May 12, 2019 #1 russell13 Active Member View Badges Joined Jun 16, 2010 Messages 301 Reaction score 584 Location lake elsinore,CA Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Does anyone know? Will having mud or a sand bed increase macro algae growth?
May 12, 2019 #2 S Subsea 5000 Club Member View Badges Rock Pool Reef Keepers My Tank Thread Joined Jun 21, 2018 Messages 5,658 Reaction score 8,176 Location Austin, Tx Rating - 0% 0 0 0 russell13 said: Does anyone know? Will having mud or a sand bed increase macro algae growth? Click to expand... Substrate is not necessary for macro algae growth. As a proponent of natural food webs in my 50 years of reefkeeping husbandry, I have used a mud filter for 25 years with an algae filter on top of mud. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/2...m-on-top-with-30g-ecosystem-mud-macro.421526/
russell13 said: Does anyone know? Will having mud or a sand bed increase macro algae growth? Click to expand... Substrate is not necessary for macro algae growth. As a proponent of natural food webs in my 50 years of reefkeeping husbandry, I have used a mud filter for 25 years with an algae filter on top of mud. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/2...m-on-top-with-30g-ecosystem-mud-macro.421526/