What do you do when your macro takes over?

Tigertail · Aug 26, 2022

My graciliaria is taking over! I can't bring myself to trim and throw any away. I brought some to my LFS and did a 1:1 exchange for this caulerpa, but that was the only kind of macro they had and now I just have these two masses taking over and my tank isn't too pretty anymore. I think it's sucking up all of the nutrients before my smaller algae can grow, too. I used to have a ton of red ogo in here but then it all died out as the hayi tripled+ in size. I recently got a goby and pistol shrimp, so I don't want to disturb the sand too much anymore. Should I try selling some online, or is that more hassle than it's worth?

Lost in the Sauce · Aug 26, 2022

Got any Reefing homies around?

You can give it to your LFS for others. Otherwise, you're going to have to just toss it. It'll keep growing.

Tigertail · Aug 26, 2022

Lost in the Sauce said:
Got any Reefing homies around?

You can give it to your LFS for others. Otherwise, you're going to have to just toss it. It'll keep growing.

What are homies? But really, good idea looking for someone local. I'll reach out to my other LFS too

Lost in the Sauce · Aug 26, 2022

Tigertail said:
What are homies? But really, good idea looking for someone local. I'll reach out to my other LFS too

Friends.. homies are friends. Reefing buddies?

Tigertail · Aug 26, 2022

Lost in the Sauce said:
Friends.. homies are friends. Reefing buddies?

Sorry, that was a bad joke! I don't have any local friends with which to share, unfortunately

Rmckoy · Aug 26, 2022

I’m in the same position .
it grows too fast and have no one local
The lfs will take it and offered a cheap credit. But it’s over a 1 hour drive .

I have thrown many handfuls out in the trash to keep it under control

Tigertail · Aug 27, 2022

Rmckoy said:
I’m in the same position .
it grows too fast and have no one local
The lfs will take it and offered a cheap credit. But it’s over a 1 hour drive .

I have thrown many handfuls out in the trash to keep it under control

It's so beautiful, I can't bring myself to toss it! I convinced my husband to let me set up my old 20 cube again.. I'm going to move a lot of it over.

Rmckoy · Aug 27, 2022

Tigertail said:
It's so beautiful, I can't bring myself to toss it! I convinced my husband to let me set up my old 20 cube again.. I'm going to move a lot of it over.

I’d personally not toss it but I really have no choice .

DE FISH · Aug 27, 2022

Edward scissor hands

Rmckoy · Aug 27, 2022

Tigertail said:
It's so beautiful, I can't bring myself to toss it! I convinced my husband to let me set up my old 20 cube again.. I'm going to move a lot of it over.

The one part that confuses me ..
this stuff grows too fast . I have trouble keeping nitrates between 2.5 and 5 ppm
Phosphates are at 0.05
I have my skimmer return from the external skimmer going into the same compartment .
there is tons of flow in that section of the sump . But I still get the brown mushy feather dusters along with red cyano on the surface of the cheato .
I just stirred this up a little to take the picture

Ichtha_yo Stuff · Aug 28, 2022

With Macros one species in time will take over the tank. You need to trim it to keep it in check. The interesting thing is that one species is dominant then a growth months another might take the lead.