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What would be a decent macro to have in your display? I'm trying to find something that will function as a nutrient reducer and still look decent in the display of an AIO tank.

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It's all dependent upon personal preference. I had some in my biocube for a few months before it got eaten. In my opinion so long as you don't allow it to take over it can look excellent. Especially when you're short on corals.

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If you have a tang don't bother, I put some in my tank before I got my skimmer running and my tang got fat and I had no algae :( lol

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SchnauzerFace

I know caulerpa is not always popular, but I've had great success with red grape caulerpa in my tank for a couple years. One turbo snail got ahold of it and ate a TON of it, but I managed to keep at least a little of it alive until I could move the turbo.

 

The shaving brush looks kind of cool, too, but mine doesn't grow particularly fast so I don't think it does much for nutrient export. Also, my urchin LOVED to pick it up and drag it around. That got old so I moved the shaving brush to the sump.

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only fast growing algae will really help with nutrient export. cheato and caulerpas are best but usually a pain in the display. that being said fern caulerpa looks pretty sick when it fills in but needs to be harvested regularly.

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