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I picked up about two cups of gracilaria at the lfs today and would like to propagate this myself as part of my tang's diet.
I have a 10g tank up and running with an empty AC150, two mini-jet powerheads, an airstone, 2" of dead sand, no live rock, and a single 15w GE Chroma 50 fluorescent bulb. I have also added 2 dividers made of eggcrate with all pump/powerhead intakes on the outside with the gracilaria in the middle.
Here's what it looks like so far:
Does this look like a workable setup for propagating gracilaria? Is this enough light?
I don't have a refugium on my main tank - could I use old water from the main tank to provide nutrients to the gracilaria? Anything else I'd need to add to get it to grow?
Also, I think I read that gracilaria doesn't go sexual like other macros. Is that true?
Thanks!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I have a 10g tank up and running with an empty AC150, two mini-jet powerheads, an airstone, 2" of dead sand, no live rock, and a single 15w GE Chroma 50 fluorescent bulb. I have also added 2 dividers made of eggcrate with all pump/powerhead intakes on the outside with the gracilaria in the middle.
Here's what it looks like so far:
![macro_tank.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motorworld.com%2Fgcvt%2Fpets%2Ffish%2Fta%2Fpics%2Fmacro_tank.jpg&hash=9e9a40435f292cabd85b443e3fdbdf21)
![macro_tank2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motorworld.com%2Fgcvt%2Fpets%2Ffish%2Fta%2Fpics%2Fmacro_tank2.jpg&hash=8bc92a1617a9e9d95afe26200995cd57)
Does this look like a workable setup for propagating gracilaria? Is this enough light?
I don't have a refugium on my main tank - could I use old water from the main tank to provide nutrients to the gracilaria? Anything else I'd need to add to get it to grow?
Also, I think I read that gracilaria doesn't go sexual like other macros. Is that true?
Thanks!