For the wood, it is roots of a tree, i don t know the name of it. (it s not mangrove)
I can't remember for sure, but do you have seahorses yet? If you do not, I think you can get away with syphoning all the sand out except the jaw fish's. You can add some seachem stability or biospira as a precaution and of course monitor ammonia for a week or 2 to see what is going on.
I have one male erectus, Clyde. Mondays are maintenance day and I ended up pulling out about 10lbs of sand. To play it safe, I think I will take out a little at a time. Adding biospira is a great idea though. I used it to help cycle the tank when I moved it a couple months ago. How did you attach your macro intially to your LR?
Usually I just wedge it in a crevice or I rubber band it to the rock. I had the worst problem with blue scroll getting it to attach. It would attach for a bit and then break loose and float around the tank. Eventually I gave up on it. Red grape caulerpa and feather caulerpa work well with the rubber band method. The type of red titan I have and the dragon's breath both did well with the wedge in a crevice method. The halimeda can be rubber banded and then it must send out new spores because I have found it growing out of rock that was not anywhere near where I had it. Hopefully that helps. Which macro algaes do you have?
Thank you. I too am tucking the caulerpa in a hole. That seems to attach easily. Currently I have two different types of caulerpa coin and prolifera and a red one that my LFS had and didn't know so, I am not sure. The red is tough. I have it glued to a frag plug but it doesn't want to attach. I honestly can't stand the plugs either. I want to add more for variety and color. What are your favorites and where do you buy yours from?
My favorites are codium (which is green and rubbery looking), dragon's breath (which is a nice red with orange tips where the light hits it), feather caulerpa because its a favorite of the seahorses, and a variety of red titan (which grows in a plating fashion and has varigated white striping through it). Nearly all the macros I have I have gotten from local lfs or local reefers. I have often wanted to order from gulf coast ecosystems but just never pulled the trigger. I hear very good things about them however.
He is great! Thank you! I have some new additions from Macna today!
Sure will!!!keep us posted on the transition, of course with lots of photos
Thank you, Dawn! It still has not opened it's polyps yet. I hope that isn't a bad sign from jump. The cabbage is a bit more open today and he had his polyps out this morning!
