What is the most common seagrass the Gigantea's are found around?

[Gigantea]

Anybody know?

 

[taylor t]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2413041

Good question. Pete needs to bag some before he comes home next time!

 

[Gigantea]

Found a couple good write-ups on seagrass.



The first is by Anthony Calfo:

http://www.reefland.com/2012/07/19/...rue-flowering-plants-in-your-marine-aquarium/






The second is by By Charles & Linda Raabe on Mactan Island, in The Philippines:

http://chucksaddiction.com/seagrass.html






The three species I'm going to put in my aquarium after the sand is ready and mature are these:

1. Thalassia Testudinum

2. Halophila Ovalis

3. Halophila Decipiens



Here's a good place to order:

http://live-plants.com/

http://marineplantbook.com/marineplantbookseagrass.htm

 

[Butchhe]

I really like the way Thalassia Testudinum, or any wide blade leaf looks in a tank. Not only does it look good but helps in excess nutrient absorption...winning!

 

[Gigantea]

I agree!

 

[elegance coral]

I like your avatar.
https://imageshack.com/i/70editedba1j

 

[Gigantea]

I like your avatar.
https://imageshack.com/i/70editedba1j

Been wondering who's gig that was. Look like he faded out in the rest of ur pics. Where do you find that gig?

 

[LelandF.]

I have thalassia and syringodium in my tanks. I always find some washed up on the beach in florida. Last year, there was a storm over night, and the next morning we found enough thalassia, and syringodium to fill a 5 gallon bucket, all just floating in the shallow water, or washed onto the beach. The syringodium grows very fast, but tangs and other herbivors with eat it. The thalassia grows slowly, and wouldnt do much to reduce nutrients IMO. Thalassia also needs intense lighting to do well. Mine are under 400watt MH.

Leland

 

[Gigantea]

I have thalassia and syringodium in my tanks. I always find some washed up on the beach in florida. Last year, there was a storm over night, and the next morning we found enough thalassia, and syringodium to fill a 5 gallon bucket, all just floating in the shallow water, or washed onto the beach. The syringodium grows very fast, but tangs and other herbivors with eat it. The thalassia grows slowly, and wouldnt do much to reduce nutrients IMO. Thalassia also needs intense lighting to do well. Mine are under 400watt MH.

Leland

Leland, would you sell me some!

I want some turtle grass.

 

[taylor t]

There's about 10+ species in my tanks. I don't recognize all of them on that website selling. I'm guessing most of mine are nuisance algae, I didn't put most of them in, only a couple. These are a few I recognized in your link. They've all transferred from tank to tank.

HALYMENIA - It's red and slimy. Slow grower. Kind of nice looking.
CAULERPA MEXICANA - a royal pain to get all of it out, grows fast, roots deep into rock.
CAULERPA RACEMOSA VAR. PELTATA - Not sure this is an exact match, I always called it grape algae. Grows like grapes. Another royal pain, a few of the "grapes" disconnect and go all over when I try to remove it. Stays pretty well clumped together, but always a few get loose.
GRACILARIA SP. - This stuff roots too well, It's tough to remove. grows in slimy bunches, stays kind of small, but spreads all over. It's the stuff around my overflows that I can't really get off.
The rest I have, came from either the rocks, or sheet algae I fed the tangs over the years.

Maybe this is the hidden secret to keeping gigs happy.... Iron!
I've been meaning to order another wet side for the last year.


I don't own any completely white buckets. This is as clean as I've got.


I changed 3 buckets of this, this morning. They all look the same.




Here's during the water change. You can see the red algae by the overflow I can't remove easily.


Here's an AFTER shot of algae removal. Before I added new water, pumps all off for the last 15 minutes here.


Maybe keeping gigs happy has something to do with the algae? Something it puts in the water? High oxygen? I struggled for years to keep gigs, but I never had algae like I have now. Never had medication to help acclimation either though.

Here's my 210 sump/fuge.
In need of a cleaning.


The cheato smothers everything in a week or two.



After a cleaning. Between every 2-3 weeks.

 

[taylor t]

Thought this was kind of cool. Cleaning my tank right now, I put my old eductor back on, and took my old pvc output off... I had this growing on my pump output bulkhead. It's rust colored, but it feels and bends like rubber. I'm guessing it's algae of some sort.

 

[Gigantea]

Man that's an established tank Taylor! He He.

That water is pretty dirty.

Good thing I believe for stable gigs.