PLants?

[nancysalt]

What kind of pants do any of you recomend like Red kelp, blade, Maiden's Hair, Caulerpa Rock or shaving brush? or what combo of plants?
My tank is going to be a 30g reef/fish Thanks

 

[celacanthr]

Originally Posted by Nancysalt
What kind of pants do any of you recomend like Red kelp, blade, Maiden's Hair, Caulerpa Rock or shaving brush? or what combo of plants?
My tank is going to be a 30g reef/fish Thanks
Non of those are actual plants, but actually algae's.
What do you want to use them for? Nutrient export? Decoration?

 

[nancysalt]

I wanted soomething that willl be beneficial as well as decorative.
What would you suggest?
Nancy

 

[celacanthr]

Personally I love caulerpa. Then again there is always that fear of it "going sexual".
Everything else grows too slowly to be a very good nutrient exporter, or becomes too big to look nice in the main tank.
The shaving brush is a poor nutrient exporter, but it looks neat, and also needs calcium, so it gives you good practice at keeping calcium at the proper levels.
Although Ulva isn't on your list, that would probably be your best choice as to nutrient export, food, decorative, and safe.

 

[nancysalt]

Where could I find pics of Ulva? do you have any?
Rhanks Alot Nancy

 

[celacanthr]

you can google "ulva" or "sea lettuce" Most of the pics aren't very good though.

 

[nancysalt]

Thanks Ill do that, Nancy

 

[myst]

I have a green plant called "Money Tree". But I would not recomment it in a tank so small because it grows fast. Good luck!

 

[nereef]

Originally Posted by Nancysalt
What kind of pants do any of you recomend like Red kelp, blade, Maiden's Hair, Caulerpa Rock or shaving brush? or what combo of plants?
My tank is going to be a 30g reef/fish Thanks
what kind of light do these need?

 

[grapefruit]

imo maidens hair is the best you can get and boy does it lower your nitrates and spread quick and boy does it look good, i plan on getting some more but it is spreading so fast i might not have to,lol

 

[joe 09]

i see you have tangs in your tank .dont they eat the maiden hair.i put about 70$ in plants in my tank they were gone in two days.i now have chaeto in my sump,it keeps the nirates about 30 to 40.

 

[grapefruit]

well thats the good thing about maidens hair, the fish dont eat it bc of the toxins that are in it. it is expensive but well worth it to have my nitrates at 0 so i dont get horrible algae blooms which i do mind but all it takes is the mag float, but the maidens hair looks so nice anyways and adds color to the tank.

 

[celacanthr]

Originally Posted by Myst
I have a green plant called "Money Tree". But I would not recomment it in a tank so small because it grows fast. Good luck!
You are reffering to a halimeda...it actually requires calcium to grow, so that means you must have good calcium levels.