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

Mrfish55 · #1 03-07-2009, 04:38 AM

Geeze is there anything you can't grow in that tank? who else can take a common Tunze pump and turn it into liverock in 2 months

karazy · #2 03-07-2009, 04:56 AM

you should just take some base rock, sump it, and sell it as liverock 2 months later xD

christyf5 · #3 03-07-2009, 05:06 AM

Unreal <shakes head> I have two little patches that I'm carefully cultivating over here.

marie · #4 03-07-2009, 05:08 AM

It does make going zeo or fauna marin tempting

Doug · #5 03-07-2009, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by marie

It does make going zeo or fauna marin tempting

Why,s that Marie?

and yes, better soak those pumps.

marie · #6 03-07-2009, 02:50 PM

Everything i've read so far about zeo and fauna say less algae and almost non existant coraline algae

The temptation is minimal though, I can't even remember to take my vitamins, there is no way I'd remember to dose my tanks daily

Tom R · #7 03-07-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie

Everything I've read so far about zeo and fauna say less algae and almost non existent Coraline algae

Hi Marie

I have been using ZEOvit now for 2 1/2 years under 250w MH and my Coraline algae is thick and a beautiful purple in colour.

Tom R

GreenSpottedPuffer · #8 03-07-2009, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by marie

Everything i've read so far about zeo and fauna say less algae and almost non existant coraline algae

The temptation is minimal though, I can't even remember to take my vitamins, there is no way I'd remember to dose my tanks daily

If you get your tank to ultra low nutrients, you will see less coraline for sure. Many of the ZEO tanks are proof of that. Heck the ocean is proof of that. I was amazed by how little coraline was on the Great Barrier Reef when we were there 3 years ago. Some of the other dives in Australia though were in lagoons and we saw much more coraline and just algae in general. So it certainly needs some nutrients to survive.

Many ZEO tanks though don't get all the way down to that ultra low nutrient level I don't think, so there is coraline. I also don't think running ZEO would kill off all your coraline.

I actually really love your tank (looks very natural to me) and kind of like all the coraline. But I only have to check it out once in a while in pictures, not clean it every month