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	Macro Algae
Wingsdlc Fish Guru What is this? Posts: 2332 Kudos: 799 Registered: 18-Jan-2005	A while back I posted a question about what this stuff was. I used to have it in my tank but it is gone now and I never got a good picture of it. Right now it is in one of the tanks at work but I am not overly worried about it. Here is a link to the stuff! 55G Planted tank thread 19G Container Pond [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric
Posted 23-Jun-2006 00:17
mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	Macroalgae is pretty well known in the salt world. It's used a lot as nutrient export and hiding spots for copepods in refugiums. Basically it looks plant like, but really it's an algae. There's some really attractive saltwater macroalgaes, most of you guys would like to do a saltwater "planted" aquarium, I bet. A lot of times that stuff you linked to hitches a ride in on plants from nurseries. I see it a ton in the ludwiggia thatwe get in at work. It never seems to last too long though. Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 23-Jun-2006 04:32
Wingsdlc Fish Guru What is this? Posts: 2332 Kudos: 799 Registered: 18-Jan-2005	I had it all over the wisteria in my tank for a while but its gone now. At work I am not sure where it came from. For some reason I am not a round when our plants come in so I don't get to see what comes with it. 55G Planted tank thread 19G Container Pond [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric
Posted 23-Jun-2006 14:13
slickrb Enthusiast Go Gators! Posts: 238 Kudos: 47 Votes: 99 Registered: 19-Jan-2006	most of you guys would like to do a saltwater "planted" aquarium Amen to that. I've seen some pictures of saltwater tanks with macroalgae and they look pretty cool. I've also read some articles on using saltwater grasses like thouse found in the gulf in aquariums. If I were ever brave (or at least crazy ) enough to try saltwater I'd love to try that out. Maybe tetra can pioneer the feild with his saltwater experiment. Rick See all my pictures at Google Web Albums
Posted 23-Jun-2006 16:01
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, I think if I were to have a SW tank now, I would probably reverse things.. I'm so used to, and enamored with, a planted tank that the tank where the macroalgae is kept would be my main tank and the other would be hidden in the cabinet... Or, perhaps I'd have them side by side and linked with hoses so both were show tanks.... Hummm... Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 23-Jun-2006 17:02


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