Caulerpa Clarification

[florida joe]

Ok just a pet peeve of mine.
Caulerpa DOES NOT go asexual. It can go sexual. When it does so it releases gametes. The problem with this is that when it does this it kills itself.
Note
When dying it releases secondary metabolites. One such metabolite is caulerpin which is very toxic. It also releases assimilated nutrients. This accordance can course your tank to crash. Caulerpa goes SEXUAL as a means of continuing the life line of the algae. Not enough elimination, food or growth space is the major cause

 

[beaslbob]

Can it sporate?

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by beaslbob
http:///forum/post/3241678
Can it sporate?
Not really as I understand the meaning Spores are the units of asexual reproduction, because a single spore develops into a new organism. By contrast, gametes which are released by Caulerpa are the units of sexual reproduction, as two gametes need to fuse to create a new organism

 

[scopus tang]

And . . . . . this is what it looks like in your tank when it goes sexual;

Run extra filtration with filter floss and carbon.

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by Scopus Tang
http:///forum/post/3241706
And . . . . . this is what it looks like in your tank when it goes sexual;

Run extra filtration with filter floss and carbon.
Or in Randy's

case what your tank looks like after a night of drinking and you need a place to urinate ASAP

 

[scopus tang]

Better there than on the floor my wife says

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by Scopus Tang
http:///forum/post/3241713

Better there than on the floor my wife says

So true, I have destroyed many a good pair of shoes that way

 

[jstdv8]

Holy sweet mother of baby fish in the sea! That tank is UGLY!
tell me it's not yours.

 

[florida joe]

NOT MINE ummm Randy any comments

 

[pezenfuego]

I love caulerpa...but that's because it never nuked my tank.
It's not such a bad thing. At least new hobbyists can learn from the tank.

 

[florida joe]

I love caulerpa...but that's because it never nuked my tank.
IMO caluerpa is the second best way to assimilate nutrients behind dosing

 

[spanko]

https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/vb/s...d.php?t=320567

 

[scopus tang]

Originally Posted by Jstdv8
http:///forum/post/3241736
Holy sweet mother of baby fish in the sea! That tank is UGLY!
tell me it's not yours.
Yep, mine; was harvesting and everything was going fine, then the chiller malfunctioned, tank got warm and voila - the nasty stuff went sexual.
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3241864
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/vb/s...d.php?t=320567
Good memory Henry

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[desiercha]

Wow thats seems really interesting. Thnx for sharing ...

 

[rcreations]

I have chaeto in my refugium and somehow some caulerpa got into the mix at some point or another. Every weekend when I do my water change I pull it out, entagled into the chaeto and every weekend I think I got all of it out, only to find the next time that it's back. This thing must grow like crazy.