dputt88's 30 gal Macro Aglae Cube

[dputt88]

heres my latest project, its all macro algae ( the most under appreciated thing is saltwater, IMO)...



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more to come, enjoy

[Mr. Microscope]

Very cool tank! I like your scaping. Any plans for other livestock? Fish, inverts, corals? Some rics or gorgs would go well in there. A goby or two would be cool.

[dputt88]

its going to be dragonfaced pipefish, when i can get my hands on them. and when i can afford a chiller, i want to get a pair of H. erectus seahorses.

[dputt88]

some random pics i came across









Enjoy!

[Mr. Microscope]

Seahorses would be awesome. I thought you needed more water and millions of pods to keep pipefish though.

[dputt88]

mostly more water to support messy eating (just like seahorses), which my filters are give me a rating of more than 100g (in my 30 gal). and yes there are tons of pods. i the rock work was a mess of small pieces of live rock all piled up, then i put the pieces of lace rock around it to look nice. so the rock work is essentially all small tunnels and such that the pipe fish cant get to, this is my pod breeding grounds. also the dense macros have been housing alot of pods, especially the barbata, they seem to like hiding in its forest.

[Tom@HaslettMI]

That's a cool tank. Any thoughts of adding seagrass eventually?

Tom

[dputt88]

so im thinking since the pipefish are taking so long to find that i would just order the sea horses when i get back from vacation. its about that time of year where i dont have to worry about a chiller. but by main concern is if im going to have the finds to buy a chiller before next summer. i guess i will have quite some time to save up and buy a good used one before then.

so whos excited for seahorses???

oh and im not so sure im going with H. erectus anymore. been seeing alot of pic of what people have been getting for their own tanks. they are a lot more plain than the ones that are pictured from vendors. i knew they were typically black, but i though they would have some grey patterning on them too. oh well i was thinking about going with kudas. opinions?

[dputt88]

so just to update this thread, i got my pipefish! here are some pics and a couple movies of them





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[estanoche]

very very cool!! those pipes are going to love it - and, macro algae forests are their natural habitat! Whats better than that!