Growing Macro Algae

I starting filling my refugium with macro algae today. Thursday I filled it with 20 pounds of live sand which came out to roughly 3 inches of sand. Today I bought some chaetomorpha and Caulerpa of different varieties and added them in.

There are a few Green Grape Caulerpa ( C. racemosa) , some Feather Caulerpa (C. sertularioides), and one other type I haven't identified yet.

The pink stuff is another macro algae that I ordered from another reefer in Rhode Island but it didn't ship all that well so it might not make it. Its in there in the hopes that it'll still grow though.

I'm hoping that the refugium will do well. There is already some detectable nitrates and phosphates in the water for them to use as food.

I'll need a more appropriate light eventually too. The one I have above the sump is 36 inches long and the sump is only about 18 inches so it hangs over the sides a bit :)

I should try to get some of the algae out of my 50 gallon tank to put in there too, its done a great job of keeping the nitrates and phosphates under control in that tank.