BTW, if you want some C. serrata, which makes a very nice prunable foreground plant, email me, I have some for sale. The blades only get about 1" on average and it makes a nice carpet, much like Gloss.

You will want to increase aeration in your tank BTW.
This will help grow the plants better and cleaner.
A nice froth and lots of current does very well.

This is a key to keeping the macros clean, Red cyano and Diatoms off of them.

Regards,
Tom Barr

Aeration is good. I've a lot of surface agition from the sump outflow and I also run a skimmer, which doesn't skim very much but oh well. Circulation could be better but I'm at about the limit that my seahorses can endure. The diatoms aren't a problem anymore so I'm concentrating on the Ca levels with some large water changes.

I've got some C. serrulata but never head of serrata. I can't seem to find a picture on the web either. Is the leaf shape similar to glosso?

Yep, the serrulata Close is good enough for spelling.

Regards,

Tom Barr

Now if you have any sargassum, I'm very interested. I've had bad luck so far with poor quality plants.

Get rid of the Coraline. It's generally a pest unless on the live rock.
It can be used as well for scaping, but it not easy to control.

You can try a number of pruning methods for the macro algae, hard sediment macros are not easy, you can pick them rocks clean that you do not want a certain species to colonize.

Not much choice in what grows where sometimes.

With soft sediment species, you have a lot more flexibilty, but topping and other methods sometimes do not work as well.

with a good rug of algae, you can pull the weeds back from the front, this can hold a nice slope very well.

To give a 3 D appearance: try adding some rock under or pull the algae away and place on top and allow the macro to cover and grow over the rock making a nice mound.

Remember, a single species with nice rock or a few accents, take the Amano's Glossostigma tank for example, can look very dramatic.


Regards,
Tom Barr

thank you so much for pioneering. I'm taking your road!!!!

You wanna take the bumpy road or the other route I suggested?
Don't take my road then

Regards,
Tom Barr

I meant the road you've paved.!!!

trying to figure out air/mist.. and if I can use it in a seahorse tank.

rather than invest yet in a skilter, I used a sweetwater stone and pump under my little hob intake. lots of bubbles..

not sure if any growth impact.. I have some melting algae from a good natured friend on seahorse.org.. shipping disaster.

a good piece of lettuce and chaeto and my kids' sitter tells me a package from Rieverix here has come !!

all this will be worth testing.

if any room left, I'd love to buy the species you are selling I'l know for sure when I open the box

meanwhile I am working on macros only so I can try anything safely.. (fertilziing for plants and feeding tank for bacteria )

air mist methods and uses please!

my FW tank has continued to grow out of control with 2.5 wattspergallon btw.

reiverix has just filled my tank with the most gorgeous macros ever..

I am amazed and so so happy, but now I need instant advice

keep the 23 watt light over the tank.. 8 gallons or move to the 96.. or send for a 50/50 bulb to cut the light down to an effective 48..


I have some air mist going... I have dosed n03 and a touch of p04.

I'll dose a little gh booster for safety.

anything else? the tank has snails and macros at the moemnt.. I can try anything, but these gorgeous platns must and will live!!!!! they ahve to.. I have three species and a couple I had before.. and the scape is as nice as if I had planned it..

reiv what is that red angle hair plant?

I must keep these alive.

guidance help now !!!!!!

I think there was two red plants in there. One was gracilaria and the other (just a few small cuttings) is halymenia. The gracialaria grows fast when happy. Halymenia is slower but I like it better because of the way it waves in the current.

I've always had fairly intense light on my tank so I'm not sure about the lower limits. The plants I sent you all spent at least a month in my 20g high growout tank with 65w at 6700K. They all seemed to thrive pretty good, if a little slower than in the main tank. I run several actinics on the main tank but it is purely aesthetic and I suppose it may benefit my mushrooms a little.