A planted marine tank

one thing to think about if your planning coral:

i have some halmedia growing in my DT. it grows slow enough to keep in check but i have to take out a lot every month or so cause it grows and blocks out light for my coral. Its extra maint. that i dont need, esp cause i run a fuge and good skimmer. It looks good, but not as good as a bunch of good coral growth.

i have to move next month and plan on carefully removing every bit of halimeda i can, its getting annoying.

 

yeah that is sort of the idea. if it doesn't like the conditions it reproduces sexually, sending out spores to settle later/in a different location. Pruning the old, and keeping the new really helps reduce this risk, also species selection helps. Caulerpa racemosa is a high risk macro, couldn't get fuzzy caulerpa to go sexual if you tried...lol...

I would start with the calcifieds if this is your first try at decorative macros. They tend to be easier, just monitor your mag/alk and calcium.


also - if you read pledosophy's threads - he makes it look easier than it is I think, he has the green thumb touch. But one thing you learn growing a macro tank is that some macros will take hold and establish, some won't. Hardly any rhyme or reason to it sometimes... sometimes there is... Once the establish they are easy to keep, they can present a challenge growing them in initially. I like the shotgun approach, multiple frags planted everywhere until some take hold...

 

Well I like that idea. I guess after a bit more research and a lot of food (Thanksgiving) I will give it a try. Thanks for the info also! Let's hope I have some greenthumb hidden in me.

 

eklikewhoa had one of my favorite macro tanks, it started out with the shotgun approach:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/eklikewhoa/NanoReef/Wave Tank/IMG_7403.jpg

and grew into:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/eklikewhoa/NanoReef/Wave Tank/IMG_7940.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/eklikewhoa/NanoReef/Wave Tank/IMG_7909.jpg

very nice tank.

 

Wow, that's awesome!

 

Gorgeous.

 

I think a good mix between a couple macro algaes and some low light corals is what I will try. Maybe some mushrooms and kenya tree?