Anyone into planted marine tanks?

[Piotrek]

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[Nor'easter Reefer]

That looks awesome!

 

[Piotrek]

That looks awesome!

Thank you. It's primarily a refugium tank, but the overall look I managed to achieve got me thinking it might be a good idea to setup the entire system this way.
The fish under light suitable more for a refugium (red maxed out) look entirely different. I've never seen a zebrasoma scopas with red top reflexes before.

 

[Aqua Ultraviolet]

Planted marine tanks are such a cool concept! I love how macroalgae adds color and gives the tank a more natural look. Has anyone here had success keeping macroalgae alongside corals without running into nutrient competition or algae taking over?

 

[Piotrek]

Planted marine tanks are such a cool concept! I love how macroalgae adds color and gives the tank a more natural look. Has anyone here had success keeping macroalgae alongside corals without running into nutrient competition or algae taking over?

In that refugium I posted there are a few soft corals that I moved with the rock. Keeping corals alongside macro would require a lot of trimming, for one thing.
In the past I experimented with keeping both and found the tank look "dirty" or neglected when 1 was run with the other.
I managed to achieve something like this and at that point I tore down the macro.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I have never had one, but I will say I would love to have a mangrove focused tank one day

 

[Freenow54]

I was not aware you could do that. I am in