Ohh i see. I’ve ordered some nitrogen to dose but it hasn’t arrived yet. No LFS around stocks them. Shipping here has been very slow, next days arrive 4 days later, hoping it will arrive max tomorrow.
I’m from indonesia and there are no home depots and lowes here. Think some similar stores here might sell them though, might try that out if i still need to dose after the bottle is gone. I already ordered some Brightwell nionitro and im hoping they arrive soon.
Stick with Brightwell. They have good products. I feed live bivalves.to my established tanks.
Thanks! Ill be trying out some more brightwell products. I dosed a bit of the nitrate today but it was water change day so it went down again. I will start dosing again after the water change. Not sure if i should raise it slowly or go straight to 10To further emphasize lack of nitrogen in a macro algae lagoon mixed garden with softies and sponges, this is a picture 24 hours after feather Caulerpa went sexual. This 55G tank was set up 9 months ago as an ornamental seaweed lagoon with diver collected live rock & live sand and a strong emphasis on cryptic sponges and the “sponge loop” which is a culmination of Dutch research scientists.
Yesterday, when lights came on, you could not see the back glass. Today, when lights came on, with water 90% clear, I saw more milky substance coming from stems of Caulerpa Paspoidies. I treated both sexual events the same: yesterday, I added 40ml of Austin Clear Ammonia and today, I added 20 ml of ammonia and 50ml of ChaetoGrow.
ChaetoGrō
Complete phosphate and nitrate free multi-nutrient with iron, cobalt and molybdenum for chaetomorpha growth and vigor in all marine systems
Overview
- For all marine aquariums & ULNS systems
- Shrimp & Invertebrate safe
- Phosphate & Nitrate free
- Provides 13 elements critical to long-term health, growth, and coloration of aquatic plants
- Well-suited to ULNS aquariums and designed for nutrient control of phosphates and nitrates by chaetomorpha uptake
- Formulated utilizing extensive research on aquatic algae nutrient requirements
Sizes
250ml | 500ml
Technical Background
Nutrients are substances required by algae for survival; they are collectively involved in all aspects of the biological and chemical reactions that allow algae to function properly. Brightwell Aquatics ChaetoGro provides these substances in concentrations found by researchers to be necessary for long-term health. These elements, and some of the processes that they are involved in, are:
Potassium - Protein synthesis, water and charge balance, enzyme activation.
Boron - Chlorophyll production, flowering, root growth, cell function.
Carbon - Required for all organic compounds.
Calcium - Cell wall stability and permeability, enzyme activation, cell response to stimuli.
Chlorine - Water and charge balance, photosynthesis.
Iron - Required for photosynthesis, component of enzymes utilized in redox reactions.
Magnesium - Component of chlorophyll, enzyme activation.
Manganese - Formation of amino acids, enzyme activation.
Molybdenum and Cobalt - Required for nitrate reduction.
Nickel - Enzyme activation, processing of nitrogenous material.
Sulfur - Component of proteins and the coenzymes that are involved with nutrient utilization and growth.
Zinc - Chlorophyll production, enzyme activation.
ChaetoGro does not contain phosphorus or nitrogen
PS. In summary, this macro algae sexual event occurred when fast growing macroalgae consumed nutrients in tank faster than I was feeding. As light intensity never changed, large sections self destructed as a survival technique spreading spores. As the slower growing red macros of dragon breath & red grapes did not se”f destruct, I feed the tank nitrogen & trace minerals so that all photosynthetic algae could absorb large influx of seaweed exudates from sexual event.
It’s your thread, I don’t normally visit coral forums, however, I am happy to discuss things with you.
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Might just try getting some dragons breath, i also see some red grapes for sale. Tangs don’t seem to bother the longer algae but i do notice the moorish and regal like to eat the larger strands. Hoping my feeding regimen is enough to stop them from making the macro disappear.It’s your thread, I don’t normally visit coral forums, however, I am happy to discuss things with you.
Yes, I added a small Hippo as the last fish in this tank. One diver collected live rock the size of a grape fruit grew at least three red macro: two types of Dragon’s Breath & Red Grapes. There are a lot of herbivores in this tank with an overabundance of macro which sucks up nutrients. A mature reef tank will do the same thing. I operate low fish load tanks because it prevents stress among the fish. To encourage growth, I feed fish often yet, I add inorganic nutrients.
PS: obviously I should prune fast growing macro before it goes sexual. I normally prune large amounts of fast growing macro from my seaweed lagoon tanks. By adding large amounts at a time, the seaweed is on display for a bit. In the case of 5yr mature 120G, I added 2G and it took of so well, it went sexual in that tank.
Build Thread - 25 year old 75G Jaubert Plenum on top with 30G EcoSystem Mud/Macro
The tank has seen little change in 25 years. Jaubert Plenum was designed to use facultative bacteria in a low oxygen environment to perform denitrification biochemistry. Substrate was 6” deep with false bottom making a Plenum under substrate. Plenum performed well until the introduction of...
Build Thread - Wet & Salty for Christmas 2017.
Seven month old 120G tank with reverse flow undergravel filter on top with 40G cryptic refugium on bottom.
Marine Plants in the Aquarium
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Marine Plants in the Aquarium
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