Some may run it 24 hrs a day but I would not. When I first got it I ran it 24 hrs a day it it dropped my nutrients fast. That light is very effective at growing algae. There was a point when I ran it 3hrs at night because it worked too well but I think I’m at 10-12hrs now.
I love your corals and camera skills, exactly, macro algae fan, sounds like you are getting close to having it balanced!
I have not. It's too expensive for me and it seems like they give you a 3" frag to start with.
I have but it’s good to have booth each do different things
They have different nutrient uptake ratios. Chaeto is 100:1 NYeah I heard off for a long time but last week I was at my LFS and they had small 2” pieces glued to frag plugs for $5 so I pulled the trigger. I put half in my display and half in my fuge. So far the growth has been pretty fast and the stuff in my display is really cool looking the edges glow a nice orange.
the picture doesn’t do the glow justice (this started out about half that size a week ago)
What type of differences, out side of the dragon breath using more iron I would think it would be similar
. Not sure what dragons breath is but I'd wager its probably a smaller ratio, like 85:1 or less. Not sure about the other differences.
Chaeto uses a lot of iodine too. I have to dose it to keep it at 60 ug/l. What makes you think dragons breath uses more?
Nice thing with gracillaria is you can recycle it back to the tangs. That said it never grew quite as fast as chaeto for me.Here's some info for those interested---
An excellent read on algae nutrient uptake. In the early 2000's Caulerpa was the the dominant algae of choice for Sps keepers. No one had issues with limiting factors, as can be seen in the article it does a more balanced job for what a tank needs than chaeto.
https://dspace.carthage.edu/bitstream/handle/123456789/465/James Paulson - Senior Thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
I don't know if gracilaria is the same as the red algae you all are talking about but it's a better candidate than chaeto keeping a balanced ratio as well.
If you go and look back at a lot of the TOTM most algae filters had a mix of various macro algae.
Here's a table showing some of the trace metal uptakes from algae. These are some of the elements reefers seem wanting to dose now a days if you don't do water changes. The algae is competing with the corals for these elements.
Here's some info for those interested---
An excellent read on algae nutrient uptake. In the early 2000's Caulerpa was the the dominant algae of choice for Sps keepers. No one had issues with limiting factors, as can be seen in the article it does a more balanced job for what a tank needs than chaeto.
https://dspace.carthage.edu/bitstre...on - Senior Thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
I don't know if gracilaria is the same as the red algae you all are talking about but it's a better candidate than chaeto keeping a balanced ratio as well.
If you go and look back at a lot of the TOTM most algae filters had a mix of various macro algae.
Here's a table showing some of the trace metal uptakes from algae. These are some of the elements reefers seem wanting to dose now a days if you don't do water changes. The algae is competing with the corals for these elements.
I got the Duo Jumbo one from BRS and boy it is big but I am hoping it will last a while between changes. I already saw some purple showing up this morning in the media. I am getting the plumbing to setup it up to draw the air in from the skimmer collection cup.
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