Saltwater plants to help lower Nitrates
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jstdv8
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xenia helps with nitrates too, but its a coral, not a plant. and not nearly as efficient as cheato.
imclownfish
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ive heard+read mangroves are quite good
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saxman
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for nutrient export, you want something that's fast growing such as Chaetomorpha (mentioned) or some of the faster-growing Caulerpa species (e.g., C. taxifolia, C. racemosa, C. prolifera). Cheato isn't such a great looker (looks like a green brill-o pad), so most folks relegate it to their sumps.
for interesting looks you might consider Codium, Sargassum, Botryocladia, Galaxia, Halimeda, Octoides, etc.
we use live macro in most of our setups and they look nice and really help with water quality.
HTH
for interesting looks you might consider Codium, Sargassum, Botryocladia, Galaxia, Halimeda, Octoides, etc.
we use live macro in most of our setups and they look nice and really help with water quality.
HTH
fishyscientist
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Just curious...how long does it take for the macros to reduce nitrates? Will they actually reduce them, or just prevent them from rising?
swimmer4uus
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They normally keep them from reaching detectable levels. There's always going to be trates, but if it's being continuously used up by algaes or plants, then the issue is void.
On a sidenote, dang I wish it was easier to keep seagrass. I'm working on a seagrass refuge (in a month or so hopefully)
On a sidenote, dang I wish it was easier to keep seagrass. I'm working on a seagrass refuge (in a month or so hopefully)
fishyscientist
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Originally Posted by swimmer4uus
http:///forum/post/3267938
They normally keep them from reaching detectable levels. There's always going to be trates, but if it's being continuously used up by algaes or plants, then the issue is void.
On a sidenote, dang I wish it was easier to keep seagrass. I'm working on a seagrass refuge (in a month or so hopefully)
Well, the reason I asked is because I had trates in my water that were 5-10ppm, and then I added some chaeto to an in tank fuge about a week ago, hoping to reduce them to 0. How long should I wait to retest the water to see if they are being efficiently consumed?
http:///forum/post/3267938
They normally keep them from reaching detectable levels. There's always going to be trates, but if it's being continuously used up by algaes or plants, then the issue is void.
On a sidenote, dang I wish it was easier to keep seagrass. I'm working on a seagrass refuge (in a month or so hopefully)
Well, the reason I asked is because I had trates in my water that were 5-10ppm, and then I added some chaeto to an in tank fuge about a week ago, hoping to reduce them to 0. How long should I wait to retest the water to see if they are being efficiently consumed?