Macro in main tank?

Discussion in 'Algae' started by Stingray, May 4, 2008.

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  1. liegeofinveracity

    liegeofinveracity Coral Banded Shrimp

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    ...the night time... is the right time...
    thats cool stuff,my lfs sells "plantrock" thats is covered in you guessed it...plants.
    if it wasn't also covered in aiptasia i would have bought all of it
     
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  3. gemsnano

    gemsnano Plankton

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    you can always nuke the aiptasia off the rock :)
     
  4. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    Which would also nuke the plants off and defeat the purpose of buying rock :p And why take the unnecessary risk ?
     
  5. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    I put a small ball of cheato in my over flow chamber a month ago to see what would happen. Its growing very slowly b/c theres alomost no light hitting it. Luna
     
  6. mr40g

    mr40g Astrea Snail

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    thats one cool link. i like the last set of pics on that page with the island statue faces (whatever their called lol)

    I also have some chaeto in my overflow and some in the tank stuck in a corner. i rotate out the pieces of chaeto so that the can get at least a weeks worth of light. keeps them nice and green and growth seems to be good. still slow because of the lack of daily light.

    I keep getting pieces of chaeto on the sand bed which my sand sifting gobie seems to clean up right away. :)
     
  7. gemsnano

    gemsnano Plankton

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    if algae is growing from the rocks.. it will grow back even if it dies off. only sure fire way to remove is to burn the rock from what i heard
     
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  9. mr40g

    mr40g Astrea Snail

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    :laugh5::laugh5:
    hahahahaha thats pretty funny. probably very right but funny lol
    good stuff. not mocking you in anyway. just like flames with anything. :devil:
     
  10. conjuay

    conjuay Feather Duster

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    My live rock came with lots of Macro algae on it. unfortunately my tangs found it very tasty.
    Macro looks great in the display, and if you get tired of it, borrow a tang!