marine algae in brackish

[rjl420]

just reading over the brackish section at badmans site and came across something I had never thought of before.

After raising your specific gravity over 1.015, these plants will begin to die off and they should be replaced with marine algae such as Caulerpa.

anyone do this? seems it would be a logical step especially with monos and scats requiring marine conditions at adulthood. what other marine algaes and inverts can be introduced at 1.015+ if any?

 

[MonoSebaelover]

Well 1.015 is getting close to not being brackish anymore. So once you make it a saltwater tank you can put whatever saltwater creatures in you would like. The problem with this is Monos and Scats are NOT Reef Safe so they will attack inverts and may nip at corals. BTW, I don't know how well Caluerpa would fare at 1.015. It definetly grows faster at a higher salinity. Also Scats will destroy Caluerpa over time.

 

[cdawson]

does caluerpa just "grow" like regular algae, or do you need to purchase some at an LFS?

 

[OrionGirl]

You will need to purchase it, most likely. Occassionally it will be attached to a chunk of LR for sale, but it won't just show up like the micro algaes. Macro algaes are introduced intentionally.

 

[bksmith]

I keep my tank around 1.015. If I threw some caulerpa in the wet dry with a light, would it grow or do I need to do anything additiona. And just for clarification, the reason to do this would be that caulerpa reduces nitrates?

Thanks