Marie's 175g mixed reef (new pics added jan 27)

[dabandit]

Love that coraline growth,the tank itself is part of the reef. How long did that take?

[marie]

Originally Posted by dabandit

Love that coraline growth,the tank itself is part of the reef. How long did that take?

It was about 6 months to lightly cover everything and a year for it to be thick enough to look rock like
This is a pic from the nov 06 ftotm (the tank was set up for about 6 months)


and this is was taken march 07 about 6 months after the last pic

[dabandit]

Incredible,did you have any problems with pest algaes along the way,I assume you didnt clean the glass. I tried going natural like that but the coraline was suffucated by diatombs that appeared for 2 days

[marie]

I still have lots of pest algae (including the coraline).
Patience is the key to dealing with pest algae, you have to wait it out. Eventually it will die, get eaten or another will take its place although in my experience nothing smothers coraline, given time it will grow over anything (I'm surprised the fish aren't covered in it )

[Lance]

Originally Posted by marie

I still have lots of pest algae (including the coraline).
Patience is the key to dealing with pest algae, you have to wait it out. Eventually it will die, get eaten or another will take its place although in my experience nothing smothers coraline, given time it will grow over anything (I'm surprised the fish aren't covered in it )

It's even grown over your Bubble King signature.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Lance

It's even grown over your Bubble King signature.

Don't you have a tank to set up or something?

[Lance]

Originally Posted by marie

Don't you have a tank to set up or something?

Ha!