Do you have Chaeto? Scientific study seeks your input!!

[disc1]

PM sent

 

[mfinn]

anything happen with this?

 

[disc1]

I never got anything. I'm starting to worry who I just sent my address to.

 

[mfinn]

I never got anything. I'm starting to worry who I just sent my address to.

yeah, me too.

 

[dukduk]

Their funding probably got pulled from under them, very common in GovGuam if that's who was the main backer.

 

[Coelli]

Cheato is crazy - I have two huge balls of it in two tanks that has grown from a few (3 or 4) strands that came with some gracilaria. It's been harvested, too. I could see it becoming a problem. I rinse it and toss it in my garden.

 

[sschnelk]

Can we take this thread down since several people (myself included) have sent their home address to someone who clearly isn't doing a study (at least not anymore)

 

[Ixodes]

I think this is a great study and I'm surprised there aren't more researchers requesting samples of the animals and plants in our tanks. I would urge the moderator not to take this thread down - research is rarely 'linear' and it can take a surprisingly long time to do even the smallest things (e.g. sending out sample containers) with everything else going on. On the same note, I'd also urge the researcher who initiated this thread to contact the people who've sent their contact information and give them a status update.

 

[JWClark]

Can we take this thread down since several people (myself included) have sent their home address to someone who clearly isn't doing a study (at least not anymore)

This is why I was hesitant to provide any info--especially since there was no real engagement in scientific discussion from my original post.

Hey Ixodes, watch out for the Borellia burgdorferi!

 

[Ixodes]

This is why I was hesitant to provide any info--especially since there was no real engagement in scientific discussion from my original post.

Hey Ixodes, watch out for the Borellia burgdorferi!

We should probably all be watching out for Borrelia considering how much of a problem it's become in the past decade or two! Sounds like you do some cool work JWClark, I'd love to hear more about it some time (but I don't want to hijack this thread!).

 

[BFG]

Why would chaeto be blamed when the root of the problem is excess nutrient in the water? You cant blame an organic matter that grows when there is food around it. Its growth is dependend on what it can consume, so if there are ample nutrient level plus sunlight, it will react, as in photosynthesis and grow. We should see the wild chaetomorpha as an indicator to the nutrient in the water as oppose to it being a reef killer.

 

[gavinsepanik]

can a mod close this thread please

 

[killinit123]

email sent would love to help

 

[killinit123]

wow just discovered this second page to find out people aren't even getting anything in the mail after sending their home address. and now I am one of those people!! anyone ever hear anything about this? quite concerned now that i just sent my info too someone in guam!

 

[Dino]

Hello guys, sorry this was just brought to our attention. I'm going to be going ahead and unsticking all these threads since so many say they haven't heard anything. I'm not sure why but as far as we're aware there isn't any reason to be alarmed at this time. This is the university contact info page for the OP.

http://www.uog.edu/anna-simeon

You can find all kinds of links about her on google if you type in "Anna Simeon" guam . Everything from youtube videos of her speaking on coral reef topics to research papers written by her. So as far as we know, she's legit and not some crazy overseas scammer .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xgg3WOTljQ