Does any one do this?

by **Deltasigpony3648** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:02 pm

Hey been reeding online about zenia scrubbing does anyone do this and can tell me the benefits / drawbacks of doing this

by **fihsboy** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:59 pm

Theres a guy on here that swears by it. I forget his screen name though. hmmmmm......I heard its pretty affective.

by **Deltasigpony3648** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:11 pm

i use my zenia in my tank to tell me if anything is wrong it usually gives me a day or two warning if something is going to go wrong

by **fihsboy** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:13 pm

I heard they are pretty reliable for stuff like that. They will generally tell if the water parameters are stable or not.

by **schigara** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:38 pm

I have a 29g secondary refugium that I have a Zenia forest in. When I was running chaetomorpha, my nitrates would range from 5-20 and now with a Xenia scrubber for the past 6 months, nitrates are always at 0 and I actually feed my fish and coral more than I used to before Xenia.

Benefits:

Consumes more nutrients quicker than any macro algae I have ever used.

It's attractive so it doubles as a second display tank

When I prune it, the LFS gives me a store credit for it.

Cons:

Can't think of any.............

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:44 pm

wow.......... even your little tank looks badass......... perhaps someday mine will too.............. anyone care to explain zenia scrubbing?? aparently im the only one thats not informed

by **Deltasigpony3648** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:43 pm

from what i understand zenias eat up nitrates in the tank its like using macro algae or mangroves

Does any one do this?

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