which macroalgea is best for refugium?

[sunnymau]

donno what kind of algea should be use leh.. many kind out there.

need some reconmandation form expert out there

[CKS]

ive tried most of the macroalgae available in LFS

i personally prefer Fern Caulerpa for filter.. grow fast enu and easy to purn...grapes is not as stable IMO..

Ulva has been used for cultivating zooplankton .. they dont grow fast in my refug..so i wouldnt rely on them for filtering..

Halimeda and other calcareous grows too slow and not much creature would wanna feed on them..so no point growing them..

didnt have any luck cultivating Gracilaria (Red tang heaven on ipsf.com) .. would rather use them as food

[sunnymau]

how many algea then should i use for my 250L tank?

[terryansimon]

where do they sell Fern Caulerpa? I'm looking for some as well.

[Hondace]

I uses fern caulpera too. It's easy to maintain/trim. so far it doesn't goes asexual like my grape caulpera that happened in my QT.

I would put as much fern in my sump as I like to keep fishes. IMO it depends on ur bio load rather than tank size. The more fish the more waste & feeding, so u need more fern or marcoalgae.

[FuEl]

CF has alot of variety of macroalgae. Reasonably priced for a large portion.

[Siput]

do the fish eat the fern caulerpa? eg tangs? sorry, newbie...

[sunny03]

ive tried most of the macroalgae available in LFS

i personally prefer Fern Caulerpa for filter.. grow fast enu and easy to purn...grapes is not as stable IMO..

Ulva has been used for cultivating zooplankton .. they dont grow fast in my refug..so i wouldnt rely on them for filtering..

Halimeda and other calcareous grows too slow and not much creature would wanna feed on them..so no point growing them..

didnt have any luck cultivating Gracilaria (Red tang heaven on ipsf.com) .. would rather use them as food

bro can tank a pic of your Fern Caulerpa as i could not find any Fern Caulerpa alli find it Caulerpa

[patrick123]

That's why you put them in the sump instead of the main tank. Should not keep fish in the sump

[ben]

but seen some ppl place fish in the sump, LOL. still wonders why they did that.