Desert Fox
Pulling -6 to 9+ G's
Hi Anthony!
I'm adding a refugium to my trigger/agressive tank and wanted your opinion on a couple things. The tank is a 180 with a 20 gallon sump, and the new refugium is 41 gallons (tall tank). Here are the questions:
1. I'm not a big fan of caulerpa, but unfortunately i'm pretty ignorant to every other species of macro. The macros i was looking at getting are the following (from IPSF): Gracilaria parvispora, Ulva sp., and another Gracilaria sp. The nitrates are currently a little less than 20. I can't really find too much info on these. What is your opinion on these and do you think these will work well in the system?
2. If you think these are ok, what kind of lighting requirements are they going to need? The current hood i have for the tank is a PoS with a little 20w light, which i'm going to replace regardless (the hood, not nec. the light). I know many macros can survive/grow with this little of light, but i want to "upgrade" to either compact flourescents (up to 130w) or VHO's (up to 300w) for more temperature/color choices.
3. Are there other better macros for this application that would be available, and where could i get them? I hear/read of you talking about other sea grasses but also read they are tough to find.
I think that's it for now. If you want any other info on the tank just let me know. Thanks so much for your time you've contributed!
Blue skies,
~Fox~
I'm adding a refugium to my trigger/agressive tank and wanted your opinion on a couple things. The tank is a 180 with a 20 gallon sump, and the new refugium is 41 gallons (tall tank). Here are the questions:
1. I'm not a big fan of caulerpa, but unfortunately i'm pretty ignorant to every other species of macro. The macros i was looking at getting are the following (from IPSF): Gracilaria parvispora, Ulva sp., and another Gracilaria sp. The nitrates are currently a little less than 20. I can't really find too much info on these. What is your opinion on these and do you think these will work well in the system?
2. If you think these are ok, what kind of lighting requirements are they going to need? The current hood i have for the tank is a PoS with a little 20w light, which i'm going to replace regardless (the hood, not nec. the light). I know many macros can survive/grow with this little of light, but i want to "upgrade" to either compact flourescents (up to 130w) or VHO's (up to 300w) for more temperature/color choices.
3. Are there other better macros for this application that would be available, and where could i get them? I hear/read of you talking about other sea grasses but also read they are tough to find.
I think that's it for now. If you want any other info on the tank just let me know. Thanks so much for your time you've contributed!
Blue skies,
~Fox~