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They still suck up nitrogen compounds co2 and light then convert it into sugars and growth
 

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Redwoods are plants!
heres my point

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all I need to know is if macroalgae will impede the cycle or will help it? The macroalgae would take a while to kick in from die off so I’d assume it would feed the bacteria
 

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all I need to know is if macroalgae will impede the cycle or will help it? The macroalgae would take a while to kick in from die off so I’d assume it would feed the bacteria
Why don't you do a small experiment with a couple gallons of SW and some macro algae and let us know.
 

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Macro will be fine during a cycle, yah it uses ammonia but the cycle is still going to happen regardless and macro will bring in bacteria and such with it.

It might suffer a bit and get algae growing on it if you get the after cycle wispy gha bloom and some macros are more delicate but the hardy ones shouldn't melt too easy.
 

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all I need to know is if macroalgae will impede the cycle or will help it? The macroalgae would take a while to kick in from die off so I’d assume it would feed the bacteria
i think youre right on the money. BUT there's so many better ways to do it without wasting time/money/energy
 

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well all ya gotta do is throw critical thinking out the window and then you'll be fine
Throw critical thinking, common sense, and manners down the toilet and flush repeatedly.

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Macro will be fine during a cycle, yah it uses ammonia but the cycle is still going to happen regardless and macro will bring in bacteria and such with it.
Thanks, I was beginning to think what I had read was wrong.
 

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Throw critical thinking, common sense, and manners down the toilet and flush repeatedly.

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just throw away my last 40 years of existence
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now you got the hang of it
 

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I was only trained in plantae in school not protists but the big problem with free ammonia with plants is that it causes tissue destruction and can rupture chloroplasts. I would rather not make assumptions but I would assume that macro would be affected in a similar way with elevated ammonia.
 
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Ok so now that question is sorted out, has anyone tried Paul b’s method of fake live rock or is it outdated? I think it might be easier to scape with and I would get a more visually appealing piece. Would incorporating coralline rock do the trick and save some money too?
 
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I was only trained in plantae in school not protists but the big problem with free ammonia with plants is that it causes tissue destruction and can rupture chloroplasts. I would rather not make assumptions but I would assume that macro would be affected in a similar way with elevated ammonia.
Oh ok. I know that algae is more common in dirty water which is common in a early cycle so I thought that if I get like some caleurpa or something that is a nutrient sink I’d be able to outcompete gha and keep the rock clean
 
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