Finally, a closeup of whatever it is....

[Anonymous]

I think we had decided that this was some sort of macroalgae.

its growin like a weed....

I pulled some off tonight so I could feed the yellow polyps that were under it. As soon as I set up my basement tank I am going to move it downstairs to that tank, if it can handle the lighting down there.

So, any ideas on what kind of a macroalgae it is? Or if it even is a macro?

The individual branches don't really seem to be getting any bigger around, just longer and there are more of them. Now its like a big clump.

any thoughts??

 

[johns120]

sargassum family?

Cystoseira thalli are generally parenchymatous, with cells dividing in such a way that they form a fleshy sheet of tissue. The plants are generally medium brown or dark brown in colour. Growth occurs in many planes, which allows for tissue differentiation similar to that in higher plants. Tissue is differentiated into the holdfast, stipe, blades, and floats, or pneumatocysts. The basal region of the thallus includes small blades and branches. The distinct apical region includes pneumatocysts and associated branches. Cystoseira has a discoid holdfast, that is triangular in shape. The holdfast comprises fine, hair-like hyphae. An excellent description in detail can be found at the site of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).
Habitat
Grows on rocky bottoms and pebble grounds in sublittoral areas at 0.5-10 m depths. Various species found in temperate and subtropical zones through much of the world.

 

[Anonymous]

johns120 wrote:

sargassum family?

Yep.

My first tank had it bad and I completely eradicated it. Then I missed have a little bit of it in my tank.

Do what you will.

LLouey

 

[Anonymous]

So, its a bad thing?


Should I put it in my sump?


Is there any benefit to having it in my tank at all? Its not like its something fantastic looking like those cool looking glass anenome's

 

[Anonymous]

All macro algae's are good in that they consume nutrients. They help keep nuisance algae's away.

If you don't like it or if keeping it in check is too much trouble, then pull it all out.

It's only hurting your eyes

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

In that case I will end up putting it in the basement.

That way I can harvest it when I get too much and it can help keep the main tank clean.

Hey, it was a freebie, in fact there wasn't a sign of it when I bought the rock...

 

[Anonymous]

Wait a minute....


If I put this in my sump, and allow it to grow like crazy then I will have my plant life started and I can quit skimming and doing water changes.

RIGHT????

 

[Anonymous]

Yep, you can start using tap water and oyster shells too! I don't think you'll need a heater or all that light & water circulation either.

 

[Anonymous]

:lol:

 

[pwj1286]

oyster shells? was that actually thought to be used for pH, buffering and calcium?

I know that yall are being sarcastic but has that been seriously said?
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[Omni2226]

oyster shells? was that actually thought to be used for pH, buffering and calcium?

I know that yall are being sarcastic but has that been seriously said?

Years ago I bought a lionfish because it looked cool and this was the "must have" set up :

Undergravel filter with very course crushed coral mixed with crushed oyster shells and powerheads if you could afford them. (At the time they were not cheap and very very noisy).

The idea was the course gravel/whatever had more surface area for bacteria to grow and the oystershell helped maintain ph/whatever.
So I guess the answer is yes at one time it was the thing to do.
Oh ya and you HAD to have a hangon/power filter. At about this same time I remember canister filters being the "new" thing that was still iffy on wether or not they were worth the money and many people swore they would never give up their power/box filters.

 

[Anonymous]

oyster shells? was that actually thought to be used for pH, buffering and calcium?

I know that yall are being sarcastic but has that been seriously said?

Here's a typical recommendation to use Lava Rocks and Oyster Shells ---> Oyster Shells. Some of us remember his off the wall stuff quite fondly.

 

[Omni2226]

I seem to remember a big debate about allowing algae (the hairy kind) to flourish on the back glass and walls too.
A lot of people were convinced that it was a good thing and people who removed it were just doing it for the looks and were "hurting" the fish by doing so.
Of course at this time there was no internet (or at least no easy public access to university newsgroups) so most info was spread by magazines and the few people you bumped into at the fishstore.

Most of the time I ignored what I heard and just looked at the fish. if they looked healthy and liked whatever was growing I left it in the tank, never bought a canister filter and just ran undergravel ( via airstones,what a pita that was ) and carbon in a hangon power filter.

 

[Anonymous]

Well, it went down the garbage disposal and is now residing in my septic tank....



It got huge, bigger than my anenome, the problem is it didn't stay nice looking, it got full of hair algae, cynao, and a bunch of yellow gunk.

So last night I cut it off.

 

[Anonymous]

The yellow polyps though, they seemed much happier with the macro almost strangling them, they were all extended and huge.

This morning they look just sorry looking...

 

[Anonymous]

I'm gonna tell the polyps what you did to their friend.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm gonna tell the polyps what you did to their friend.

Nice to see you greenighs, I haven't seen you around lately....


Today they look just as happy as they did 2 days ago. I think it might have something to do with me feeding them...