Tips to thriving macro?

[Heres_doe_]

What are some tips and tricks you would say to keeping macro algae in a refugium for nutrient export?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Chaeto gro is a great supplement. I can visually Tell when I haven't dosed in too long. A capfull every few days did wonders in my fuge and mangroves.

 

[Heres_doe_]

Chaeto gro is a great supplement. I can visually Tell when I haven't dosed in too long. A capfull every few days did wonders in my fuge and mangroves.

Full strength? How would you know if u need some? Can you actually visually tell?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Full strength? How would you know if u need some? Can you actually visually tell?

My mangroves tell me first. Any yellowing in the margins and I knew. Pom pom would be curling down at the tips.

 

[shootingstar_reef]

I also use cheatogro for my macros. I use the regular dosage on the bottle.

 

[Soilworker]

I would say get a proper light. My AI Fuge light is amazing. My fuge is working almost too well. I'm running them at 40% and I'm still fighting with my nitrates being too low. With an adjustable light your macro algaes become like an adjustable filter.

I have chaeto, sea lettuce, and red spike sphere gracilaria. Not sure if it matters but I'd like to think having variety in your refugium helps pull out different stuff at different rates.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Iron and manganese are the most likely to be useful.

 

[MoshJosh]

Chaeto Grow by Brightwell is great! I dose it 1-2 times a week and, at least to my eyes, it works!

also, in my experience, macro algaes do not like changes in light, and some grow better under “reef lighting” (i.e. they grew better in my display than in my fuge) . It seems to me that it whenever I change the light source, or move algae to a new tank, it takes a while to adjust or dies back a bit.

this is just my anecdotal experience, but hope it helps.

 

[Rmckoy]

This has me thinking …

the purpose of adding cheato is to consume and export nutrients .
if there are plenty of nutrients is there a need to dose anything ?

I have noticed my cheato is dark green for the most part , but either it’s soft shell feather duster worms there is also brown mushy stringy substance in with the cheato .

 

[Heres_doe_]

This has me thinking …

the purpose of adding cheato is to consume and export nutrients .
if there are plenty of nutrients is there a need to dose anything ?

I have noticed my cheato is dark green for the most part , but either it’s soft shell feather duster worms there is also brown mushy stringy substance in with the cheato .

Macronutrients and micronutrients are different