Hello ;-).
I have been interested in macro-algae lately (if you can believe anyone can be interested in algae, heh) after noticing the algae at LiveAquaria.com, also called the 'marine plant' section, which is found here. I am usually more interested in flora rather than fauna so I figured it would be cool to have a Macro-Algae tank. Is it possible to do this in a small tank like an eclipse 3 with supplements of iron and magnesium? The eclipse 3 has 6 watts of lighting (just standard bulbs, not specialty) so I figure that I would need to upgrade it. Would something like this work?
I definitely wouldn't put fish in such a tank but should I put a shrimp or starfish in? Also would you recommend putting a small coral in, as well? Or should I avoid that?
Thanks ;-)
I have been interested in macro-algae lately (if you can believe anyone can be interested in algae, heh) after noticing the algae at LiveAquaria.com, also called the 'marine plant' section, which is found here. I am usually more interested in flora rather than fauna so I figured it would be cool to have a Macro-Algae tank. Is it possible to do this in a small tank like an eclipse 3 with supplements of iron and magnesium? The eclipse 3 has 6 watts of lighting (just standard bulbs, not specialty) so I figure that I would need to upgrade it. Would something like this work?
I definitely wouldn't put fish in such a tank but should I put a shrimp or starfish in? Also would you recommend putting a small coral in, as well? Or should I avoid that?
Thanks ;-)