Macro Question

[bgiles11]

I have a 90 gallaon with no refugium. I was wondering could I buy a ball of cheato or/and culurpa, and just throw it in the back of my display tank, hidden from view? My goal would be to harvest copepods, anthropods, reduce some nitrates (even though i am running 5ppm or less) and also have food for tang, and foxface. Would this work?

 

[Diatome]

I made an in tank refugium to keep handle on my macros. Cheato never worked though I did just drop it in the tank. All my others are doing well, though one corner is overgrown with one macro. Keeps the critters safe from the wrasse thoough. I actually used one end off of a changing table organizer left over when we setup our nursery. I cut a slit and put a plastic hook through that and hung it on the side of the tank. Codium and some calerupa and a smideon of a red macro the fish like are inside and growing through holes I drilled in the box. I like using this a lot. I can move it and trim the macro easily and the critters can live inside fee of fish.

 

[oct2274]

do not use calerpa in your display! chaeto is way better and won't go sexual on you. It grows like crazy! I toss out about a pound or more every week or two!