Where to get macroalgae and marine vascular plants

[piercho]

To freshen those links Sarah mentioned:
Florida Pets
Florida Pets Plants Page Shoal, Manatee, and Turtle seagrass available here, along with macroalgae. These are wild-collected grasses and algae.
Bill's Reef He's selling the seagrass as part of a refugia kit now? I *think* Bill's grasses and algae are tank raised.
Inland Aquatics. Their Fauna Kit has some interesting-sounding macros and is appealingly priced.
eTroicals (Dr F&S)
And last, Marine Depot Plant page. They are calling some reds (Rhodophytes) "red" Caulerpas, and have a picture of a C. racemosa-like algae with the title "maiden's hair" algae.

 

[ratimpulse]

Florida pets are very helpful and amazeing imo. I live in pa ordered 40 snails and a starfish int he middle of winter got here iwth no problem. Also about the divein in the keys. There was alot of talk about this about 6 months ago in the scuba diveing forum. I believe you need to contact the fish and game comission and then you have to get a permit. Also you cannot collect from designated areas and reefs that are protected. By other then that you are fine. Also being 16 doesnt meen anything i have had my diveing certification since i was 14 and im now 16.

 

[Plantbrain]

I'll be going to Florida later this year in mid June.
There are roughly 50 species we sample.

This trip is available to the public and I'll have some details as I figure out more specific dates, the marine portion will be 3 days and it's cheap(like poor student cheap).

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[gabe3d]

this place has some really cool macro algae http://www.marineflora.com
i bought some from them and wow it was gorgeous! the delivery was really fast too

Gabe

 

[slowECUdiver]

Frag outpost/marineflora.com

Frag outpost/marineflora.com

Sam, (bluenassarius on RC) now has his business up and running. i bought several macros from him as a private seller on RC and was stunned at the superb communication, excellent packang and shipping, and prompt service overall. he even threw in a pair of strombus and stomatella snails (which i can't get at any of my LFSs) for free. the quantity and quality exceeded my expectations. check him out at either www.fragoutpost.com and look up marineflora under the frag providers tab or go to http://www.marineflora.com/index.html.

 

[Paul B]

I collect this stuff (codium) on Atlantic beaches on the east end of Long Island NY. It grows well and is free and plentyfull. Only snails eat it.
Paul

 

[mastou]

Re: Re: Where to get macroalgae and marine vascular plants

Re: Re: Where to get macroalgae and marine vascular plants

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=5832383#post5832383 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by FFA_Maximus
Hello,
MarineLife has new macroalgaes available.

http://www.marine-life.biz/catalog/index.php?cPath=26&language=en

I join a picture of a super macro algae refugium.

Max

I hope I have misunderstood "marine-life" , because they claim to sell Ventricaria ventricosa however it doesn't look like the right algae on their picture (here is some info and a correct picture) so I hope they just used the wrong name (not the wrong picture) because it (Ventricaria ventricosa) is a devil in an aquarium.

/Magnus

 

[OneThunder]

http://www.marineflora.com/index.html

Marine Flora

 

[jgreen1025]

I don't see Florida Aqua Farms listed yet. I've not ordered from them but they have several species of gracilaria in addition to some caulerpa and ulva.

John

 

[Samala]

Update:

SeaCrop : also offering up a few species of macroalgae and, so far, one species of Halophila seagrass which they are calling green oar algae.

Happy gardening!

>Sarah

 

[alikatoes]

Aloha,

I am a fish collector in Hawaiia and I have always wondered about keeping some of the deeper water algae. A friend of mine is a seaweed freak at the U of Hawaii. He usually grabs some random deep water algaes then saves them as samples. It got me thinking, has anybody kept deepwater algae? Does anyone know what Gibsmitia hawaiienis is? Its an amazingly gorgeuos seaweed. Hows about Dasya irrdescens? As the name suggests the colors are intense! I think I may set a tank up and try it. Anybody have any experience with these? Do you think there is a market for seaweeds fom Hawaii? I have sold some to clients as feed for tangs (Gracilaria sp). I have even seen tangs eat "sea lettuce", I believe its an Ulva species.
Anybody feelin me?

 

[alikatoes]

PS maybe I can be a macro collector instead. They dont move as quickly as fish do...

 

[piercho]

Do you think there is a market for seaweeds fom Hawaii?

Probably. There is a small market for marine plants in the states and a few online retailers have offered them for a while. Most of the wild marine plants available in the continental US are collected in Florida. At the present time I think the bulk of those sold (or at least the bulk or those offered) are intended for vegetative filters/refugia, not as ornamentals. I think that there could be a better market for marine ornamental plants if potential consumers were more aware of them and how to keep them.

 

[alikatoes]

I will do some homework, get get some pics out, then see what yall think. I think that some of the macros we have here would make amazing display peices. The G. hawaiiensis looks like a soft coral. Its really globular and looks like balled up jello. The D. irradescens is very colorful like a clam mantle (sort of). I suppose you need the right lighting though.

 

[halophila]

http://www.marinefauna-cebu.com/listovr.html

Marine Fauna Cebu supplys four type of seagrass. I haven't tried them though.

 

[alikatoes]

I found this cool species of algae on a 140ft dive. It is all white and flat, kind of cool. MY friend says that it has been successfully kept.

 

[reefkt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7726162#post7726162 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by alikatoes
PS maybe I can be a macro collector instead. They dont move as quickly as fish do...

I agree with you, that should be another good business. Sometime I need to call all LFS near my home to check they have any live macro to feed my tangs. I am very tired of that.

 

[piercho]

The Sea Nursery Tank-cultivated sea grass, decorative algae, and mangroves for marine planted tanks.

 

[Samala]

Good news gang, Gulf Coast Ecosystems is back and running again!

>Sarah

 

[fisher32]

I was very excited to see a post from Russ at Gulf Coast also. What a great scource and a nice variety of plants.
This is great news for us that have planted tanks.