New Fuge

[anti]

Starting to come along..

 

[acrylic51]

More pics!!!!!!!

 

[flower]

You have flame angel?? You are doing something right, couldn't keep an angel falive or the first two years I had my tank. Looks really Good

 

[al&burke]

is this a picture of your fuge, how big is your whole system, this looks really nice.

 

[flower]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Al&Burke http:///forum/thread/382507/new-fuge#post_3341203
is this a picture of your fuge, how big is your whole system, this looks really nice.
I think it's his tank not his fuge. Maybe it's his tank with a fuge

 

[al&burke]

I am confused the title says new fuge, I see a starfish in the back and some kind of a wrasse, looks good

 

[spanko]

To the right of the starfish is a snowflake eel's head.

 

[al&burke]

I see it now

 

[geoj]

I see a pile of rocks...

Definition of REFUGE
1: shelter or protection from danger or distress
2: a place that provides shelter or protection
3: something to which one has recourse in difficulty

 

[flower]

Quote:
Originally Posted by GeoJ http:///forum/thread/382507/new-fuge#post_3341269
I see a pile of rocks...

Definition of REFUGE
1: shelter or protection from danger or distress
2: a place that provides shelter or protection
3: something to which one has recourse in difficulty

As I understand it...If having rocks in our tanks make it a refugium we wouldn't need a refugium. The critters pick at, and clean little critters off the rocks, so that pile of rock is not a refugium..It is a grazing station and a place or fish to hide. A refugium is a separated place where tiny critters are safe from being eaten and can populate.
So Anti's rock may be a refuge it is not a refugium which the title implies.

 

[anti]

This fuge is below my mixed reef. Although it does contain life, it still acts as a fuge in that the several strains of algea growing in it keep any from growing on the glass or rocks in the reef above it. All of the livestock in it are not reef safe.

 

[flower]

Quote:
Originally Posted by anti http:///forum/thread/382507/new-fuge#post_3341286
This fuge is below my mixed reef. Although it does contain life, it still acts as a fuge in that the several strains of algea growing in it keep any from growing on the glass or rocks in the reef above it. All of the livestock in it are not reef safe.
Anti, I think the flame angel is reef safe. I also read that macro algae fiight worse than corals you might want to look intot hat just to be sure, anyway it looks really nice...better than some DTs I have seen

 

[anti]

fight worse then corals? what do you mean
The flame angel is not reef safe. some may call it "with caution" but he ate at all my corals..

 

[anti]

What DTs?

 

[flower]

Quote:
Originally Posted by anti http:///forum/thread/382507/new-fuge#post_3341294
What DTs?
Display Tanks

 

[anti]

Ah cool thanks. What do you mean the algae fights more?

 

[flower]

I was reading up on macro algae and it seems they give off poison to kill other macro algae in an effort to eliminate any competition for food and space. Coral does the same thing so we run carbon to prevent chemical warfare, but it seems from what I read it is an even worse situation with macros. Carbon won’t help. The article said to pick one type of macro and stay with that and not mix them.

 

[anti]

wow hmm its always something!!

 

[flower]

Quote:
Originally Posted by anti http:///forum/thread/382507/new-fuge#post_3341387
wow hmm its always something!!

So very true!
Do some research on your own and make a decision. There are lots of articles and stores even sell multi packs of macro algae. So just look into it and see what you think after you read up on it.

 

[geoj]

Quote:
Originally Posted by anti http:///forum/thread/382507/new-fuge#post_3338554
Starting to come along..

I like Halimeda but I don't recommend keeping large mats of it. I have had it, have a mass release of reproductive cells (going sexual) that killed some of my fish.