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Old 01/07/2008, 11:06 PM
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you can grow mangroves under the same compact fluorescent lights, I have done it
I'm not saying you can't. It was a hypothetical supposing that you found out you needed more space and higher lighting to get growth and uptake rates comparable to macroalgae (which is very likely to be true). In that case running mangroves as opposed to macroalgae for nutrient export doesn't make much sense.

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Is it possible through use of a refugium to outstrip the nitrates and phosphates in the water column so eventually the cheato or mangroves die off
Yes.
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