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Re: Digest for detr-@topica.com, issue 257	Carlos Sanchez
	Jul 09, 2003 09:58 PDT

Are you using full strength sea water? From all the sites we (seagrass lab at FIU) collect in Florida Bay and Atlantic, we only find Ruppia in brackish water right up near the Everglades. Halodule, Syringodium, and Thalassia are all over Florida Bay though. Last week, we found two species of Halophila growing in really turbid water that didn't support the three other species. The "low light" seagrasses. :) Carlos   Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:25:14 -0400 From: Thomas Barr <tcb-@earthlink.net>; Subject: Re: Excellent beginners coral article...   My wife and I are thinking of building a sump with an area for some Miracle Mud and some sort of legal-in-CA macro alge. Are there any good designs for a sump that would work well with a 72 gal tank? I am going to be using a Ruppia species for a planted Marine tank and it should do very well. There are a number of species of Calupera, only the C taxifolia is illegal in CA I believe. C mexicana is used often and looks similar, Chaetamopha is often used also(No problem sexual stages/melt downs etc). Go bring a bucket out to Pt Reyes/Bodega etc and get your own "mud". The local Ulva should work also.   The tank is dry and we are still researching options. A 20 gallon refuge with a 55w 6700K bulb will do well. 1-2" mud and cap with aragonite 2"-4". Regards, Tom Barr ------------------------------ End of detr-@topica.com digest, issue 257 _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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