NDonily Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Would this be wise to put some of this macro in my tank? LFS guy said this would help export nitrates. Thankyou for you advice and replies. Nathan Link to comment
caja Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 What type of caulerpa were you thinking of putting in? I've put feather caulerpa in, which my sally lightfoot demolished in a metter of days, and more recently put in grape caulerpa (a very small piece) that doubled in size within a week. When I did my water change yesterday it had grabbed hold of the LR it was near and was a pain to pry off trim down. Needless to say I now have a teeny tiny piece in there sitting on the sandbed in the back right corner of my tank. A lot of people put theirs in their sump or fuge, but since I have neither, I thought I'd try the tank. Still deciding if it's worth the extra time for maintence. BTW it does help with the nitrates, but so do frequent WC's. Just my newbie 2 cents! Link to comment
NDonily Posted April 9, 2003 Author Share Posted April 9, 2003 it is the bubble caulerpa Link to comment
Dave Scheiner Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 Beware of the blue legged hermits. I've had both bubble and feather calurpa in my 5.5 and the hermits would eat them both. Most noteably they would chew on the nice thick tems (rhizomes) and kill the whole stalk. When I turned my 5.5 into a fuge I had to remove all the hermies (lousy blue legged lumberjacks!).:woot: Link to comment
NDonily Posted April 10, 2003 Author Share Posted April 10, 2003 arggg , I put some in there today. The first thing those guys did was climb it and start eating away. maybe I should take it out before it dies Link to comment
Crakeur Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 and my hermits and sally won't touch the caulerpa that has taken over my tank, turning it into a fuge. Link to comment
NDonily Posted April 10, 2003 Author Share Posted April 10, 2003 My hermits all of a sudden have gone crazy. Eating the caulerpa and chasing snails up the glass nocking them off the rocks? What the hell, blue legged bastards? Maybe there isnt enough food for them. I have been feeding my ora frozen brine Link to comment
deacon hemp Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 To Ndonily i wouldn't add it unless your going for the natural look!hehe although under your lighting it may not be a problem,my tank looks almost like a fuge too.Caulerpa grows like wildfire under mh lighting. Link to comment
NDonily Posted April 11, 2003 Author Share Posted April 11, 2003 it does give the tank a little to much green. Link to comment
R*Frost* Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 I was wondering waht type of algae should i grow in my fuge that will help of getting rid of the nitatres and so on? help apprecaited Simon Link to comment
NDonily Posted April 11, 2003 Author Share Posted April 11, 2003 Macro is the good kind and Micro is the bad kind. I think that is how it goes... Link to comment
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