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02/08/2008, 08:55 PM
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Does Caulerpa cause this??????
I was told that Caulerpa will crash a tank if it does not receive light 24 hours a day. Is this true. I have aot of it as well as chaeto in my fuge.
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02/08/2008, 08:57 PM
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It can if it goes sexual. Some say 24 hour lighting prevents this. Some say it won't. I just stay away.
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02/08/2008, 08:58 PM
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I agree 100%
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02/08/2008, 09:02 PM
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so just pull it out and use chaeto to reduce nitrates??????
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02/08/2008, 09:04 PM
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Yes i would. What kind of substrate do you have? SSB,DSB,or BB? Water changes work well for reducing nitrates too. 
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02/08/2008, 09:10 PM
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In the tank itself I have a shalllow bed of aragonite. I my fuge i have a layer of miracle mud then aragonite the mm again. MY trates are running 20. water changes are not affecting it at all. I only feed a pinch of food once daily.
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02/08/2008, 09:26 PM
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I always usually have a little nitrate. I could never get it to go down to 0. maybe it's because I have too much fish, or that I never used a nitrate remover. try one of those nitrate remover media in a phosban reactor or something.
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