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I'm a her, actually :) It can help, if what the macros need is nutrients like nitrate (through bacteria) or even a little phosphate (often in food). If what the macros are lacking is elements in the water like iron, then no.

I know I answered a few of your questions on another forum, but I don't think you posted your phosphate level there. If its 0, that's a big problem for delicate macroalgae. They at least need some phosphate. Could be your problem here. Adding some iodide and iron could help, but I would also...

Those are the Tigriopus californicus (aka Tigger pods) that I culture, not in tank, just dose them for fish/coral treats occasionally.

That it is. I put a tiny ball in a 20 gallon sump packed to the brim with hair algae (pod and mysis growing factory :) ), kind of expected it to lose the nutrient battle. The sump was literally an almost solid blob of hair algae. Instead, the chaeto started to grow, and eventually all the...

Got pods? :D Put it on HD to see the little guys in detail http://youtu.be/XHbSCZObB3M

Glad the dragon's breath is doing good :) You would probably see a little faster growth as two balls, simply because more of the algae is getting light, especially if they're tumbling.

I much rather prefer to simply pull a few handfuls off the main blob. Using scissors to cut the chaeto often makes a bunch of little pieces that are annoying and can clog pumps.

I need to post some more pics now that I've had the macro lens for awhile, I'm much better at using it :)

That's awesome Paul :)

Day 10, Experiment 1 (Nov 14th) Compartment 1: No change (16 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 5 AEFW present Compartment 2: No change (10 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 6 AEFW present Compartment 3: No change (10 total egg clusters to date), all 10 AEFW present...

Day 9, Experiment 1 (Nov 13th) Compartment 1: 2 new egg clusters (16 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 5 AEFW present Compartment 2: No change (10 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 6 AEFW present Compartment 3: No change (10 total egg clusters to date), all 10 AEFW...

Day 8, Experiment 1 (Nov 12th) Compartment 1: No change (14 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 5 AEFW present Compartment 2: 1 new egg cluster (10 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 6 AEFW present Compartment 3: No change (10 total egg clusters to date), all 10 AEFW...

Day 7, Experiment 1 (Nov 11th) Compartment 1: 2 new egg clusters (14 total to date), all remaining 5 AEFW present Compartment 2: No change (9 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 6 AEFW present Compartment 3: 1 new egg cluster (10 total to date), all 10 AEFW present Compartment 4...

Day 6, Experiment 1 (Nov 10th) Compartment 1: 3 new egg clusters (2 very small, 12 total to date), all remaining 5 AEFW present Compartment 2: 2 new egg clusters (9 to date), 1 AEFW dead, 6 AEFW present Compartment 3: 3 new egg clusters (9 to date), all 10 AEFW present Compartment 4...

Day 5, Experiment 1 (Nov 9th) Compartment 1: 2 new egg clusters (9 to date), all remaining 5 AEFW present Compartment 2: 2 new egg clusters (7 to date), all remaining 7 AEFW present Compartment 3: 1 new egg cluster (6 to date), all 10 AEFW present Compartment 4: No change, all 10 AEFW...

Day 4, Experiment 1 (Nov 8th) Compartment 1: 3 new egg clusters (7 clusters total to date), 1 AEFW dead, 5 AEFW present Compartment 2: 2 new egg clusters (5 clusters total to date), 1 AEFW missing, 7 AEFW present Compartment 3: No change (5 clusters of eggs to date), all AEFW present...

Day 3, Experiment 1 (Nov 7th) Compartment 1: 3 new egg clusters (4 clusters total to date), 1 AEFW dying Compartment 2: 2 new egg clusters (3 clusters to date), 1 AEFW dead, 1 AEFW missing, 8 present Compartment 3: 5 new egg clusters Compartment 4: No change, all AEFW present...

Day 2, Experiment 1 (Nov 6th): Compartment 1: One cluster of eggs observed on bottom of container Compartment 2: 3 AEFW found on surface of water in morning, eggs observed laid in 3 separate sections in a straight line along the edge of the bottom. Compartment 3: 6 AEFW found on surface...

Day 1 of experiment 1 (Nov 5th), start 12pm: Container being used: Adult AEFW harvested off of several various species of Acropora. Removed from the acros by directed water jet, as gently as possible. Sorted by size in the 5 compartments of the container. Each compartment is 4”x4”...

I began Experiment 1 a week and a half ago, I'll post my observations from it in the next few posts. Experiment 1: Survival period for hatched AEFW of all sizes with no access to Acropora hosts. Questions to be answered: Length of time from removal from food source to death? Do...