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Wow! That was a fast reply! Anyways, your Emerald crab is a major limiting factor for the number of macroalgae species you can keep. However, there are quite a few tougher species (calcium based skeletons or toxic compositions) that could coexist with it (depending on the preferences of your individual). They tend to grow slowly, however, and do not have the same nutrient uptake capabilities of more popular macroalgae, such as Chaetomorpha and Ulva. Here are a few (with links to purchase if available somewhere):Emerald crab
I'm always on my phone lol but only thing I'm trying to bring down a bit is my phosphates rn my nitrates is easy goes down with water changes but my phosphates are still sitting high at .45 i was at .92 weeks ago so it's a huge improvement but i have more to goWow! That was a fast reply! Anyways, your Emerald crab is a major limiting factor for the number of macroalgae species you can keep. However, there are quite a few tougher species (calcium based skeletons or toxic compositions) that could coexist with it (depending on the preferences of your individual). They tend to grow slowly, however, and do not have the same nutrient uptake capabilities of more popular macroalgae, such as Chaetomorpha and Ulva. Here are a few (with links to purchase if available somewhere):
Brown:
Scroll algae (Padina sp.)
Green:
Turtleweed/Maiden's hair plant (Chlorodesmis sp.) (Only toxic one I know on this list though pods enjoy living within it)
Tufted joint algae (Cymopolia barbata)
Watercress algae/Cactus algae (Halimeda sp.)
Brush algae (Penicillus sp.)
Pinecone algae/Christmas tree plant (Rhipocephalus phoenix)
Mermaid’s fan (Udotea sp.)
Red:
Red razor/Flame algae (Bryothamnion sp.)
Thin and Thick branching coralline algae (Corallinales sp.)
Plating coralline algae (Corallinales sp.)
Pink galaxy/Pom Pom algae (Galaxaura sp.)
Sorry I don't...My wife says I don't need any more distractions....Do you have an IG so that we can tag you in the posts?
So i decided to go with some dragons breath. I have 3 emerald crabs busy cleaning the rocks i hope they don't pick at the macro. But I'm taking my chances once everything starts to get better I'll remove them.
ahhh so maybe thats what happened to mine.Dragons breath is like candy for amphipods, so good luck with that. I had a frag that size disappear over night and found a couple of huge amphipods in the partition with it (in a fry box) nibbling on the scraps. You could see their guts loaded with red. Caught red handed. I have suspected emerald crabs of eating macro as well, but cant say for certain.
I love dragons breath , but anytime it’s in DT it’s the favorite food lol snails mow it down but don’t touch caulerpaahhh so maybe thats what happened to mine.
We'll see if not on to the next algae lolI love dragons breath , but anytime it’s in DT it’s the favorite food lol snails mow it down but don’t touch caulerpa
So i decided to go with some dragons breath. I have 3 emerald crabs busy cleaning the rocks i hope they don't pick at the macro. But I'm taking my chances once everything starts to get better I'll remove them.
I used to have a refugium and did not water change, I read somewhere about DOC and macro algae eventually leading to something bad in reefs and that the no water change method would eventually crash , is this true? I have no idea lol
Interesting indeed, so in a sense DOC from corals is better than DOC from algae? Or is the difference probly minute?when things get out of balance, even good things are bad.
All photosynthetic organisms produce DOC, dissolved organic carbon. Corals DOC is mainly composed of lipids & proteins while algae DOC is mostly glucose.
Interesting indeed, so in a sense DOC from corals is better than DOC from algae? Or is the difference probly minute?