caulerpa Mexicana
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spanko
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I am on my fifth Foxface Siganus unimaculatus in my 29 biocube. I purchase them very small and trade them in when they get too large. They are voracious eaters of any and all algae in your tank. I had a terrible outbreak of that nasty stuff. Went through the same thing you are going through, I would harvest as much as I could get my hands on every week at water change time. By the next week it looked like I had more. The first foxface I put in had my rocks clean within a month. I took the first one back when it got too large and within a month or two I could see the stuff coming back. So I have been using them ever since. I tried sea hares, lettuce nudibranches, a Yellow tang, a Scopus tang and nothing even came close to the foxface.
pezenfuego
Active Member
I have some of that. It grows ridiculously fast and is an excellent exporter of nitrates and phosphates.
florida joe
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Just a reminder for the new hobbyists. Caulerpa is only an exporter when you harvest it
loopy101
Member
Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3034025
Just a reminder for the new hobbyists. Caulerpa is only an exporter when you harvest it
Hey florida joe, dont mean to hi-jack the thread by anymeans!!!
but when you say caulerpa only exports the trates and phosphates when you take it out of the tank, are you meaning that this plant will feed on the trates and potentally release it all back into the water collum? is that what you are saying? i just want to clarify for my own sake and it might help others
thank you!
http:///forum/post/3034025
Just a reminder for the new hobbyists. Caulerpa is only an exporter when you harvest it
Hey florida joe, dont mean to hi-jack the thread by anymeans!!!
but when you say caulerpa only exports the trates and phosphates when you take it out of the tank, are you meaning that this plant will feed on the trates and potentally release it all back into the water collum? is that what you are saying? i just want to clarify for my own sake and it might help others
thank you!
pezenfuego
Active Member
Originally Posted by loopy101
http:///forum/post/3034401
Hey florida joe, dont mean to hi-jack the thread by anymeans!!!
but when you say caulerpa only exports the trates and phosphates when you take it out of the tank, are you meaning that this plant will feed on the trates and potentally release it all back into the water collum? is that what you are saying? i just want to clarify for my own sake and it might help others
thank you!
I think that he means that since caulerpa holds onto the nitrates and phosphates rather than actually taking them out of the water, you must remove some of the caulerpa in order to actually physically take the nitrates and phosphates out of the water. BUT, you are absolutely correct. If you do not harvest the caulerpa regularly, it may go sexual and release all the accumulated nitrates and phosphates right back into the water column...which is a little counterproductive. But I'm curious as to exactly what he meant when he said that as well. Maybe it's laziness, or maybe he wants us to figure things out on our own, but Joe has the tendency to oversimplify things in posts. This is a compliment though because rather than spoon feeding us, he just oils the gears in our brains so that we can figure things out more or less by ourselves. This helps us become hobbyists that think things through rather than just taking things for granted.
http:///forum/post/3034401
Hey florida joe, dont mean to hi-jack the thread by anymeans!!!
but when you say caulerpa only exports the trates and phosphates when you take it out of the tank, are you meaning that this plant will feed on the trates and potentally release it all back into the water collum? is that what you are saying? i just want to clarify for my own sake and it might help others
thank you!
I think that he means that since caulerpa holds onto the nitrates and phosphates rather than actually taking them out of the water, you must remove some of the caulerpa in order to actually physically take the nitrates and phosphates out of the water. BUT, you are absolutely correct. If you do not harvest the caulerpa regularly, it may go sexual and release all the accumulated nitrates and phosphates right back into the water column...which is a little counterproductive. But I'm curious as to exactly what he meant when he said that as well. Maybe it's laziness, or maybe he wants us to figure things out on our own, but Joe has the tendency to oversimplify things in posts. This is a compliment though because rather than spoon feeding us, he just oils the gears in our brains so that we can figure things out more or less by ourselves. This helps us become hobbyists that think things through rather than just taking things for granted.
florida joe
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by PEZenfuego
http:///forum/post/3034539
I think that he means that since caulerpa holds onto the nitrates and phosphates rather than actually taking them out of the water, you must remove some of the caulerpa in order to actually physically take the nitrates and phosphates out of the water. BUT, you are absolutely correct. If you do not harvest the caulerpa regularly, it may go sexual and release all the accumulated nitrates and phosphates right back into the water column...which is a little counterproductive. But I'm curious as to exactly what he meant when he said that as well. Maybe it's laziness, or maybe he wants us to figure things out on our own, but Joe has the tendency to oversimplify things in posts. This is a compliment though because rather than spoon feeding us, he just oils the gears in our brains so that we can figure things out more or less by ourselves. This helps us become hobbyists that think things through rather than just taking things for granted.
I always believe that when someone is patting you on the back they are looking for a soft spot to stick the knife in. only kidding thanks my friend. I THINK
http:///forum/post/3034539
I think that he means that since caulerpa holds onto the nitrates and phosphates rather than actually taking them out of the water, you must remove some of the caulerpa in order to actually physically take the nitrates and phosphates out of the water. BUT, you are absolutely correct. If you do not harvest the caulerpa regularly, it may go sexual and release all the accumulated nitrates and phosphates right back into the water column...which is a little counterproductive. But I'm curious as to exactly what he meant when he said that as well. Maybe it's laziness, or maybe he wants us to figure things out on our own, but Joe has the tendency to oversimplify things in posts. This is a compliment though because rather than spoon feeding us, he just oils the gears in our brains so that we can figure things out more or less by ourselves. This helps us become hobbyists that think things through rather than just taking things for granted.
I always believe that when someone is patting you on the back they are looking for a soft spot to stick the knife in. only kidding thanks my friend. I THINK
florida joe
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by loopy101
http:///forum/post/3034401
Hey florida joe, dont mean to hi-jack the thread by anymeans!!!
but when you say caulerpa only exports the trates and phosphates when you take it out of the tank, are you meaning that this plant will feed on the trates and potentally release it all back into the water collum? is that what you are saying? i just want to clarify for my own sake and it might help others
thank you!
There are two major ways we achieve denitrification in our tanks. Dissimilatory, in which we use bacteria to eventually release nitrous oxide gas into the atmosphere.
Assimilatory nitrate reduction, which involves nitrogenous waste being absorbed into the tissue mass of higher forms of algae (caulerpa). This stored nitrates if you will is only removed from our tank via the physical harvesting of the algae. With out which there is the potential for reintroducing copious amounts of nitrates back into our tanks
http:///forum/post/3034401
Hey florida joe, dont mean to hi-jack the thread by anymeans!!!
but when you say caulerpa only exports the trates and phosphates when you take it out of the tank, are you meaning that this plant will feed on the trates and potentally release it all back into the water collum? is that what you are saying? i just want to clarify for my own sake and it might help others
thank you!
There are two major ways we achieve denitrification in our tanks. Dissimilatory, in which we use bacteria to eventually release nitrous oxide gas into the atmosphere.
Assimilatory nitrate reduction, which involves nitrogenous waste being absorbed into the tissue mass of higher forms of algae (caulerpa). This stored nitrates if you will is only removed from our tank via the physical harvesting of the algae. With out which there is the potential for reintroducing copious amounts of nitrates back into our tanks
soulsigma
Member
Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3034619
I always believe that when someone is patting you on the back they are looking for a soft spot to stick the knife in. only kidding thanks my friend. I THINK
Joe you are a hoot
But you do inspire us to go back to the book to further our research and increase our knowledge
http:///forum/post/3034619
I always believe that when someone is patting you on the back they are looking for a soft spot to stick the knife in. only kidding thanks my friend. I THINK
Joe you are a hoot