What are some good REef Safe Plants??

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Bigjbones

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I was doing some researrch for reef safe plants (that go in sand bed) that are VERY benificial to reef tanks? Can you guys recommend any plants ? ( some that are good at keeping nitrite down/beatifically good to tanks / etc)
 
Well, yeah, if you want fauna that digs in to the sandbed, it's going to be caulerpa/grape caulerpa. It's roots grow in to everything. There's also seagrass, but that is a little harder to care for because you need very high lighting, and CO2 for the plants to really thrive. You could definitely keep them alive without CO2 but it won't look as nice.
 
Never heard of people keeping kelp in the aquarium. I think it gets to be gigantic, so it doesn't fit in any small sized aquariums. I think it grows too big for even the largest of home aquariums. Not sure though.
 
That does look really awesome. I guess there are smaller variations of kelp.
 
I would imagine most kelps need cooler water than what you would expect in a reef though...
 
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