Display Macro Algae in SPS tank?

[wakeboardgeek]

Does anyone have any inputs/experiences with macro algea (like dragons breath) in their SPS display tank? I've got cheato in the sump but just wondering peoples take on macro algea in the display.

 

[cdness]

I like the dragon's breath algae and it really adds color to a tank that is hard to achieve with corals. Reds are a difficult color to keep as bright as this algae. However even though I really like it, so do my tangs. They eat it as fast as I can put it in the tank. It is like catnip for them.

 

[ritter6788]

I'm a big fan of macros in a display. I can't keep it though because of my tang. I do have a separate prop tank/anemone tank that I keep lots of macro in. Dragons breath, blue ochtodes, violet dream, ulva. I just ordered a few more. I'm pretty much hooked on macros. I want all different kinds. Some of them are nicer than corals.


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[kuansreef]

Hard to keep macro alive in an SPS tank that requires ultra low nitrate and phosphate. Choose either not both.