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Originally Posted by OneDummHikk
As for growing algae to control algae, do you have an ant farm at your house to control the ants?
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Nope, but if I could come up with a species of ant that wouldn't tare up my yard or attack small children, but would eradicate fire ants, I shore would. I would get rich breeding and selling ants so that others could fight ants with ants as well.
The process of fighting fire with fire seems ridiculous too. Until you understand how it works, and why it is common place with forestry departments across the globe. I can't help but to think that you understand how fighting algae with algae works, and yet you still keep making comments as to how ridiculous it sounds. Sure it sounds ridiculous, but it works. I can come up with plenty of information showing that it works, but you will be unable to come up with a shred of evidence to show that it doesn't. Why does it matter how ridiculous it sounds if it works?
I understand that you don't want to use it in your system, and that's cool. If others want to use it in their systems and the only negative thing you can come up with, to discourage them, is that it sounds ridiculous, maybe they shouldn't be discouraged.
If you told someone not to use Caulerpa because it can crash, turn the water white, and cause soft corals to discharge nasty chemicals, I would have your back.
I use Caulerpa in my systems, but I don't advise that others should use it. What's good for me and my system may not be good for the average hobbyist. A big honkin skimmer, settling tank, and weekly water changes may work for some, but it may not work well for the average hobbyist. I know for a fact that if I had to change water every weekend because my skimmer wasn't dealing with everything I want dealt with, I would not be in the hobby. If I can employ methods that deal with issues that the skimmer doesn't and it reduces the amount of maintenance I have to do on the system, I'm going to. I'm not going to change water every weekend. It's just not gonna happen. No matter how automated I make the system. Algae is one of the tools that helps keep my system healthy until I get time to change water.
All the OP wanted to know is if they should install a wet/dry or refuge. We all understand the problems with putting wet/dry filters on reef tanks. Refuges on the other hand provide multiple bennifits for the system. We have no legitimate reason to discourage the OP from installing one.
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I just prefer to try to starve it than feed it, thats all.
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That's what algae in a connected tank outside the DT will do. It will starve algae that would otherwise grow in the DT.
Just for the record though. I don't grow algae to fight algae. I grow algae to insure that phosphate levels remain low, so that calcification isn't restricted. I use Mexican Turbo snails to fight algae.
