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Posted by swhastan on August 22, 2005, 8:00 pm
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More light can help it.
Also, 6700K is better than 14000K.
>a couple of months ago i bought a bunch of calerpa on a small piece of live
>rock and it doesnt seem to be growing any. i have it in the second chamber
>of my sump with a single powerglo 14000K tube running 24/7. i did a
>cutting and placed it in the main tank but my yellow tang made short work
>of that. i see others having to trim their calerpa because its growing like
>a weed and taking over the sump.
> I'm not so lucky. i have a RIO 1700 return pump so the water flow isnt
> too high on a 40G tank but i do have a Aqua medic SL1000 Multi skimmer in
> the sumps last chamber.
> other algae is flourishing so why isnt this?
>
> R
>
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>rock and it doesnt seem to be growing any. i have it in the second chamber
>of my sump with a single powerglo 14000K tube running 24/7. i did a
>cutting and placed it in the main tank but my yellow tang made short work
>of that. i see others having to trim their calerpa because its growing like
>a weed and taking over the sump.
> I'm not so lucky. i have a RIO 1700 return pump so the water flow isnt
> too high on a 40G tank but i do have a Aqua medic SL1000 Multi skimmer in
> the sumps last chamber.
> other algae is flourishing so why isnt this?
>
> R
>