BIOBALLS

I WANT TO START REMOVING MY BIOBALLS SLOWLY AND ADD LIVE ROCK TO MY WET/DRY. IS THERE ANY PLANTS I CAN PUT IN THE WETDRY THAT REMOVE NITRATES THAT WILL ATTACH TO ROCK SINCE THERE WILL BE NO SAND

 

The real question id do you have Light over the wet/dry? If you do than you would be ok with most of the calurepa. Although I would recommend with going around 3 watts per gallon

 

DONT HAVE LIGHT YET BUT WOULD DEFINATLY BE GETTING THEM BEFORE DOING THIS. PROBABLY NO LIGHTS NOTHING SPECIAL

 

GOING TO TAKE THE BIOBALLS OUT SLOWLY AND ONCE THERE OUT REMOVE THE EGG CRATE THING AND USE THAT 1/2 OF THE WET DRY FOR LR PLANT I COULD PUT A 1-1 1/2 INCE SAND BED BUT I PRETTY SURE THE PLANTS WOULD NEED MORE SAND THEN THAT ANYWAY SO WHY BOTHER. THATS WHY I WANT TO USE PLANTS THAT WILL ATTACH TO LR

 

grape capulera is a popular choice it grows like a weed and works well in a sump or refugium type area also it doesnt need lots of lighting. you might be able to go to a lfs and get some for free if you ask or if you buy it, it should be really cheap to get

 

Actually, very few macroalgaes require a substrate. Many of them can just float in your refugium.

Mangroves (a type of tree and not a macroalgae) definately prefers a substrate but can grow without one.