Macro grows better in sand or on rocks?

kmerchant · 02/07/2006, 07:14 PM

I just bought an assortment of macro-algae. 2 kinds of Calupera and some other very wirery grass looking stuff. Will it grow better in the sand or should I put on rocks to grow?

Also, will Mex Turbo's eat this macro algae?

Thanks!

bluenassarius · 02/07/2006, 10:16 PM

mex turbos will gobble it up. sounds like you got some chaeto (wirey grass looking stuff)

3D-Reef · 02/08/2006, 06:05 PM

kmerchant
It depends on which ones you have.
For sand,rubble,or rock,
c. prolifa-flat blade..corkscrew
c.mexicana-fern like
c.racemosa - grape
c.peltata- straight stem,lolypop top
c. sertulariodes -bird's feather
c.verticllta - looks like grapes stacked on top of each other
c.serulata -saw blade
For mud or silt,
c.paspaloides -palm tree
c. cupressoides - square blades with saw tooth edges
c. lanuginosa -fat round rod(looks like spruce tree branch

Hope this helps.
Clay

02/07/2006, 07:14 PM	#1
kmerchant Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 36	Macro grows better in sand or on rocks? I just bought an assortment of macro-algae. 2 kinds of Calupera and some other very wirery grass looking stuff. Will it grow better in the sand or should I put on rocks to grow? Also, will Mex Turbo's eat this macro algae? Thanks!

02/07/2006, 10:16 PM	#2
bluenassarius retired algae slanger Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sac ra men to! Posts: 4,883	mex turbos will gobble it up. sounds like you got some chaeto (wirey grass looking stuff) __________________ half man / half algae ... true story Current Tank Info: tankless, on hiatus until further notice

02/08/2006, 06:05 PM	#3
3D-Reef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wichita,Ks Posts: 602	kmerchant It depends on which ones you have. For sand,rubble,or rock, c. prolifa-flat blade..corkscrew c.mexicana-fern like c.racemosa - grape c.peltata- straight stem,lolypop top c. sertulariodes -bird's feather c.verticllta - looks like grapes stacked on top of each other c.serulata -saw blade For mud or silt, c.paspaloides -palm tree c. cupressoides - square blades with saw tooth edges c. lanuginosa -fat round rod(looks like spruce tree branch Hope this helps. Clay