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Unread 02/17/2011, 05:40 PM   #91
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Originally Posted by rysher View Post
can i use the algae growing in my scrubber to feed my herbivores?
Yes. It's the same as growing plants in a refugium for the purpose of feeding to the fish. The plants take stuff out, fish eat the stuff, digest and release the stuff, the plants take the stuff out....

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also, when my copepods grow in my ATS, can i wash/wiggle them a bit in the DT before i scrub them out so th pods go in the DT for food to my wrasse?
I do this occasionally to release the pods back into the tank. You have to have a pretty mature screen to do it, or else the strands tend to break off. I did this a couple times at 6 to 8 weeks of growth no problem.



But if you have herbivores, they'll eat it, and the screen will out-compete algae growth in the tank from anything that breaks away.


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