its great that these are starting to catch on...

Tank looks great! It's definitely a goal to give the insight on display refugiums over just a place for ugly macro to grow and grow
 
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Little update on my tank. Added a tailspot Blenny but he died overnight for some reason :(

Well I also added an emerald crab and 3 black foot trochus snails and a shaving brush. Hoping to get my hectors goby for the new year. Some more inverts and macro as well.

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Looks like I'll have to show some updates to this
 

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