Kelp ????
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RicksReefs
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Sargassum sp.
i've never had luck keeping it alive for more than
a month. hopefully you have better luck.
i've never had luck keeping it alive for more than
a month. hopefully you have better luck.
thetedinator
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RicksReefs said:
Thanks. It's thriving. Going on 5 months now. Any idea how to propogate it?
Ted
RicksReefs
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nope, i can only tell you how to kill it 
kmk2307
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Hi Ted,
Every time I've taken a cutting of Sargassum and tried to move it somewhere else, the cutting died. I'm not sure if it needs to have a holdfast to survive or what the deal it is. You might want to try taking a small cutting and rubber banding it down to a rock horizontally and see if it forms new rhizoids.
Good luck,
Kevin
Every time I've taken a cutting of Sargassum and tried to move it somewhere else, the cutting died. I'm not sure if it needs to have a holdfast to survive or what the deal it is. You might want to try taking a small cutting and rubber banding it down to a rock horizontally and see if it forms new rhizoids.
Good luck,
Kevin
sargassum roots
sargassum roots
HI!:
Kevin is right, sargassum seems to anchor on the rock I had a kelp forest in my tank. I had to remove 80lbs of rock is was out of control in my main tank. I noticed that it seems to grow better under metal halides than the pc lamp I have on my mudd filter.
The sargassum absorbs the nutrients in my tank alot quicker than caulerpa, I took a couple of rocks filled with sargassum & put it in my sump under pc lamp & it is growing but not as fast as under halides.
Dan
sargassum roots
HI!:
Kevin is right, sargassum seems to anchor on the rock I had a kelp forest in my tank. I had to remove 80lbs of rock is was out of control in my main tank. I noticed that it seems to grow better under metal halides than the pc lamp I have on my mudd filter.
The sargassum absorbs the nutrients in my tank alot quicker than caulerpa, I took a couple of rocks filled with sargassum & put it in my sump under pc lamp & it is growing but not as fast as under halides.
Dan
