display refugium

[CindyKz]

Hi all,

Through circumstance I ended up with a surplus of some macroalgae that I hoped to feed to a tang - 3 types of gracilaria algae. I already have a refugium with cheato, grape and fern caluerpa just sort of floating around in a ball. I'd like to add the gracilaria algae and maybe some substrate to make a prettier 'fuge (since otherwise the extra will just get tossed).

My questions are what to use for substrate (I am considering miracle mud) and how do I attach the various algaes to give the refugium a "planted" look?

TIA,


Cindy

 

[reef lover]

I would use miracle mud. Add some lr and pinch the algaes between them until they attatch.

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

I use 4" of aragonite in mine which works for caulerpas. I have gracilaria in my DT that prefers to grow on rocks.

 

[CindyKz]

Did you attach the graciliara to the rocks when you added it?

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

I didn't add it. It grows on it own. It naturally grows on my LR.

 

[CindyKz]

Thank you for all of the replies. I decided to forego the display fuge- too much work for something I barely look at. I did toss the surplus gracilaria in there to see what happens.

 

[Goodair]

if anything, use an egg crate to seperate it from other macros which might outcompete it. I tried growing ulva mixed with chaeto and the ulva hasnt grown at all.