Macroalgae

vic · 01-04-2009, 01:55 PM

Is there a benefit to keeping some macroalgae in the display tank. I do not have a light on the sump so i cannot keep any there. I had some but did not keep it...So any advice i hear it is good for water chemistry...Any suggestions and what type..

Lee · 01-04-2009, 02:22 PM

Any that I've put in my display hasn't lasted very long... It all gets eaten.

FintasticJob · 01-09-2009, 12:09 AM

It will get gobbled up by most of your livestock if it's in your display. I would put a light on your sump though. Macroalgae has very great benefits.

Jeremy0322 · 01-09-2009, 01:38 AM

Alot of people keep it in their "fuge" because it consumes what would normally feed the nuisance algae that can grow in the display. For the lighting, you dont really need much, many of us just use clip on lights with crappy bulbs, the algae will grow as long as there is some form of light.

BLAKEJOHN · 01-09-2009, 03:15 AM

yep just go to walmart and get a clip on reflector and a regular household bulb and put it over the sump. Simple and it is all you really need.

BigAl07 · 01-09-2009, 07:54 AM

It depends on which MACRO you're using Chaeto doesn't get eaten readily so it can usually be kept in the DT.

But since you have a SUMP you are just a simple (as BLAKEJOHN pointed out) light away from having it in there. That's probably the simplest and more effective way to do it. Use some egg-crate if you need to make a special "divider" to keep it from making it to your Return Pump.

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vic Star Polyps Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 152 View Gallery Karma Komment	Macroalgae Is there a benefit to keeping some macroalgae in the display tank. I do not have a light on the sump so i cannot keep any there. I had some but did not keep it...So any advice i hear it is good for water chemistry...Any suggestions and what type.. __________________ Started Tank on 9/6/8 - 55 Gallon Bow Front 31lbs of Live Rock - 20lbs of Reef Rock Berlin Sump & CPR CS90 Overflow, Quiet One 2200 Pump SeaLife 150 Protien Skimmer Finally a Royal Gramma Cleaning Crew is Turbo Snail, Several Small Snails Newest Edition Emerald Crab & Sea Cucumber.

01-04-2009, 02:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lee Serpent Star Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 218 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Macroalgae Any that I've put in my display hasn't lasted very long... It all gets eaten.

01-09-2009, 12:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
FintasticJob Tunicate Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 7 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Macroalgae It will get gobbled up by most of your livestock if it's in your display. I would put a light on your sump though. Macroalgae has very great benefits. __________________ 90 Gallon reef specs: (2) 250 Watt mogul MH 10k/ (2) VHO actinics Reef Octopus 90 gal. skimmer Refugium W/ 50/50 PC lighting

01-09-2009, 01:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jeremy0322 Tridacna maxima Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 4,784 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Macroalgae Alot of people keep it in their "fuge" because it consumes what would normally feed the nuisance algae that can grow in the display. For the lighting, you dont really need much, many of us just use clip on lights with crappy bulbs, the algae will grow as long as there is some form of light. __________________ UNCW 2011 -Marine Biology Major -Oceanography Minor The old 90 Gallon Build r.i.p Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten....

01-09-2009, 03:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
BLAKEJOHN Reef Lobster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: KINGSTON, I.L. Posts: 1,450 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Macroalgae yep just go to walmart and get a clip on reflector and a regular household bulb and put it over the sump. Simple and it is all you really need. __________________ 110 gallon acrylic 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Blue Tang, 2 Eng Gobies, 1 Six Line Wrasse, 1 Tomato Clown, 1 Lion fish, 1 Huma Trigger RBTA, Approx. 10 snails Red Monti, Purple Rim Monti, Leathers, Elegence, Yellow Polyps, various Zoa's, FrogSpawn, Ricordias, Greenbirdsnest, Pink Milli, Blue Milli, Bonzai, unknown Acropora's, Purple Digi, GSP, Bubble Coral, Staghorn, Sun Coral (orange), Favia

01-09-2009, 07:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
BigAl07 Reef Nerd :) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 24,195 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Macroalgae It depends on which MACRO you're using Chaeto doesn't get eaten readily so it can usually be kept in the DT. But since you have a SUMP you are just a simple (as BLAKEJOHN pointed out) light away from having it in there. That's probably the simplest and more effective way to do it. Use some egg-crate if you need to make a special "divider" to keep it from making it to your Return Pump. __________________ > > > >Read ME < < < < when you're in need of answers or help with your tank. *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g.... BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle.... Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef.... DIY LED Fixture - Allens OFFICE 12g by chipmunkofdoom2

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