Feeding macro algae to fish?

[Lylelovett]

Hi all,

My refugium grows chaeto like crazy. So I though maybe I'd dabble in growing some other macro in my sump to feed the fish in the DT.

Bio load: 5 Chromis, 2 Clowns, 2 Banggai Cardinals, 1 Convict Tang, 2 Sand sifting stars, a crew of snails, 1 cleaner shrimp, and a handful of corals... Tank is 6mos old.

Is chaeto a viable food source, or is there a good beginner macro that works better as a food source?

Thanks!

 

[Big G]

Sea Lettuce: https://www.algaebarn.com/shop/macroalgae/clean-sea-lettuce/

 

[lapin]

Also look at tang heaven Gracilaria parvispora

 

[acbaldwin]

As they said, chaeto is pretty unpalatable. Hit this guy up for good quantity and price on Ulva Lactuca and Gracilaria Parvispora.

 

[Goodair]

You try and see if they will eat it. My fox nipped at it doesn't really show interest in it.

 

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We offer red ogo (Gracilaria parvispora) https://www.algaebarn.com/shop/macroalgae/red-ogo/ and sea lettuce (https://www.algaebarn.com/shop/macroalgae/clean-sea-lettuce/). Both can be grown pretty easily. Red ogo is often used by public aquariums for feeding their tangs :-)

 

[Coral Newbie]

I was wondering the same thing. How difficult would be to grown ogo or spike sphere in a fuge

 

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I was wondering the same thing. How difficult would be to grown ogo or spike sphere in a fuge

Red ogo is not very challenging, but it likes bright lighting (AI fuge or kessil would work well here).

 

[Coral Newbie]

Red ogo is not very challenging, but it likes bright lighting (AI fuge or kessil would work well here).

I have a kessil H160 tuna flora led algae grown light currently keeping my mangroves happy. Just wondering what is "bright lighting for a fuge"

 

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I have a kessil H160 tuna flora led algae grown light currently keeping my mangroves happy. Just wondering what is "bright lighting for a fuge"

That will work fine. We had a sump full of sea lettuce (~1.5lbs) and red ogo, put in maybe an oz of red ogo and when we broke down the tank (about a month later) we took out a giant ball that was about 8oz.