HOW TO Keep Marine MACROALGAE In A REEF Tank | Complete BEGINNERS GUIDE Planted Reef

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HOW TO Keep Marine MACROALGAE In A REEF Tank | Complete BEGINNERS GUIDE Planted Reef
In this video I present a complete guide to keeping marine macroalgae in a saltwater reef tank. This video should answer most of the common questions asked about keeping macroalgae.
Macroalgae isn't particularly "hard" to keep but there is a lot of finesse to keeping it happy for a long time in a reef tank.
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• Macro Algae
INTRO 00:00
WHICH TANK 01:25
WHICH SUBSTRATE 02:29
WATER QUALITY / SALT 03:59
WHICH LIGHTING 05:19
WHAT WATER TEMPERATURE 10:09
FLOW / FILTRATION 10:51
TANK MATURATION 13:04
WHICH FISH 15:09
CORALS WITH MACROALGAE 16:37
WHICH MACROALGAE GO TOGETHER 17:17
FERTILISERS 19:26
OUTRO 22:58
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@lorenzospina3174 2 жыл бұрын

You are a point of reference in the world for macroalgae , thank you so much 😉.

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks

@DanielKeepingFish 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic macro algae guide mate. Sure I'll hit the salt at some stage and when I do ill be coming straight back here. 👍

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Hopefully it will help

@rollerkitbird 2 жыл бұрын

Started off really basic but then you got into the good stuff... Thanks!

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video

@callmebigpapa Жыл бұрын

I totally agree I did an experiment on my salt tank years ago and add some Flourish Excel and it killed a lot of the tank. That said works great on my co2 pumped planted tank.

@homelessinvestor2000 7 ай бұрын

Great video!🎉 Lots to think about. Thank you

@sseeaahhaawwkkssrule975 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your information. Your video is full of useful information.

@jerry3sanchez 2 жыл бұрын

Wow nice!

@danielpietruczuk5811 2 жыл бұрын

Another outstanding info!

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@SequoiaElisabeth Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you. I will need to watch this several times, LOL. Lots of info here.

@EverydayAquarist Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@apss5736 2 жыл бұрын

awesome video and beautiful anthias.

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@algenkoenig 2 жыл бұрын

It's very interesting. I started my marine tank also with lava rocks. I had them already from my Brackish tank, which now went full marine. And everybody says, i can't use them, they realise toxine and so on, i need to 100% reef rocks or live rocks, otherwise it's Not a marine tank. Long story short, i am running this Setup now a little over a year, and macro algae and corals are growing very good. Also i got a high power freshwater led over my tank.

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@749cyyoung 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful tank u have! I think macro algaes are just as beautiful as corals!

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@apss5736 2 жыл бұрын

All your tanks give me British rockpool vibes with the algae and fish. Very natural

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@delouise17 Жыл бұрын

You touched on cycling, do you have a video for the macro tank cycle?

@stevegee8010 Жыл бұрын

Excellent guide. What about standard Flourish, that should be good?

@jackpt1981 Жыл бұрын

Great video and guidelines! As always :) Do you have any experience with differences between dosing iron chloride and iron gluconate?

@EverydayAquarist Жыл бұрын

Thanks, no I haven't

@jonniefast 10 ай бұрын

I was relieved when I saw we have the same light and brand😂

@jacksonsparrow8865 Ай бұрын

Can macro algae that looks like sea weed form on its own from just sunlight?

@kevinaronyk6081 Жыл бұрын

Great video ,very comprehensive. But one question I have is that I was growing Dragons breath {gracilaria}and it went sexual , and the main plants melted ,but now I have small tufts of red everywhere on my rock work. {I actually quite like it ,and it glows a nice reddish orange under blue light} The addition of some turbo snails is keeping it in check ,but I'm wondering if you know what it takes to trigger it to go into full blown vegetative growth again? I've looked on line and there is not much info that I can find.

@MaxelWong Жыл бұрын

Stay the course. Life finds a way. Keep the usual lighting schedule n feeding times.

@sokritlun1624 11 ай бұрын

Do you fertilizer the macro algae with something like Chaeto gro? If so how will it affect the corals?

@Hazynote253 4 ай бұрын

do you dip macroalgae in something like corals to prevent unwanted hitchhikers before you add them to your tank?

@annikajuliaroth4326 Жыл бұрын

Hey, would you recommend a freshwater pro Aquarianer that's highly interested in Saltwater to start with a macro alge tank? I don't want fish maybe just some crabs or nudibranches?

@briandixon4931 8 ай бұрын

What kind od rock you are using

@abhisekmukherjee3704 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! just curious how how you have platys in your saltwater setup ? thnx

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

I have videos on how to do it

@OstentatiousClown Жыл бұрын

Will Tail spot blenny eat macroalgae?

@lesterpobar5991 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Do you test iron level?

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. The tests are too expensive and not very accurate. You can tell by the algae colour

@lesterpobar5991 2 жыл бұрын

@@EverydayAquarist this is a good information. I will follow what you said in your videos. Thanks

@drewmartorelli8379 2 жыл бұрын

Is all that dark hardscape lava rock? I don't want my next macroalgae tank to look like a reef, so I'm hoping for an alternative to live/dry rock.

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

@leeandmandybattersby5958 2 жыл бұрын

i am planning in setting up a fish only with wrasses and valentino puffer do you know if i could add macro algaes or will they eat it thanks

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

Should be ok

@leeandmandybattersby5958 2 жыл бұрын

great thanks

@mystery8276 Жыл бұрын

hey I have the same what u keep it at?

@RafaelFerreira-du6tx 10 ай бұрын

so if you don't do water changes you can do flourish excel?

@OmniversalInsect 5 ай бұрын

Excel is an algicide.

@tonycloseukreef3799 2 жыл бұрын

Hi macroalgae must come with pests how can you solve this thanks

@EverydayAquarist 2 жыл бұрын

You can quarantine it or just live with them as I do. They are part of the ecosystem

@onschbacher 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like 7500K must be the light you need to look for

@christopherwharton6022 2 жыл бұрын

Um… if your tank was 24-26* it would be an ice cube, innit?

@Spooder1989 Жыл бұрын

metric...

@Chris-nn3vu Жыл бұрын

American spotted

@christopherwharton6022 Жыл бұрын

@@Chris-nn3vu the metric system is the stupidest thing ever invented.