best plant for a refugium?

[speg]

Kinda curious what the best plant I could get that would help lower nitrates the most!

 

[mojoreef]

The safest algae you can get that works good as an absorber is called Chaetomorpha
hope it helps
Mike

 

[organism]

gracilaria is great too, especially if you've got a tang, since you can feed it to them fresh out of the fuge...

 

[michael7979]

I vote for cheato also.

 

[benj2112]

chaeto!

 

[reb]

Where Can You Purchase These Plants. No Lfs Around Here.

 

[speg]

Yeah i've looked around a few sites and have not found this stuff you're mentioning for sale At the LFS's here they usually only have local FL plants for sale.. lots of mangroves.. which amazingly they sell for $4.99 yet I could pull off the road and pick up 100 for free :joy:

 

[fatboyjoe]

you can get both mangroves and cheato at a famous online auction.goodluck

 

[mojoreef]

Mangroves are neat but not really the best for nutrient absorbsion. Thy just grow mass to slowly. Gracilaria is a great algae loved by most herbavoirs, but is tough to keep alive or keep growing. Thier is a guy called billsreef that lives on the east coast and has a good variety of algae's
Mike