LF sea weed

[northbay-reefer]

Does anyone have any cool looking sea weed (not the one for sushi) they like to share? I want to turn one of my tank in to a refugium with different type of plants.

 

[zeroinverse]

Woohoo!!! I plan to do that too... Growout macros... Eventually for seahorse tank... Hehehe

Just make sure it gets fed (running higher nitrate levels and a calcium reactor should help with increased CO2 levels in water. Better put it somewhere downstream of calcium reactor if you can.

I have to check what survived in my lit "overflow region" chamber...
I used to have these...
-Codium
-Gracilaria Mammillaris
-Red Palm
-Violet Dreams
-dragon's breath

I used to have blue ochotodes but it disappeared on me.

 

[northbay-reefer]

Nice, lets start collecting. I'll share what I have with you once I can get my hands on them.

 

[Dragonvale]

I have some dragonbreath in the sump. Higher lighting would be needed to get the tips orange. I started off with clippings 2-3 inches now its bigger.

 

[northbay-reefer]

I love a piece of the dragonbreat if you have some extra.

 

[gonzalez78]

I recently noticed a growth in my sump about an 1" in length. grows a vine and then some leaves on it. looks pretty cool but if i'm going to install the ATS i'm sure it will starve to death. yours if you want it Tom. sorry don't know what it is though.

 

[zeroinverse]

Gonzalez just make sure it is not caulerpa...

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulerpa

Some types are no illegal to release into California water sewage areas... Causes excessive overgrowth & competes with other plants in ecosystem.

Reason it is often bad in aquarium is because if you don't light your macroalgae filter 24/7, it can go asexual and release spores that will go into your tank an overrun your display tank.

 

[gonzalez78]

why is it that when i looked up caulerpa it looked different. while it does have the vine, the leaves look different more shorter. then again it is still very small

 

[zeroinverse]

maybe it's oar grass?

 

[northbay-reefer]

If it's illegal then I definitely want it lol

 

[zeroinverse]

If it's illegal then I definitely want it lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulerpa_taxifolia
In 2000, the strain was found on the coast of California (U.S.A.), near San Diego, and also on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The California colonization was small enough to be considered controllable: it was covered with tarpaulin which was held down with sandbags at the edges of the infestation. Then chlorine was poured in through tubes which fed into certain openings in the tarpaulin: the interior of the tarpaulin filled up with chlorine and killed living organisms inside it, not only the unwanted alga but also fish, invertebrates and other seaweeds. The killing of such other organisms was not desirable but was deemed preferable to letting the plant grow unchecked.
The appearance off the California coast was most probably caused by an aquarium owner improperly dumping the contents, allowing C. taxifolia to flow through a storm sewer into the lagoon where the invasion was discovered. California has since passed a law forbidding the possession, sale or transport of Caulerpa taxifolia within the state. There is also a federal law under the Noxious Weed Act forbidding interstate sale and transport of the aquarium strain Caulerpa.
In July 2006, the alga had been declared eradicated from the two Southern California locations (Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad and Seagate Lagoon in Huntington).


http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/hcd/caulerpa.htm

 

[gonzalez78]

It's also not caulerpa taxifolia, ill get a picture of it tomorrow. It either came with my mangroves from Florida or my shaving brush from reefs2go

 

[gonzalez78]

Here's the picture of the macro I have, but now it's stuck to the side of the mason jar.

 

[gonzalez78]

Double post

 

[woodnaquanut]

Ah, I believe that to be Caulerpa masonjarafolia!

 

[gonzalez78]

Haha thanks for the ID John

 

[northbay-reefer]

After the swap, I am going to take the fuge off line so forget about the sea weed idea.

 

[gonzalez78]

I see, guess also Ron was right, it's caulerpa prolifera.