Is My Refugium Healthy? help!!!!

Octopussie · #1 09/25/2007, 12:22 PM

well i have dual 10g refugiums one for grape calp and the other for cheato. i dont think my grape calp is doing so good. i think its loosing its grapes ans it has red stuff all over it (red slime alge?)and it looks like you can see little orange spots here and there. Please help!!!!!

homesidereef · #2 09/25/2007, 02:23 PM

Is there any flow inside that tank, aside from your feed pipe??..
water looks stagnant, that could be causing your red slime problem.

Octopussie · #3 09/25/2007, 04:33 PM

no thats the only flow, besides the protein skimmer. should i get a power head and put it in there?

rogergolf66 · #4 09/26/2007, 03:29 PM

I have a power head in my refugium 27 gallons got about 240GPH plus 500GPH from overflow.

I would add one if I was you

Octopussie · #5 10/04/2007, 12:31 PM

well i ditched the calp. i went with mangroves instead.
i think it looks good now how about you?

rogergolf66 · #6 10/04/2007, 12:46 PM

how long have you had them in there?

LockeOak · #7 10/04/2007, 02:45 PM

They're certainly cute and cooler than the caulerpa, though I don't know if they'll pull as many nutrients from the water. That's what the chaeto is for though. Thanks for the idea, I might put a few of those in my new fuge just because I like the idea of growing trees in my aquarium

Octopussie · #8 10/04/2007, 07:29 PM

the mangroves 4 days and the cheato 4 months

rogergolf66 · #9 10/04/2007, 07:52 PM

good luck with the mangroves they are tough when they come with leaves already on them. what lighting do you have?

IndigoSea · #10 10/05/2007, 10:51 AM

That looks great! Watch out for the styrofoam though, that stuff is highly flammable (I wouldn't worry, but under the tank where there are electrical wires all over the place...eeeeehhhh.

Octopussie · #11 10/05/2007, 06:57 PM

well i just bought some more live sand and put it in my mangrove refugium, now i can plant them in the substrate. but i didnt buy enough the mangroves are 1 - 3 in out of the water

rogergolf66 · #12 10/05/2007, 08:19 PM

well I don't know if you want them to grow in the substrate. carefull with that the roots are very strong. It will take a long time but they will grow through the seems of the tank and cause a leak. Just thought you should know.

Roger

malnurs · #13 10/12/2007, 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by Octopussie
well i just bought some more live sand and put it in my mangrove refugium, now i can plant them in the substrate. but i didnt buy enough the mangroves are 1 - 3 in out of the water

you can leave them how they are or plant them. they roots will grow to reach the sand. that's how they do it in the wild. I just have one red mangrove in my refuge and it's growing great. I had it planted for about 5 months and had to move so i removed it then put it back in. after 5 months the roots grew 3-4 inches in every direction. Really cool to see!

Oh yeah. I have a deep sand bed as well. of between 4-5 inches.

Chris

malnurs · #14 10/12/2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by rogergolf66
well I don't know if you want them to grow in the substrate. carefull with that the roots are very strong. It will take a long time but they will grow through the seems of the tank and cause a leak. Just thought you should know.

Roger

I thought that this was only a problem with acrilyic tanks. I might be wrong though.

Chris

rogergolf66 · #15 10/12/2007, 02:30 PM

good question Im not sure either.

Roger

malnurs · #16 10/12/2007, 03:06 PM

love your photobucket. great pictures!

rogergolf66 · #17 10/12/2007, 03:40 PM

who?

malnurs · #18 10/13/2007, 02:16 AM

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Originally posted by malnurs
love your photobucket. great pictures!

haha. i could have sworn i put your name on there. oh well.
i meant you roger. haha my bad.
chris

rogergolf66 · #19 10/13/2007, 04:48 AM

Thanks Malnurs