Brillo algae ?

FISHme · 07-29-2001, 07:12 PM

Anyone know what the name of this stuff is ?
Anyone else have it and if so do you feed ito your fish ?
I got a little peice of this stuff hitch hike with some caulerpa. I put it into a 15 gal tank and fed some Iron and it grew like gang busters.
I just placed the whole clump into my mangrove sump and suppose it could be fed to the livestock in the main tank and also be used as nutrient export ehh ?
Looks almost like tang heaven but is not because I have some of that growing and it is different.

MEC · 07-29-2001, 08:20 PM

Theres a type I believe is called barbers brush, But this looks a bit different. They are both composed of long thin fillimants. HTH .Mike

cod · 07-29-2001, 09:29 PM

I have some "Brillo" alga in my refugium. The individual strands on mine are much curlier(more brillo pad like). I don't know about feeding it to fish, because I don't have any fish, but it is a great place for pods to live and breed.

If anyone knows the latin name for this stuff please pass it along. I feel kind of silly calling it Brillo Pad

DukeDog · 07-30-2001, 10:37 PM

I think its green monofilament fishing line

Jeff

LiquidShaneo · 07-31-2001, 04:42 PM

Looks like Chaetomorpha linum to me or some other Chaetomorpha sp macroalgae. Midland Marine and Inland Aquatics both sell the product. Here's Midland's website on the stuff:

Midland Chaetomorpha sp Page 1

Midland Chaetomorpha sp Page 2

Good stuff for refugiums. Grows fast. Doesn't attach to anything. Doesn't "go sexual" like caulerpa. Easy to harvest. Sucks up nutrients like a sponge.

When I get my refugium up and running I'm getting a handful of this stuff...

liquid

FISHme · 07-31-2001, 11:53 PM

Liquid,
Thanks for that info. That seems to describe it to a tee.
It really grew fast and is long and stringy like GREEN mono.
Coolness !!!!

07-29-2001, 07:12 PM	#1
FISHme Council Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pompano Beach, Florida Posts: 495	Brillo algae ? Anyone know what the name of this stuff is ? Anyone else have it and if so do you feed ito your fish ? I got a little peice of this stuff hitch hike with some caulerpa. I put it into a 15 gal tank and fed some Iron and it grew like gang busters. I just placed the whole clump into my mangrove sump and suppose it could be fed to the livestock in the main tank and also be used as nutrient export ehh ? Looks almost like tang heaven but is not because I have some of that growing and it is different. __________________ FISH, FISHme or [\[\ark

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07-29-2001, 08:20 PM	#2
MEC Council Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Columbus Ohio USA Posts: 303	Theres a type I believe is called barbers brush, But this looks a bit different. They are both composed of long thin fillimants. HTH .Mike

07-29-2001, 09:29 PM	#3
cod Tenant Join Date: May 2001 Location: china grove,n.c. usa Posts: 75	I have some "Brillo" alga in my refugium. The individual strands on mine are much curlier(more brillo pad like). I don't know about feeding it to fish, because I don't have any fish, but it is a great place for pods to live and breed. If anyone knows the latin name for this stuff please pass it along. I feel kind of silly calling it Brillo Pad

07-30-2001, 10:37 PM	#4
DukeDog Citizen Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SWFL Posts: 165	I think its green monofilament fishing line Jeff

07-31-2001, 04:42 PM	#5
LiquidShaneo Just Moved In Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Archbold, OH, USA Posts: 35	Looks like Chaetomorpha linum to me or some other Chaetomorpha sp macroalgae. Midland Marine and Inland Aquatics both sell the product. Here's Midland's website on the stuff: Midland Chaetomorpha sp Page 1 Midland Chaetomorpha sp Page 2 Good stuff for refugiums. Grows fast. Doesn't attach to anything. Doesn't "go sexual" like caulerpa. Easy to harvest. Sucks up nutrients like a sponge. When I get my refugium up and running I'm getting a handful of this stuff... liquid

07-31-2001, 11:53 PM	#6
FISHme Council Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pompano Beach, Florida Posts: 495	Liquid, Thanks for that info. That seems to describe it to a tee. It really grew fast and is long and stringy like GREEN mono. Coolness !!!!

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