halimeda......turns white and clouds my water?????????

organicreefer · 10-11-2001, 09:52 PM

well i just got home and the water in my "110 gallon "predator reef " is all cloudy and a large clump of halimeda is completely white???????what the heck is going on???cant see th trigger

the lion appears fine.the aiptasia in the front of the tank are all closed up,but i cant even see most of the corals ,some mushrooms appear fine.snails arent moving,did it go sexual ,did it just die

need to do a water change and i dont have any ro

naser · 10-12-2001, 01:40 AM

go and get some water from those water machines in front of a supermarket.

David · 10-12-2001, 03:01 AM

OR, I keep a lot of macro's but I've never really had good luck with halimeda, even when I was collecting it fresh in St Thomas. I recently got four good size clumps from another hobbyist and immediately lost two them, the others are just hanging on. I remember reading (Moe I think) that it a calcerous algae (if that makes sense) and will consume a lot of calcium. I'm not sure it's even such a good thing to have in a reef tank. I only found it in shallow reef, nutrient rich areas in the V.I. OTOH I've had it turn white many times without ever coloring the water so maybe youv'e got somthing really special going on?

naser · 10-12-2001, 03:45 AM

maybe its the same effect as too much calcuim then?

bongobrian · 10-12-2001, 10:39 AM

Halimeda luvs calcium

chris · 10-12-2001, 10:40 AM

Organicreefer,

It went sexual on you! Mine did that twice. If you let the Halimeda get too big and bushy it will go sexual. You have to keep it trimmed down good.

The other inhabitants of my tank were obviously not at all happy when this happened. The second time it happened, I ripped every bit of it out of my tank.

Your tank will probably clear up on its own, but a water change wouldnt hurt.

HTH,

c

10-11-2001, 09:52 PM	#1
organicreefer Governor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Northern CA Posts: 2,171	halimeda......turns white and clouds my water????????? well i just got home and the water in my "110 gallon "predator reef " is all cloudy and a large clump of halimeda is completely white???????what the heck is going on???cant see th trigger the lion appears fine.the aiptasia in the front of the tank are all closed up,but i cant even see most of the corals ,some mushrooms appear fine.snails arent moving,did it go sexual ,did it just die need to do a water change and i dont have any ro

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10-12-2001, 01:40 AM	#2
naser super-reefer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SAN DIEGO, CA Posts: 1,908	go and get some water from those water machines in front of a supermarket.

10-12-2001, 03:01 AM	#3
David Citizen Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 210	OR, I keep a lot of macro's but I've never really had good luck with halimeda, even when I was collecting it fresh in St Thomas. I recently got four good size clumps from another hobbyist and immediately lost two them, the others are just hanging on. I remember reading (Moe I think) that it a calcerous algae (if that makes sense) and will consume a lot of calcium. I'm not sure it's even such a good thing to have in a reef tank. I only found it in shallow reef, nutrient rich areas in the V.I. OTOH I've had it turn white many times without ever coloring the water so maybe youv'e got somthing really special going on?

10-12-2001, 03:45 AM	#4
naser super-reefer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SAN DIEGO, CA Posts: 1,908	maybe its the same effect as too much calcuim then?

10-12-2001, 10:40 AM	#6
chris Just Moved In Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 44	Organicreefer, It went sexual on you! Mine did that twice. If you let the Halimeda get too big and bushy it will go sexual. You have to keep it trimmed down good. The other inhabitants of my tank were obviously not at all happy when this happened. The second time it happened, I ripped every bit of it out of my tank. Your tank will probably clear up on its own, but a water change wouldnt hurt. HTH, c

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