Been there done that with calurpea. It can get to be quite invasive
to the point its hold fasts get into liverock pores etc and it is just
about impossible to get rid of. Chaeto is best to have unless of
course you have veggie eaters like tangs, then they will keep the
calurpea in check, and probably more than likely devastate it that it
will not propagate to well. I do not keep large fish nor do I keep
tangs, however I am partial to foxface / rabbit fish.

n Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:31:27 -0500, Add Homonym
wrote:

KurtG wrote:

I have an anemone that didn't look so hot, so I finally sat down with a
notebook and started working through my jr. chemistry set.

Arg! Eye popping levels of nitrate! I only had ten gallons of water
mixed up, so exchanged that. And, I put the fish on a crash diet. I've
only had the protein skimmer running for 72 hrs, but that should help.

All my other levels are normal except for Ca+ which is 600ppm.

I'll continue doing water changes as soon as the salt water gets 24 hrs
to stand.

Anything else I can do? (Remember: I'm a newbie.)

--Kurt

Best thing for Nitrates is macro algae. They will absorb it (it's a
fertilizer)

If you have a lit sump or refugium, put some Chaetomorpha or Calurpa in
it (Calerpa pulls the niates down faster, IME)

Or you can stick either straight in your tank if you have no sump or
fuge. Problem is your livestock may munch on it (less so with the caheto
than the calerpa, but I have seen tangs munch on chaeto...)



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