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Old 08-21-2008, 12:41 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Re: Chaetos n Mangroves?

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Originally Posted by jg2269jg View Post
I have a mix of red gracilis, green grape caluerpa and red mangroves it seems to work good and the gracilis and caulerpa are good tang food. I keep the light on 24/7 though because the caulerpa is sexual from what i hear (if i am wrong please teach me, That is what my friends tell me) and can go down hill if you have a regular light cycle like your fish tank
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Originally Posted by panmanmatt View Post
With mangroves, all they need is their roots tro be kept wet. You don't have to bury them in the substrate. You MUST keep the leves cleaned of salt creep or it will kill the mangroves. This can be accomplished with a daily misting from a spray bottle using R/O water or a gentle wiping with a damp clothe.

Any/all of the caulerpa species need to be pruned often to prevent them from going sexual. Going sexual will foul your tank water if you have large amonts of macro in there.

Chaeto and gracillria are great macros that don't normally go sexual.

Halimedia is a calcerous algae that can/will also go sexual and make a mess of the tank. Make sure you keep it pruned back also to prevent this.
Hah, I found it, I knew I saw it somewhere. here is the link to the thread too....

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