Nutrients export

[sjsoto]

POST ANY NATURAL NUTRIENTS EXPORT BEING USED, SUCH AS "SEA PLANTS". DONT POST HOW YOU USE VODKA OR SUCH, JUST NATURAL MEANS. THANKS,

AFTER DEBATING WHAT TYPE OF ALGAE TO USE I NOTICED MOST MR MEMBERS USE CHAETO. BUT ALSO SAW THAT SOME USING IT STILL HAVE EXCESS NUTRIENTS IN TANK, FOR EXAMPLE http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/advanced-reefs/54871-denitrifier.html.

WHILE STILL LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BETTER THAN CHAETO SAW DOCUMENTARY ON "KILLER ALGAE". http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/61039-killer-algae-science-channel.html
NOW THAT IS ONE NUTRIENT ABSORBER. ASKED DOM IF HE HAS ANY AND MENTIONED HIS DIED CAUSE IT WAS OUTCOMPETED BY Caulerpa prolifera

MY VOTE GOES TO Caulerpa prolifera.

I HAD Caulerpa prolifera ALREADY...LOL....

POST WHAT YOU USE AND HOW GOOD OF AN ABSORBER IS IT.

 

[reefman]

i choose cheatos cause of the inablity to go asexual.

 

[sjsoto]

Good point...:scratch:

 

[Bob 1000]

I have used the form of calerpa prolifera I have" the best" for years and have never heard of anyone telling me it's gone asexual... It's hands down the best nutrient export.. Caulerpa prolifera grows leaves out of other leaves, the stuff I have doesn't.. This is why I say the form I have and got other people into.. Nothing else out grows it...

 

[sjsoto]

ANY PICS OF IT TOBIN? THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE MINE.
MINE LOOKS LIKE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caulerpa_prolifera.JPG
BUT GREENER AND HEALTHIER. IF I DONT HAVE SAME AS YOU CAN I GET SOME OF "THE BEST" LOL...

 

[Bob 1000]

Similiar but you see the leaf growing out of the other leaf in your picture, mines doesn't do that..

 

[sjsoto]

I see, guess i have best as well...lol...

 

[Bob 1000]

Can't talk about natural nutrient export without talking about the best,,,,Cheesy but true..

 

[sjsoto]

Lol...nice forest you got going on,

 

[sjsoto]

Do you have in display tank? If not what type of lighting do you use FOR ALGAE?

 

[Bob 1000]

It will cover the whole bottom of my 300 piano.. I'm going back to the old look in my tank..

 

[sjsoto]

THEN Im sure you wont have any problems with nitrate.

 

[Bob 1000]

I see, guess i have best as well...lol...

Where did you get it from??? Probably me,,,lol.. My denitrifier keeps my nitrates at 0 all the time I have been nitrate free for about 2+ years now It really helps the fish and corals immune system.. My corals should be dead after 2 months of bulb switching and calcium and Alk sways..

 

[sjsoto]

Got it from raymond (mray). Built a sump for me and gave me it for free.

 

[Bob 1000]

Yeah you got it from me,,lol.. Alot of people in boston have it also.. Butg here in NY 9out 10 people got it from me wether directly or indirectly... That's why it's the best it grows faster than any macro algae out there..

 

[Dre]

I wonder if it originally came from Arizona LOL may i have some?

 

[Bob 1000]

Dre, of course you can have some,,lol.. It originally came from the Long Island Sound, but it no longer grows there... THis was in 96'.....

 

[Wes]

i stick to the ol skimmer, GFO, and water change regimen.

 

[cali_reef]

i stick to the ol skimmer, GFO, and water change regimen.

That sound more efficient and more predictable.

 

[Bob 1000]

There are some people that don't run skimmers gfo and just grow macro or hair algae.. I haven't seen these systems in a long term scenario though.. It would be nice if someone who has done just macro could post a pic or some pars.. I do water changes very few times a year, like once or twice and have beautiful coral colors...
I also use a a Natureef denitrifier that's chemical reactions also put trace elements into the water.. Run a huge PM calcium reactor and a skimmer with a "seemingly" endless rating...