cartman101
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I need some info about them. I would love to put some in my fuge. And what are the best plants for fuges?
Do any of you have mangroves in your fuge?
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celacanthr
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Well, mangroves need lots of light, and lots of room, and compared to other things you could use for nutrient exportation, it is really bad at it. The best IMO would be chaeto. It is fast growing, won't "go sexual", and will continue to grow till no nutrient s are left. Though, they could grow/float into the pump, and clog it, but nothing a baffle or screen couldn't fix.
cartman101
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Are there any sites that sell chaeto?
celacanthr
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uhm....well...you know the rules 
BUT you will often find people in the trading section willing to give you the chaeto if you pay for shipping, or you could try and buy stuff from
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BUT you will often find people in the trading section willing to give you the chaeto if you pay for shipping, or you could try and buy stuff from
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cartman101
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Originally Posted by CELACANTHr
uhm....well...you know the rules
BUT you will often find people in the trading section willing to give you the chaeto if you pay for shipping, or you could try and buy stuff from
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Oh yea the rules....... How do the people ship the algae in complete darkness? Wont it kill the algae?
uhm....well...you know the rules
BUT you will often find people in the trading section willing to give you the chaeto if you pay for shipping, or you could try and buy stuff from
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Oh yea the rules....... How do the people ship the algae in complete darkness? Wont it kill the algae?
celacanthr
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nope. I get all of my macroalgae shipped 2-day and in the dark, and have never been killed.
cartman101
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cool! Sounds good then.
28fishman
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I have been running a CPR Aqua Fuge Pro for over a year now, the skimmer works good (better than a seaclone and is built in) pulls out over a qt of scum over a week. I lost all of my macro algae about 3 months ago (not sure why) all chem. levels were good (maybe to good) not enough nutrients for it to survive as I was told by the LFS. May have also trimmed out a little to much but still believe that it was to good on the chem. levels.
I keep mangroves in it also, I tried to do about 4 for the size of the tank, (more variation and different positions) I just replaced all of them and now have 6 small ones 4 to 6 inches tall and 3 large 8 to 12 inches.
Contents:
40 lbs of live sand
15 lbs of live rock rubble
9 Red Mangroves
Chaetomorpha (brillo and spaghetti types)
2 brittle stars
2 emerald crabs
6 or so turbo snails
Tons of pods
Seen a few mini stars
I am looking to start a much larger tank in the next few weeks (180 gallons) and will more than likely go with a wet dry filter and 2 CPR Pros under it, they are a mini system and alot of people like to look at them as the life in them and they seem to be very beneficial.
My skimmer has almost stopped pulling scum, I empty the collection cup about every two weeks and it has only about 3 to 4 oz of scum, (I attribute the scum reduction to the Mangroves) Mangroves have grown about 2 inches since the begining of December, 3 larger ones are laying on the rock pile and have hairy roots and have had several leaves. The other 6 are planted in the sand and have grown about the same with several leaves apiece.
As for the Mangroves I ordered them off ---- (seller id) 721 or thru his ---- Store PACIFIC SEEDS. Send him a email and tell him the size you want. Very easy to work with.
I keep mangroves in it also, I tried to do about 4 for the size of the tank, (more variation and different positions) I just replaced all of them and now have 6 small ones 4 to 6 inches tall and 3 large 8 to 12 inches.
Contents:
40 lbs of live sand
15 lbs of live rock rubble
9 Red Mangroves
Chaetomorpha (brillo and spaghetti types)
2 brittle stars
2 emerald crabs
6 or so turbo snails
Tons of pods
Seen a few mini stars
I am looking to start a much larger tank in the next few weeks (180 gallons) and will more than likely go with a wet dry filter and 2 CPR Pros under it, they are a mini system and alot of people like to look at them as the life in them and they seem to be very beneficial.
My skimmer has almost stopped pulling scum, I empty the collection cup about every two weeks and it has only about 3 to 4 oz of scum, (I attribute the scum reduction to the Mangroves) Mangroves have grown about 2 inches since the begining of December, 3 larger ones are laying on the rock pile and have hairy roots and have had several leaves. The other 6 are planted in the sand and have grown about the same with several leaves apiece.
As for the Mangroves I ordered them off ---- (seller id) 721 or thru his ---- Store PACIFIC SEEDS. Send him a email and tell him the size you want. Very easy to work with.
thegrog
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I have mangroves in my CPR HOT fuge. Got 5 of them. They dont need tons of light as previously mentioned. They only get some light scatter from my MH pendants and they are thriving. I actually have to prune them back every month or so. Since putting them in, my nitrates went from around 5 to less than 0.6!!!!! And the 0.6 reading is just before my bi-weekly water change!