Too much Caulerpa = high nitrates?
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NightShade00013
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I don't know a ton but do knwo some of the questions others will ask. Is the tank covered or uncovered? How long has the tank been up? What organisms do you have in the tank? What are all of the stats of the tank not just trates and ph, all parts of the water quality need to be shown becuas ehtey affect each other.
But unless the plantlife is dying it shouldn't be producing nitrates as far as I know it should actually help to use them.
But unless the plantlife is dying it shouldn't be producing nitrates as far as I know it should actually help to use them.
Agu
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Are you removing any caulerpa ? If it's growing well in the light and dying on the bottom you end up with zero net change. Part of the refugium concept is to harvest it to remove nutrients from your system.
lights on 24/7 is a common practice with refugiums and I don't think that's part of the issue.
lights on 24/7 is a common practice with refugiums and I don't think that's part of the issue.
Frick-n-Frags
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just basically no on both questions
if a large plant mass can spend time in the dark, it respires and can drop pH, but not with 24/7 lighting
unless the caulerpa is dying faster than it is growing it is actually reducing nitrates.
you are probably generating nitrates via fish and fishfood.
IMO you should tear out your caulerpa. they're made of large cells and when you cut them the stuff leaks out. cut a lot, a lot leaks out. the growing runner tips grow better. pull it from the bottom of the wad, or wherever it looks the grungiest. leave the healthiest stuff to keep on cooking
if a large plant mass can spend time in the dark, it respires and can drop pH, but not with 24/7 lighting
unless the caulerpa is dying faster than it is growing it is actually reducing nitrates.
you are probably generating nitrates via fish and fishfood.
IMO you should tear out your caulerpa. they're made of large cells and when you cut them the stuff leaks out. cut a lot, a lot leaks out. the growing runner tips grow better. pull it from the bottom of the wad, or wherever it looks the grungiest. leave the healthiest stuff to keep on cooking
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