Reworking refugium...

After pretty much everything but one hermit crab die in my tank I am now reworking everything. I reduced a lot of live rock and refugium substrate; got a nice skimmer. I had a really bad problem with nitrate in this tank, even after a full water change and scrubbing the rocks i still have a high rating. I am wonder what are good refugium plants to use? I currently have some of that stringy algae that has small bubbles on it and floats around, horrible stuff always getting tangled in the pumps. I did order 12 mangrove plants to start a little grove down there. Any suggestions on plants or what have?? also if anyone could share if they have extra would be great. I am trying to get away with not having to use a canister filter and just use nature to do my filtering.

 

Need some set up info. How high(No3)?

 

Gracillaria and Chaetomorph are two proven macroalgaes!

 

the nitrate wasn't unable to be read before, the red was off the chart, it is down to 80 this morning if I remember correctly.

 

where is a good place online to get the plants from