Hi, I've got a red macro that I lost the info for. I think it might be red wire Gelidium. sorry for the photo quality my phones a bit better then a potato with the up-close stuff. When I bought it originally it was in a clump. It will attach to rocks or other leaf algae's and hold on. It along with my green Ulva have been in my sump for probably a year keeping the display clean.
I recently upped my 30 gal to a 55 and my 10 that this was in into the 30 to give everything some room to grow. Plan is to eventually get display and sump into their own respective 75's. Anyway back on track. I'd like to make sure I got it right what this is so I can make sure I have good flow for it. I'm thinking about trying to get it to attach to some plastic canvas like some use for algae scrubbers since its so good at attaching to rocks.
Its hard to tell from the images but my Amphipods love this stuff they are in it all the time and have been breading like crazy. makes it easy to pull out a clump swish it around in the main tank and give my fish a live teat. what ever lives sticks around the rocks and seem to assist in general maintenance.
Any way, If anyone can confirm that would be awesome. I read that reds are a bit more of a pain so I hope I've given enough info. On a side note, everything I've read so far considers this stuff a nuisance. Is it due to its latching onto rocks? Other then that it is a lovely algae in my opinion and does well with keeping my levels in check.
I recently upped my 30 gal to a 55 and my 10 that this was in into the 30 to give everything some room to grow. Plan is to eventually get display and sump into their own respective 75's. Anyway back on track. I'd like to make sure I got it right what this is so I can make sure I have good flow for it. I'm thinking about trying to get it to attach to some plastic canvas like some use for algae scrubbers since its so good at attaching to rocks.
Its hard to tell from the images but my Amphipods love this stuff they are in it all the time and have been breading like crazy. makes it easy to pull out a clump swish it around in the main tank and give my fish a live teat. what ever lives sticks around the rocks and seem to assist in general maintenance.
Any way, If anyone can confirm that would be awesome. I read that reds are a bit more of a pain so I hope I've given enough info. On a side note, everything I've read so far considers this stuff a nuisance. Is it due to its latching onto rocks? Other then that it is a lovely algae in my opinion and does well with keeping my levels in check.
