What critter should i throw in my fuge

Discussion in 'Refugium' started by reef84, Mar 23, 2009.

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  1. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    if you have enough nutrients the small clump will become a big clump. you could even put some caluerpa that would grow faster and its planted
     
    sostoudt, Mar 23, 2009
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  2. Tangster

    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

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    I guess that you have never seen a saltwater marsh / swamp or a freshwater swamp ? thats what they are for then the detritus aka plant fertilizer will do its job.
     
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  3. Brandon1023

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    LOL!! :lol:
     
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  4. reef84

    reef84 Feather Duster

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    i am not sure on the caluerpa as i heard it can go sexual and release all the nutrients back into the water
     
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  5. reef84

    reef84 Feather Duster

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    maybe i am just overthinking
     
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  6. nctinter

    nctinter Skunk Shrimp

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    I have had my new fuge running for about 5 weeks now and the baseball clump of chaeto I put in there grew to football size. I was happy and tons of pods all over the glass. Now the chaeto is getting some slimey green algae on it and the sand and glass is getting a good amount of what looks like green hair algae. I think this is ok, right Tangster? This is kind of the whole idea of the fuge. I have no snails or anything in there, unless some made it down through the overflow...
     
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  7. reef84

    reef84 Feather Duster

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    i have heard that the green algae that is growing on the chaeto can cause die off of the chaeto
     
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  8. nctinter

    nctinter Skunk Shrimp

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    It was getting too big so I cut off about half of the chaeto and cleaned off the algae too. It grows quick onder the 5100k lamps
     
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  9. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    it can and it will. I had GHA kill all off almost all my macroalgae.
     
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  10. reef84

    reef84 Feather Duster

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    i have mine under a 15w 6500k bulb
     
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