deepseadan
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hopefully others will learn from my refugium mistakes. Specifically, choose your micro algae cautiously. I've had my fuge for a couple years, and I've been battling a type of red (furry) looking algae the whole time. It blocks the water flow, light and eventually trys to make its way into the tank. It basically chokes out everything in the fuge. I also had a type of caulerpa algae which rooted everywhere and also tried to make its way into the tank. Yesterday, I finally had enough, so I completely cleaned and hosed down my sump. It took hours and was a pain. This time I'm only going to have chaetomorpha. My big mistake was I went to my local fish store and they grabbed a big handful from there sump and sold it to me. Don't make the same mistake, I guarantee you'll regret it down the road.