MACRO ALGEA

[veron]

I'd like to see if anyone is still using Macro as part of there water filtration in there sump.
Most use Cheato but I always found stuff like Racemosa etc,, to be faster growing.

[JetJumper]

I'd like to see if anyone is still using Macro as part of there water filtration in there sump.
Most use Cheato but I always found stuff like Racemosa etc,, to be faster growing.

Isn't there the possibility of Racemosa going Sexual and spreading spores?

[veron]

always possible but I've never had an issue with it. Need some for my sump.

[redbelly]

I have cheato in my overflows, but barely any when compared to the total system volume.

I run good quality carbon and phosban and I don't find that my chaeto grows very much at all though...

[Harris625]

The filtration can be best performed with the help of powerhead. As it provide the better flow of water in the tank.

[montisaurus]

Yes, I have almost every type of macro algae that i've ever read about 
some of them come & go, most of them stick around

It's all emerged from nowhere on my main pieces of liverock in my display -  I do not have a sump. I'd say it performs most of the filtration duties in my tank. Nitrates undetectable, Phosphates >0.02 
I trim it all back every few months, and seems every time I go in to prune the macro i've got, I come out and go straight to Google to research a new macro i've discovered!

PS... if anybody needs macro, let me know - I'll have to refer to my inventory and price list  

[Tripwyr]

PS... if anybody needs macro, let me know - I'll have to refer to my inventory and price list  

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