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He went in today, so not out that much to get a good pic. But the 3 together look fantastic.
Have you ever had cyano/algae issues with this tank? Seems like CUC is hard to pick out for this tank.
I like using caulerpa, and I'll mix in some red gracillaria, i like a nice looking fuge. i gad an issue and loss my caulerpa and replced with chaeto, I don't care for chaeto. I've really ignored the reef part of tis tank since I couldn't find any nps corals, and the ones I did I had to nurture back to health.
I've never had good results using chaeto for some reason, one lfs owner told me they actually harvest some inland in FL, in what appears to be fresh or at best brackish pools. This chaeto almost always dies off in the marine systems. I've also had issue with hair algae, whether it be because of hitch hiking and/or the nasty stuff out competes the chaeto.
I can't find any caulerpa locally and I usually get my macros from Gulf Coast Ecosystems, it too hot for a delivery here right now.
Nice..
My heart sinks every time I see a thread on a NPS tank build. I am always expecting it to be someone trying to feed manually a few times a day. Some of these corals need food almost 24 hours a day.. Nice to see you are trying to figure this out with automatic feeding. One thing I would add is bacteria, it will help with nutrients in the end but it may provide food for some of the other nps corals like dendros or some of the other stuff with smaller polyps that is real hard to keep. I truly think we are on the verge of keeping some of the harder nps corals. I think someone will come out with automatic feeder we can purchase eventually for feeding nps corals.
Smaller footprint skimmers I have used that work well are the Aquamaxx skimmers. Very cheaply built but work well.
Ultrareef skimmers, they skim well and are really well built, can be harder to get.
Deltec makes are great skimmers and Adam here can help you there. This probably be your best bet.
Another skimmer allot seem to like but I never used is Nyos.
I like Caulerpa too but it can go sexual so you have to watch out there. It is believed caulerpa can also combat through allelopathy to.
I like using caulerpa, and I'll mix in some red gracillaria, i like a nice looking fuge. i gad an issue and loss my caulerpa and replced with chaeto, I don't care for chaeto. I've really ignored the reef part of tis tank since I couldn't find any nps corals, and the ones I did I had to nurture back to health.
I've never had good results using chaeto for some reason, one lfs owner told me they actually harvest some inland in FL, in what appears to be fresh or at best brackish pools. This chaeto almost always dies off in the marine systems. I've also had issue with hair algae, whether it be because of hitch hiking and/or the nasty stuff out competes the chaeto.
I can't find any caulerpa locally and I usually get my macros from Gulf Coast Ecosystems, it too hot for a delivery here right now.
I've only read about caulerpa going sexual online, Ive never seen it in person. I dont have a ton of experience with macros but have friends that do. No one I know has ever had that problem either. I have one friend that runs several large tanks and uses caulerpa as his primary nutrient control source, never an issue. The only thing he said to me was harvest it and make sure the tank has enough nutrients to cover its needs. I believe the problem lies with people over filtering all nutrients out and giving too much light(some people even do 24 hrs).
what is that next to the rino
That's a chili coral, I thought they looked neat side by side, makes the rhino look like another coral.