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Mine was all globbed together in one bunch. Macro algae can produce toxins that slow the growth of other algae. So for maximum health of the algae you want to keep them separated. My fuge is small and I have caulerpa in the display so I decided to remove most of the caulerpa from the fuge.
Also, the only reason I was using grape caulerpa was because I was told that it grows faster than chaeto. But if you look at the dry weight, chaeto grows faster.
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Could those little guys be copepods? 
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I don't think they are copepods. They are swimming in the current and look just like tiny jellies as they move.
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This utah rock is much more colorful than the last one I posted.
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I thought I should post a current full tank shot. It is three pieces left to right.
 
 
 
Also, this is one of my favorite corals and it is really liking the new tank. It looks almost fragable.
 
And another of the fish waiting for me to feed them.


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Well I broke down and decided to add more fish. I hesitated because I like how easy the whole system is to take care of and I don't want to get more fish than the filtration can handle. I like it when the system has next to zero nitrates and phosphates. I hope I don't have to add more to the filtration. So these are the fish I already had:
3 Occellaris
2 bicolor blennies
6 bluegreen chromis
1 blue tang
1 blueeye tang
1 sailfin tang
1 spotted dragonet
1 six-line wrasse
And I added today:
One Swallowtail Angelfish-
 
And a foxface-
 
My sailfin thinks it's ruler of the tank and harassed both fish. The angel just acted like it didn't care what the sailfin did and the sailfin hasn't bothered it too bad. But the foxface was freaked out in the new system and the sailfin started picking on it. It's funny though because the sailfin is the only one that looks at all hurt. The foxface just sticks out its spikes and the sailfin still goes in for a bite and then swims off with a hurt mouth.
 
They are both eating everything I toss in there so that is good.
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That is looking great. Cool fish too.
 
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Cry

My spotted dragonet jumped out of the tank sometime in the last couple days. It seemed so fat and happy.
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Everything looks good Jesse. Do you still have the tiny blue tang? I love the swallowtail angels. Beautiful fish.
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The blue tang is doing great and isn't so tiny anymore.
 Here are a few more pics.
 
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My wife was at the LFS months ago and they suggested two bicolor blennies because one was a female and one a male. They have at times looked like they got along but much of the time were fighting. In the last week it has been really bad and one is getting torn fins and is not looking happy. After days of trying I finally caught the fish and will move it to my dad's tank. I reminded my wife that this is why we don't listen to the LFS. I guess I'm reminding myself as well. 
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