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

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by marie

Shameless I am, utterly shameless. But what can I say, my family and friends think I'm nuts to spend so much money on fish so I need to get my justification from the internet

I don't see any shame in that, plus I enjoy your pictures. Keep them coming I say!

[marie]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

I don't see any shame in that, plus I enjoy your pictures. Keep them coming I say!

The "shameless" comment came from another slightly controversial thread. I chose to make the comment about me

[Lance]

Nice growth Marie. I have that same stylo and it is one of my favourites also, although it has not grown quite as fast as yours.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by marie

The "shameless" comment came from another slightly controversial thread. I chose to make the comment about me

Ahhh, it's all making sense now

[Amante]

I have no idea what you are talking about but i know that it looks amazing.

Originally Posted by marie

With all this competition going on between zeo and ultralith I thought it was once again time to post pics of my tank, proving that it is possible to have good polyp extension, growth and colour in a nutrient rich, algae driven (as compared to bacteria driven) system

[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.