subsea Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 With respect to cynobacteria, it is impossible not to have cynobacteria in a marine environment. It is imbedded in the tissue of the coral. With respect to the cynobacteria that we see, it can assimilate inorganic phosphate from the water column or it can assimilate organic phosphate from the substrate thru enzyme action. If you can't measure phosphate in the water column, but you have cynobacteria, then you have phosphate bound up with detritus in your substrate. Vacuum your substrate and export cyno and detritus at the same time. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Just received some different red macros, to do a touch of aqua scaping. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Just received some different red macros, to do a touch of aqua scaping. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 those are some really nice ones. not sure which are new, but the stuff on the right in pic 2 is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 The green feather? Caulerpa Paspoides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 The green feather? Caulerpa Paspoides. sorry, the red branching thing on the left against the wall. may not even be a macro . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Looks great Patrick. What do you do for your phosphates? Have you tested them? I know keep nutrients on the higher side. Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 The green feather? Caulerpa Paspoides.sorry, the red branching thing on the left against the wall. may not even be a macro . It is a macro.. I received several other red macros that are as gorgeous, but I can not identify. Patrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Looks great Patrick. What do you do for your phosphates? Have you tested them? I know keep nutrients on the higher side. Just curious. I do not test for phosphates. Cynobacteria is the best bioindicator for phosphate. Even when there is no inorganic phosphate in the water column, measured as ortho-phosphate, there is always organic phosphate in the substrate. It can be tied up as calcium phosphate are as part of detritus in substrate. Cynobacteria is always present in marine ecosystems. Without cyno, earth would have a methane atmosphere. In balance it is a good thing. With addittion of Sea Apples my food input has greatly increased. For the last 6 months, my tank has not been in balance with respect to cynobacteria. Direct phosphate export occurs during gravel vacuming. Both cynobacteria biomass and detritus are heavy with phosphate. Even with deligent vacuming, the cyno persisted. With bacteria populations favoring cynobacteria, I got help with "Red Slime Remover" from UltraLife Reef Products. I used recommended doses on Friday and again Sunday. This is day 7 since the first treatment. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 I have opened up all windows and door to enjoy the cool dry air this morning. It prompted me to do some aqua scaping in the tank. After a full month under 12K BML 4' fixture, Caulerpa Paspoides has recovered from the transition to LED lighting. Initially, I exceeded the 1' per 10G rule by using two 4' lamps and one 2' lamp for a total of 10' for 75G. Without a doubt, it was too much intensity for every thing in the tank but the clams. I removed one 4' lamp with immediate good results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 So you have two 2'lights and one 4' light now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 6' of lamp. One at 4' and one at 2'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 I removed the red macros to production tanks and will continue to cut and clone. It was my thought to combine a red macro with an attractive pedestal to sale as a combination live rock for an affordable price. I am thinking $10 each. Perhaps $5 for individual cuttings. Now that the tank is opened up, I thought to share some pictures. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Nice! I think that's a great idea. I'd pay extra to get a cutting already mounted to rock or rubble. It makes placement so much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 Some of the rock pedestals will be these colonial polyps, probably worms. My friend Merrick gifted me these that were collected on the beach in Florida after rough weather. I think that they are gorgeous rocks. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 A good day to be thankful and to update. In the left hand side of tank, the back wall rises with a synthetic rock that was gifted to me by Grog. It was a part of Humpty Dumpty that didn't fit back together. On top of this synthetic rock is a colonial polyp rock that my retired USGS friend collects on the Florida Atlantic beach after rough weather. I especially like the glimmering effect from BML 12K Reef Spectrum LED. Of recent, the smaller male Ocellarius sleeps in the clam. This same clam had previously closed on a medium sized yellow angel, that managed to break free, but never nipped the clam again. It amazes me to see these interactions in their world. The male clown came from an aquaculture facility in India and was adapted by the female from a school of five tank raised clowns. The female came from C-QUEST in Purto Rico and had been in the tank for five years. She proceed to run off the other juvenile clowns causing them to go over the overflow thru the bio balls into the mud macro refugium and finally next to "The Pump". This was the Saga of Alphonse. He is now in Grog's daughter tank and is living happily ever after. More later. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 PS. Sorry about the upside down pictures. I will try for better later. At present, I am stuffing cedar logs into the fireplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 I will try this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 After major rock removal from Berlin live rock look to this open lagoon landscape. I like it open like this. There is a red macro growing out of back wall. After being wedged by a rock for a month against back glass, some plating coralline algae cemented it to back glass. I fretted with the long adjustment to LED of Caulerpa Paspoidies. It looked ill for two months. It brings a vibrant emerald green into the color contrast of the different red macros. This feather Caulerpa brings a lacy fine texture contrasting the red sticks with a three symmetrical segments resembling the feathers on an arrow. With only one tang in the tank, he prunes with no detriment to macro. One less chore for me to do. Pruning old macro growth is now nutrient recycling as the Yellow Tang has a full belly. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 I installed a heater to bring temperature up from 74-78 degrees. I also replaced Caulerpa Prolifera with Red Grapes and Dragons Breath as the macro filter in the refugium. Because of display macros and light bioload in the main tank, I have shifted from nutrient processing to using the macro section of refugium to cultivate deep water macro for the hi end nano tank market. Using a reefkeepers LED fixture, I used 420 and 450nm in the blue spectrum at 30% intensity with a 45 PAR. Most of the Red Grapes were bleached with loss of floatations balls. I will maintain this reduced light intensity until I observe rejuvenation. Patrick PS. This 75G lagoon tank is illuminated with 12K Reef Spectrum from BML. The vivid colors of the orange clown, blue tang, yellow tang, red sea apple and vibrant emerald green of feather Caulerpa are accentuated at this spectrum. So much of these colors are lost to the deep blue deep water themes that portray many tanks. I enjoyed the smurfs on tv, but not in my tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Looks great Patrick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Christmas came early. Pretty in Red: 1. Red Tree Sponge 2. Red Sponge 3. Red Stick Macro: two kinds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Very Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ct67stang Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 That red tree sponge is very nice Sent from my MB855 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 That sponge is cool. Your tank has a nice balance of colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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