Red Gracilaria Feeding Algae

[reelredfish]

Will this go sexual and spread to my display?

I am looking for something beside the normal chato to grow so that I may also use it to feed when trimming.

I have never had luck getting fish to eat chato.

Can someone recommend to me what has worked best without going sexual?

 

[reelredfish]

Something like this mix...but I would be worried some of them would spread.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Caulerpa-Pr...64?pt=Coral_and_Live_Rock&hash=item27ea8e3308

 

[reelredfish]

Also and feedback on this one? Blue Ochtodes

 

[RockOn681]

I personally had a bad experience with Grape Caulerpa and had it go sexual and spread everywhere. It comes out relatively easy, but if I could do it again I would of not grown it.

 

[reelredfish]

That's what I wanted to hear...the truth

I will cross that one out as of right now I am leaning towards these 3. Feedback from people who have or had is appreciated.

Gracilaria?

Chaeto of course we all know this one it does not go sexual and spread all over display. But fish don't really eat it either.

Ulva?

 

[philosophile]

Gracileria grows okay.... Not super fast generally, but that might be dependent on which kind you get. but fish will definitely eat it. So will your snails, and everything else. Make sure you get a thick stem, otherwise it'll probably just die. I've never been successful at growing ulva in my tank. It tends to need rapid water movement and colder water.

 

[Subsea]

I would not consider Blue Ochtodesas a candidate for a refugium or to recycle by feeding to herbivores. It would be adipay macro.

I grow Red Ogo, Gracilaria Parvspora, commercially. It is a exceptionally fast grawing Red Gracilaria. I don't think it does well under LED. It requires at least 5W per gallon of full spectrum lighting. I grow it in a greenhouse in the Texas Hill Country with at least 300 PAR.

I find Ulva exceptionally easy and adaptable. The waters off the Californa coast are cold. It may a differrent species.

Fish will eat any Gracilaria species or Ulva species. I do not recommend LED for macro algae. It is a hit or miss deal. Use cheap compact florescents at 5000 kelvin.

 

[Maximus]

I would not consider Blue Ochtodesas a candidate for a refugium or to recycle by feeding to herbivores. It would be adipay macro.

I grow Red Ogo, Gracilaria Parvspora, commercially. It is a exceptionally fast grawing Red Gracilaria. I don't think it does well under LED. It requires at least 5W per gallon of full spectrum lighting. I grow it in a greenhouse in the Texas Hill Country with at least 300 PAR.

I find Ulva exceptionally easy and adaptable. The waters off the Californa coast are cold. It may a differrent species.

Fish will eat any Gracilaria species or Ulva species. I do not recommend LED for macro algae. It is a hit or miss deal. Use cheap compact florescents at 5000 kelvin.

Do you feel that CF bulbs are better than LED's when it comes to growth? May I ask why? I just ordered a par38 LED bulb for my refugium and now I am rethinking it. Thanks.