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Originally Posted by Samala
If I were you, I would get rid of some of the coralline in the back.
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I'll be taking care of the coraline during water changes. It definitely takes away something from the look. I scraped a fair amount off before I took the photo but well, you know how tough it can be
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Originally Posted by Samala
I would be very tempted to relocate the mushrooms to that first 1/3rd of the tank underneath (what appears to be) Botryocladia and keep them in a slightly spread out grouping. More impact. I like the rockwork though a lot.
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Coincidentally, the mushrooms were originally at the spot you are suggesting. The right hand side is still planned for Halophila but I had removed a lot of macros for the LFS and shuffled the tank around. If this ends up like my FW planted tanks it will be some time before the final design starts to take shape. I've been researching what's available (and peeking in at RC and seahorse.org) so it's a case of finding the things that really catch my eye and are managable. With FW, it's so easy to pick and choose and swap plants.
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Originally Posted by Samala
I'm curious, given the amount of macroalgae and the presence of seahorses, how is your pH through the photoperiod? Do you find you have enough gas exchange from water circulation to offset the consumption of CO2 and carbonates, or are you supplementing one or both?
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I totally neglected to mention this. My 20g sump is packed with cheato on a reverse photoperiod. I still get a swing though. Around 8.2 during the day, and about 8.0 at night.
I don't inject CO2 but occassionaly use a two part supplement. I'm actually going to experiment with CO2 at the weekend. Not in the main tank though. I'll be setting up a 2.5g for the drop check method. It has me really curious.
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Originally Posted by Tom Barr
Being ensalved for reef filter is not their domain.
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Absolutely. Couldn't agree more.