What is the best Macro Algae for Refugium & Why!!?

BEST Macro Algae for Refugium & Why!?

  • Chaeto

    Votes: 30 55.6%
  • Fern Caulerpa

    Votes: 2 3.7%
  • Caulerpa Mexicana

    Votes: 1 1.9%
  • Caulerpa Prolifera

    Votes: 2 3.7%
  • Grape Caulerpa

    Votes: 3 5.6%
  • Ulva

    Votes: 5 9.3%
  • Halimeda

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 4 7.4%
  • Gracilaria

    Votes: 7 13.0%

  • Total voters
    54

|Tom the Bomb|

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yea it is, but ime, you can get a larger amount of racemosa (grape caulerpa) for a less of a price (larger amount = faster growth initially and easier to establish) and also its more effective than chaeto, only downside as you have mentioned is that there is a possibility of it "going sexual" also its more invasive and not as easy to control, that said I have never experienced it going sexual ever
 

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I voted "other."

If there is one thing I've noticed from being a member of this community and my own limited experience it is that some flora and fauna thrive in some systems, but not all.

For instance, if I put chaeto in my system it disintegrates.

If I put gracilaria hayi/ parvispora and they do okay - but they aren't prolific.

Caulerpa (grape, Mexicana, and prolifera) all do extremely well - with the grape being particularly prolific.
 
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