I understand the whole poor student thing...just finished a few years ago myself. My biggest thing about the daily water changes it that it is not that far off from doing a large monthly one. I too was thinking of that article, but alas I had the wrong %in mind. My mistake. This is my thought. If you start from the beginning with daily water changes those nitrates, phosphates etc... do not have time to build up over a month's time. If I could draw a graph in this thread I would 
. Still, the stability of it to me makes it very worth while. I agree that it sounds like a hassel but to me it is easier than doing a 30%on my main display, but of course that is not a nano tank. It simply got rid of the bucket brigae. A 30% change on a 10g isn't that much at all.
However, keeping with the whole algae thread. The thing with caulerpa is that while it can go sexual it has an arousal phrase (for lack of a better term) that is easy to detect. If you prune it back at that moment it will not finish its cycle and thus your tank will not be adversely effected. I have been running Caulerpa for 2 years and have never had a problem. Also, regular pruning (which would have to be done in a nano) seems to deter it from going sexual. The fast growth can be a pain, but remember in order to grow fast it must yank the stuff out of the water fast. I hope my logic makes since here. There is an old article in RK about this exact event that I think you need to read before you get cheato. At least this way you will be fully informed.
Here is the link:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/nftt/index.php
Later, and happy reefing.
. Still, the stability of it to me makes it very worth while. I agree that it sounds like a hassel but to me it is easier than doing a 30%on my main display, but of course that is not a nano tank. It simply got rid of the bucket brigae. A 30% change on a 10g isn't that much at all. However, keeping with the whole algae thread. The thing with caulerpa is that while it can go sexual it has an arousal phrase (for lack of a better term) that is easy to detect. If you prune it back at that moment it will not finish its cycle and thus your tank will not be adversely effected. I have been running Caulerpa for 2 years and have never had a problem. Also, regular pruning (which would have to be done in a nano) seems to deter it from going sexual. The fast growth can be a pain, but remember in order to grow fast it must yank the stuff out of the water fast. I hope my logic makes since here. There is an old article in RK about this exact event that I think you need to read before you get cheato. At least this way you will be fully informed.
Here is the link:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/nftt/index.php
Later, and happy reefing.
