Refugium setup

[FishMad]

Can anyone give advice on what type of plants or algae i should keep for a refugium (i plan to add a few liverocks and deep sandbed miracle mud plus sand combi). I read that the main purpose of refugium is to keep phosphate level low. (What else can it do?)

[clownfish_forever]

Try Cheato since it does not go asexual.

[ClOwNy_LoVeR]

It supplies pods to feed your tank

[FishMad]

Oh, okay, any other plants i could keep as well? (:

And sorry, abit new to this hobby, but, what are pods?

[clownfish_forever]

Pods. http://www.chucksaddiction.com/copepods.html

[shahril]

True... chaeto is the safest bet. Did tons of reading about it. Safest cos wont go assexual. But u need a big size of chaeto to remove small amount of nutrients.. but its still worth it..Not too sure bout mangrove though..

[FishMad]

oh, okay! thanks! will try out using chaeto then!

[Welly]

How is it bro ?

Does it work ?

[Ding]

Im not sure the ID of this algae but it is growing well in my refugium..

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[CKS]

Does is look like this? C.Serrulata. Would be better if you take a photo of a small 'branch' in isolation outside the tank

http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seaweed/chlorophyta/serrulata.htm

53 minutes ago, Ding said:

Im not sure the ID of this algae but it is growing well in my refugium..

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[Ding]

Best photo?

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[Ding]

I mean is this a better photo? I dun thk it looks like C Serrulata...

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[CKS]

Does it look like this? http://www.live-plants.com/sponge.htm

 

On 7/30/2016 at 11:12 PM, Ding said:

Best photo?

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[Junwei]

Nice!

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[Ding]

Yes! It is a Codium Sp. CKS, thanks for the ID. 

[Ding]

More info on Codium Sp.

 http://marineplantbook.com/marinebookcodium.htm

[CKS]

Wow growing very well! Please share the kind of flow and light you are using

[Ding]

A simple white LED light n Eheim 1260 rtn pump as shown in the photo below.

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[CKS]

Awesome! Please let me know if you planning to harvest them, i'm willing to buy

[hazelnut]

wouldn't the algae flow over to the pump? any sort of protection for that?

[Ding]

No, they r well rooted n grew into one big piece tt will not flow over. Only small pieces flow over once in a while...

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[oliolim]

Nice