Clonefarmer's 40 Breeder Mixed Reef

Awesome, thank you .

 

More pics .

FTS from today:

Hitchhiking Urchin, this guy grows fast:


Some Zoa frag shots, just added these frags a few days ago:

 

Removed a Polyclad flatworm tonight ;D. Here are some pics of it:

 

Red Cyano has receded and there are only a few small patches of GHA. The dominant algae seems to be the Macro Algae. Nitrate and Phosphate both read zero .
Two of the three Zoa frags are doing well. Unfortunately one of them isn't. I started a thread about the declining Zoa frag here. Everything else seems very healthy. The pod population has exploded.
Here are some pics:
FTS from today

Zoa frags



So many pods

Macro Algae and Hitchhiking Urchin

 

Tank looks really good. I love that macro algae, looks like it is growing pretty quickly, did you ever get an ID for it?

 

Thank you! It is a really pretty macro algae. It's growing very quickly and sprouting in two other spots . I haven't got an ID for it yet. I thought it was a Halymenia sp. but it seems too bushy. I'm pretty sure there is some Halymenia floresia in the tank as well, but that is more like red lettuce. Any tips or ideas on how to propagate it?

 

Video of the Red Macro Algae. The pics just don't do it justice.

 

Certainly is a wonderful color. I am wondering if it is Cotton Candy algae. It sounds like it can become some what invasive.

Melev's Reef - Visual Identification

 

It does resemble some pics of Callithamnion tetricum. It's so hard to tell with all the different pictures and types of Red Algae. So far it doesn't seem invasive.

 

I started building a 20 gallon sump today. The acrylic pieces for the baffle were a little too big so they are curved a bit. I hope that doesn't cause any problems. It's two sections with a 10" bubble trap/baffle.

Today's FTS: