Refugiums

ct_vol

Reefing On My Mind
Team RC
One of the topics of interest brought up at the meeting was that of Refugiums and their light cycle...


This is a good article about the best plants for a refugia and certain things to be wary of when setting up/using a refugium...
http://www.reefland.com/rho/0105/main2.php


Article about carbon uptake, light cycles, and photosynthesis
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-10/rhf/index.php

As Mel stated, Caulerpa refugiums should be under 24hr lighting, while with others its important to give a dark cycle so the algae have time to respire so that they may grow more efficiantly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_respiration
 
Back
Top