Is My Refugium Healthy? help!!!!

[Octopussie]

well i have dual 10g refugiums one for grape calp and the other for cheato. i dont think my grape calp is doing so good. i think its loosing its grapes ans it has red stuff all over it (red slime alge?)and it looks like you can see little orange spots here and there. Please help!!!!!

 

[homesidereef]

Is there any flow inside that tank, aside from your feed pipe??..
water looks stagnant, that could be causing your red slime problem.

 

[Octopussie]

no thats the only flow, besides the protein skimmer. should i get a power head and put it in there?

 

[rogergolf66]

I have a power head in my refugium 27 gallons got about 240GPH plus 500GPH from overflow.

I would add one if I was you

 

[Octopussie]

well i ditched the calp. i went with mangroves instead.
i think it looks good now how about you?

 

[rogergolf66]

how long have you had them in there?

 

[LockeOak]

They're certainly cute and cooler than the caulerpa, though I don't know if they'll pull as many nutrients from the water. That's what the chaeto is for though. Thanks for the idea, I might put a few of those in my new fuge just because I like the idea of growing trees in my aquarium

 

[Octopussie]

the mangroves 4 days and the cheato 4 months

 

[rogergolf66]

good luck with the mangroves they are tough when they come with leaves already on them. what lighting do you have?

 

[IndigoSea]

That looks great! Watch out for the styrofoam though, that stuff is highly flammable (I wouldn't worry, but under the tank where there are electrical wires all over the place...eeeeehhhh.

 

[Octopussie]

well i just bought some more live sand and put it in my mangrove refugium, now i can plant them in the substrate. but i didnt buy enough the mangroves are 1 - 3 in out of the water

 

[rogergolf66]

well I don't know if you want them to grow in the substrate. carefull with that the roots are very strong. It will take a long time but they will grow through the seems of the tank and cause a leak. Just thought you should know.

Roger

 

[malnurs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10912429#post10912429 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Octopussie
well i just bought some more live sand and put it in my mangrove refugium, now i can plant them in the substrate. but i didnt buy enough the mangroves are 1 - 3 in out of the water

you can leave them how they are or plant them. they roots will grow to reach the sand. that's how they do it in the wild. I just have one red mangrove in my refuge and it's growing great. I had it planted for about 5 months and had to move so i removed it then put it back in. after 5 months the roots grew 3-4 inches in every direction. Really cool to see!

Oh yeah. I have a deep sand bed as well. of between 4-5 inches.

Chris

 

[malnurs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10912856#post10912856 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rogergolf66
well I don't know if you want them to grow in the substrate. carefull with that the roots are very strong. It will take a long time but they will grow through the seems of the tank and cause a leak. Just thought you should know.

Roger

I thought that this was only a problem with acrilyic tanks. I might be wrong though.

Chris

 

[rogergolf66]

good question Im not sure either.

Roger

 

[malnurs]

love your photobucket. great pictures!

 

[rogergolf66]

who?

 

[malnurs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10959146#post10959146 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by malnurs
love your photobucket. great pictures!

haha. i could have sworn i put your name on there. oh well.
i meant you roger. haha my bad.
chris

 

[rogergolf66]

Thanks Malnurs