algae

leveldrummer · 03-30-2006, 05:56 PM

i was just at the lfs, talking to the fella about my sump configuration, he was saying that putting a light over my sump to keep the macro algae, is just going to cause problems with other algae, does this have any truth to it? or is he full of it? any thoughts?? or an explanation of why hes wrong please?

**Fishfirst** · 03-30-2006, 08:59 PM

Full of it... your macro will out compete other forms of algae by using nitrates phosphates and other compounds needed for micro algae growth.

**Osiris** · 03-30-2006, 09:15 PM

ok, go kick that guy in the balls please at the LFS! Macroalgae is a freakin plant, hence photosynthesis hence him the reason we're kickin him in the balls.

It needs light to live, ask him what the purpose of the sun is in that shines on our planet then please

leveldrummer · 03-30-2006, 10:19 PM

i figured, he was trying to talk me out of the algae and light because it would create tons of hair algae and it would clog my skimmer and return. i just smiled and said wow thanks, dont want to piss him off yet, he has super cheap live rock, with tons of pink and purple and hitch hikers and cool stuff, at 4.99 a pound, its the cheapest ive seen.

**Fishfirst** · 03-31-2006, 09:51 PM

wow... hook me up!

**TheOldSalt** · 04-01-2006, 07:25 AM

Yeah, really! I'm close enough to drive up there in 4 hours, too. I think maybe I'll do that one of these days, come to think of it.

A lot of shop owners don't know much about the wonders of mud & macroalgae filters yet, so I guess we can cut the guy a little bit of slack, unless he was just being a real stooge about it.

leveldrummer · 04-01-2006, 11:09 AM

not being a stooge, its just hard to talk to people like this still, because i dont know all the facts myself yet, and when he throws up something that i havent thought of, i start to question it... but ill be getting some rock soon, all my levels are great, so i will let you all know whether he gives me the good stuff of the bad. he has 2 tanks next to each other, one is packed with great looking rock, and one has pretty much base rock in it, and i didnt ask which he sold, the good stuff might just be his seed tank.

03-30-2006, 05:56 PM	#1
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933 User Feedback: (1)	algae i was just at the lfs, talking to the fella about my sump configuration, he was saying that putting a light over my sump to keep the macro algae, is just going to cause problems with other algae, does this have any truth to it? or is he full of it? any thoughts?? or an explanation of why hes wrong please?

03-30-2006, 08:59 PM	#2
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,489 User Feedback: (1)	Full of it... your macro will out compete other forms of algae by using nitrates phosphates and other compounds needed for micro algae growth. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

03-30-2006, 09:15 PM	#3
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,648 User Feedback: (12)	ok, go kick that guy in the balls please at the LFS! Macroalgae is a freakin plant, hence photosynthesis hence him the reason we're kickin him in the balls. It needs light to live, ask him what the purpose of the sun is in that shines on our planet then please __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

03-31-2006, 09:51 PM	#5
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,489 User Feedback: (1)	wow... hook me up! __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

04-01-2006, 11:09 AM	#7
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933 User Feedback: (1)	not being a stooge, its just hard to talk to people like this still, because i dont know all the facts myself yet, and when he throws up something that i havent thought of, i start to question it... but ill be getting some rock soon, all my levels are great, so i will let you all know whether he gives me the good stuff of the bad. he has 2 tanks next to each other, one is packed with great looking rock, and one has pretty much base rock in it, and i didnt ask which he sold, the good stuff might just be his seed tank. __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

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03-30-2006, 10:19 PM	#4
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933 User Feedback: (1)	i figured, he was trying to talk me out of the algae and light because it would create tons of hair algae and it would clog my skimmer and return. i just smiled and said wow thanks, dont want to piss him off yet, he has super cheap live rock, with tons of pink and purple and hitch hikers and cool stuff, at 4.99 a pound, its the cheapest ive seen.

04-01-2006, 07:25 AM	#6
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,047 User Feedback: (5)	Yeah, really! I'm close enough to drive up there in 4 hours, too. I think maybe I'll do that one of these days, come to think of it. A lot of shop owners don't know much about the wonders of mud & macroalgae filters yet, so I guess we can cut the guy a little bit of slack, unless he was just being a real stooge about it.

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