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I'm considering the calcium reactor, but for the time 2part is doing the trick.@acbaldwin
I have always liked how Caulerpa Prolifera displays. It reminds me of Oar Grass. With respect to the group of feather Caulerpa, I especially like Caulerpa Paspoides, but it will go sexual if you limit its nutrients.
You are on track with co2 injection. For a grand slam home run, upgrade to a calcium reactor.
Yep, just sand. AFAIK almost no (none?) macros take up nutrients through substrate, unlike seagrasses and FW planted tanks. Last tank I experimented with DIY flourish tabs in the sand, but I think it actually cause issues.reviving this because i think it awesome and im about to turn my 40g fuge section in my 125 sump into a planted macro garden. will need to dose nitrate and po4 etc. what are you dosing for phosphate, and what level are you aiming for?
what did you do for substrate? regular aragonite sand? looks like caribsea special?
thanks
Thanks!Definitely awesome!
I thought about doing a calcium reactor to automate my calcium dosing and improve efficiency, but for the time being I'll stick with 2part. I did switch over to a co2 reactor to improve my co2 diffusion, but since I added a sump I'm sure it's inefficient as all hell.co2 + sand here = he has built in calcium reactor
Yep, just sand. AFAIK almost no (none?) macros take up nutrients through substrate, unlike seagrasses and FW planted tanks. Last tank I experimented with DIY flourish tabs in the sand, but I think it actually cause issues.
Phosphate I'm dosing a solution of KH2PO4. I'm still trying to dial in the right goal levels for my growout tank - it's plagued with GHA right now so I don't have it correct, that's for sure. I think I read that subsea determined that the best ratio for macros was like 30:1 N (vs. the I think 7:1 N for freshwater). I'm going to try maintaining 15ppm N to .5 ppm P and see how it goes. My old tank was up to 150ppm N and 1-2 ppm P without issues.
Thanks!
I been dealing with cyano too, sucked it all out, a week later its all back, and did this for 4 weeks straight, its aggrevating! Does the gha tend to steal its spot after? I've read that people use cynao killer and only to get dinos to start populating the rock. Not sure of its a coincidence, or if this is a legitimate concern.
Definitely - if you have a good amount of macros bring your nitrates up and your phosphates will drop like a rock. (assuming iron and micros are in good quantity, which they probably are) I do this all the time when I let something get out of balance.There's so much mixed info, its hard to know for sure. Parameter wise, I'm very low nitrates and very high phosphates. Im assuming this is the cause and been trying to fix it, but again, its kinda of a crap shot.
I've been doing weekly waster changes, lowering photo period, I re-positioned the powerheads. The phosphates are coming from the silverside heavy diet, cant really do much about it since i target feed. Only things I still need to try is to raise nitrates for the macros to balance out and to do some deep cleaning on the substrate with a siphon hose.
Edit: there use to be algae growing on the rocks, but lately the cyano have been stealing territory.
OH, and I found this little guy in my tank at home... what the heck?
Nice! Looks just like Elysia subornata to me, which lines up with the likelihood of him hitchhiking on stuff collected from the Florida keys.That looks like Elysia unidentified species #13! If you don't want it, then I'll take it. I love seaslugs.
www.seaslugforum.net
Great site for ID and dietary information.
That tank is amazing! I'd love to learn more about macro care. I am currently struggling with the calcified macros. Is there a book you would recommend on macros?