Wat Sort Of Plant Should I Use For My Refurgium ?

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setting up a sump tank.. any advise? thanks

[bawater]

The world's your limit.

Any saltwater plant will do - it depends on your preference on nutrient uptake or looks . mangroves work but u need a lot (just one pod won't do anything).

For green you can use any of the caulerpa species but the feather & grape kind tend to go sexual often if overcrowded and melt away. The moss kind doesn't go sexual and grows well & fast.

For red you can try the red bamboo kind- they have very slow growth. Sargasso weed also works if you want brown.

It may sound like a garden...but again its only for you to see so go with what u like, or just a pure workhorse of fast growing algae and copepod production.

You can use either a 6500k or 10000k light, but stick to the light spectrum plants prefer.(6500k) and you should get more growth. Do not use pink tubes.

If your refugium is big enough, try a mixture of different macro algae. Use fast growing plants for a better uptake (faster growth means more uptake/ nutrient assimilation)