Is this Caulerpa?
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smartorl
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It looks like culerpa and some hair algae as well.
flower
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Originally Posted by smartorl http:///forum/thread/384566/is-this-caulerpa#post_3369100
It looks like culerpa and some hair algae as well.
Thanks, I thought it was because of the little feather thing on top.
I don't see hair algae...The small strands look like the same thing to me just too small to see....time will tell.
I do see allot of brown algae starting on the plastic plants too...I figure I am in for an algae bllom but I have 65 snails in there of different types. Fingers are crossed they can keep things under control. I also killed three aiptasia on two different rocks.
Originally Posted by smartorl http:///forum/thread/384566/is-this-caulerpa#post_3369100
It looks like culerpa and some hair algae as well.
Thanks, I thought it was because of the little feather thing on top.
I do see allot of brown algae starting on the plastic plants too...I figure I am in for an algae bllom but I have 65 snails in there of different types. Fingers are crossed they can keep things under control. I also killed three aiptasia on two different rocks.
florida joe
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Is it on a runner with roots or just growing out of the rock??
excellent question T and in the answer we will find the answer
Is it on a runner with roots or just growing out of the rock??
excellent question T and in the answer we will find the answer
flower
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Originally Posted by TeresaQ http:///forum/thread/384566/is-this-caulerpa#post_3369112
looks like bryopsis. Is it on a runner with roots or just growing out of the rock??
Okay guys...it is coming out of the rock with the larger one up from the sand but could be from the bottom of the rock and found it's way up.and some tiny strands are in the sand coming up. Hair algae looks like grass, these are very individual little stalks with a feather top. I will have to wait on the smaller ones to grow a bit (few days) to be sure it is all the same.
On the picture I posted ...I put it in paint to be able to look real cloose, lots of stands coming up out of the sand, the biggest one too with a small shadow behind it.
Originally Posted by TeresaQ http:///forum/thread/384566/is-this-caulerpa#post_3369112
looks like bryopsis. Is it on a runner with roots or just growing out of the rock??
Okay guys...it is coming out of the rock with the larger one up from the sand but could be from the bottom of the rock and found it's way up.and some tiny strands are in the sand coming up. Hair algae looks like grass, these are very individual little stalks with a feather top. I will have to wait on the smaller ones to grow a bit (few days) to be sure it is all the same.
On the picture I posted ...I put it in paint to be able to look real cloose, lots of stands coming up out of the sand, the biggest one too with a small shadow behind it.
flower
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Well I looked up the word and it sure sounds like this stuff....and nothing eats it that can live in my seahorse tank according to the Austin Reef keeper article. Now what should I do?
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I gently lifted the rock..all of it was from the rock and because it was very shallow in the sand I was able to remove it, and it looks like all the stuff was attached and came out..I tossed the little rock out.
Thanks guys, it looks like maybe I averted an outbreak. This tank is very new, the seahorses are very messy...I need a critter ASAP that can gobble up the food they miss. I am fixing to do another water change this weekend in hopes of keeping nutrients to a minimum..
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smartorl
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I would add some gorgs. Corky fingers are especially handy at eating excess food.
Edit: the hair algae I noticed was to the left on the edge of the rock and down below. It looks like it could be starting. The first pic gave the illusion that it was "fuzzy" but in the second pic you posted it doesn't look the same to me
Edit: the hair algae I noticed was to the left on the edge of the rock and down below. It looks like it could be starting. The first pic gave the illusion that it was "fuzzy" but in the second pic you posted it doesn't look the same to me
flower
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Hey guys, the rock is removed, it was just a little chunk that had fallen from a Kenya tree coral, so it wasn't anything worth keeping anyway. I see no other traces of it as of this moment.
T, I want to get those little green striped gobies Spanko showed us on Meowzers thread and some peppermint shrimp since I have killed three aiptasia already. I'm waiting on payday on the first of the month.
nikeSB, I will not putz with anything on the tank water to make anything higher or lower than it is supposed to be..this is my seahorse tank and I'm not taking any chances, even remote ones. However you offered the same advice the reef keeper article did, so it was good advice. I just choose not to take it because of my horses. You did good and I want you to know that.
You guys are the greatest, Thanks a bunch!