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I was rinsing my refugium today throwing away a lot of Caulerpa like algae. Got them in a year ago and they grow like weed and holding back my chaeto, ow is mostly chaeto in the fuge.
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Well, our tanks are the same temperature anyway! And I am laughing... we have a break from the heat today and are only supposed to hit 32C today. At least I have a great tan!Thanks
Tank update - we have a heat wave here - you will probably laugh you pants of you but 29 C is a heatwave here in Sweden We are not constructed for these outdoors temperatures - 20 - 23 degree C is perfect for a swede but my neighbor from Syria says - now its time to be outside
However - my tank is doing great - temperature swings between 25.4 (wanted temperature) and 26.4 degree C - is fair enough
I was rinsing my refugium today throwing away a lot of Caulerpa like algae. Got them in a year ago and they grow like weed and holding back my chaeto, ow is mostly chaeto in the fuge.
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I do not rely know because Caulerpa seems to grow a lot but Chaeto is more dense in construction and before the Caulerpa it grows very thick and when it reach the surface - it was difficult to press it down. Seems to more dense according to biomass/LIMO of course, because caulerpa is better than cheato?!
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They not only need P for growth - they can also be luxury consumers of P - it means - store more P than they need for growth. the bacteria in my "mix" is mainly from the genus Rhodopseudomonas .
They can use photosynthesis in anaerobic environment but also other types of metabolisms. I have not prepared my system for light below the DSB (yet ) but I will see if they have other beneficial properties for me. The least the injection will do is to increase the diversity among my microorganisms.
You truly have one of the nicest looking reef tanks on here @Lasse
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Yes it is interesting and I wonder when the first anaerobic filter with light in the compartment will be built I´m just purchased a chaeto reactor with inbuilt illumination - who knows - it will maybe be converted into illuminated anaerobic bioreactor in the future I swear - it was not my intention when I bought it - but sometimes - the ideas just popping upI remembered reading about this before, and your post rekindled my curiosity. A little digging revealed that Rhodopseudomonas palustris is even better at storing P than in my memory. Appears that they can accumulate internal P up to15% of their cell dry weight (when under anaerobic illuminated conditions). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19943045 Amazing stuff!