Seagrass aquaria

[reefs4life1]

hey this is a continuation of my old topic on halogen bulbs but since now its not even about halogen bulbs i thought id rename it

well heres some pictures of my tank

 

[reefs4life1]

some more pics

 

[reefs4life1]

but now theres this red algae stuff starting to grow on stuff in the tank anyone know wat it is?? u can kind of see it in the left back corner on the glass in the last picture

 

[Ben1]

cyanobacteria

 

[Ben1]

BTW thanks for posting pics. Ive never kept seagrass so I have no comments there the banggai in the grass looks cool though.

 

[Anonymous]

I've always liked the idea of doing an aquarium with a big old carpet anenome and percs, surrounded by swaying seagrass, replicating the natural environment*, so this is interesting, thanks for posting.

*BTW, this always made me think seagrass would probably benefit from the strongest light it could get - metal halide if possible...

 

[Anonymous]

cyanobacteria

Often a symptom of new tank syndrome. How's your circulation? Often increasing water flow can help dissipate it.

 

[reefs4life1]

thanks! do u have any idea about how to cure the cyano?

 

[Anonymous]

Increasing the water flow might help.

 

[Anonymous]

Good answer. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Increasing the water flow might help.

That, and time. It's part of the cycle.

 

[reefs4life1]

its about 9 months old and there is a lot of cirrculation???

 

[Anonymous]

You can sometimes get patches of cyano, even in tanks with good flow, if there are "dead spots" where the flow is not so good. First check you don't have any dead spots.

Also, what do you mean by a lot of circulation?

 

[Anonymous]

Good answer. :lol:

<takes a bow> Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Thank you.

 

[reefs4life1]

well i have a powerhead, the filter which gives off some flow and my skimmer gives off quite a lot of flow for a skimmer so like basically every part of the tank has at least a little bit of flow in there

 

[Anonymous]

well i have a powerhead, the filter which gives off some flow and my skimmer gives off quite a lot of flow for a skimmer so like basically every part of the tank has at least a little bit of flow in there

From what you're saying, I'm guessing one of the Maxijets or similar? That is not what most people would call a lot of flow. You might want to think about adding another powerhead of similar size, thinking about where your powerhead/skimmer return/return pump provide least flow.

 

[reefs4life1]

o ok i might be making a trip to my lfs on thurs ill check to see how much they are there