what kind of macro is this ?????

greenman · 01-28-2003, 10:43 AM

Just wonderinf if anyone knows the name of this stuff ???
It is the brown algea ....

http://reefls.dyndns.org/stand/DSC00738.JPG
http://reefls.dyndns.org/stand/DSC00740.JPG

This stuff grows like wild fire.....

**scubadude** · 01-28-2003, 03:09 PM

Hey GM
its very hard to tell from those pictures, can you get a macro shot of the algae?

Elmo18 · 01-28-2003, 09:47 PM

I also can't make it out without a better macro picture or closer shot.

- Elmo

greenman · 01-28-2003, 10:43 PM

I took some out and took a few close ups ....

http://reefls.dyndns.org/stand/DSC00742.JPG
http://reefls.dyndns.org/stand/DSC00743.JPG

sspargur · 01-29-2003, 12:13 AM

Is that a Macroalgae at all? I've never seen an algae like that ever. It's a new one to me.

greenman · 01-29-2003, 12:48 AM

yellow tangs eat it

Elmo18 · 01-29-2003, 01:04 AM

Yeah the closest thing I can think of are gorgonians looking kinda like that, BUT that is not a gorgonian. I'm also interested in this type of macroalgae.

Can you let us know where you think it came from?? Maybe a Fiji rock? Tonga? MarshalL? Maybe that will point a specific direction to look.

Free food for tangs are good, though

- Elmo

**scubadude** · 01-29-2003, 02:18 AM

I believe it may be Acanthophora Spicifera. Hey Greenman any chance I could get some from you? I would be willing to give you some $$ for it and naturally pay for shipping.

Rocky

Elmo18 · 01-29-2003, 08:37 AM

I'm agreeing with Rocky in this one. They are a type of red algae, usually light brown/green in coloration which resemble the ones you have in your pics. And in fact yellow tangs do eat it, and in Hawaii this species is an invasive species, overcrowding the native algae species of Laurencia.

I went to some websites to confirm this and I will get the links up shortly. Right now though I have to go to the university and school...

- Elmo

greenman · 01-29-2003, 09:11 AM

Scubadude I could send u some pm me about it ....
Well so far this is the most info i have gotten but please post
that link i would like to read up it....

Thanks

greenman · 01-29-2003, 09:13 AM

I think it came on fiji live rock .....
I didnt get it untill i set up a 10g ref with High water flow...
thats when this stuff took off...

**scubadude** · 01-29-2003, 09:41 AM

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/GradStu...canth-home.htm

greenman · 01-29-2003, 12:21 PM

Must have come with some of the other macros i got....

Thanks a million.

Elmo18 · 01-29-2003, 01:59 PM

Thanks scuba, I saw that site, too! Maybe Hawaii needs more yellow tangs?!?!?!

j/k

- Elmo

greenman · 02-06-2003, 11:52 AM

http://reefls.dyndns.org/ref/

Thats ten days worth of growth ..........

bottom pic is ten days ago, top pic is today and middle pick is the bucket i put it in ......

Elmo18 · 02-06-2003, 01:00 PM

geezus!! wow! it'd be scary to put that in the main tank, but it works nice for a refuge. However, i like to have the greener types of macroalgae like Caulerpa.

- Elmo

greenman · 02-06-2003, 02:02 PM

I dont have any problems with it in the main tank.... i have the green macros also a few of them but they dont keep up with this stuff ....

01-28-2003, 10:43 AM	#1
greenman Just Moved In Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NY Posts: 22	what kind of macro is this ????? Just wonderinf if anyone knows the name of this stuff ??? It is the brown algea .... http://reefls.dyndns.org/stand/DSC00738.JPG http://reefls.dyndns.org/stand/DSC00740.JPG This stuff grows like wild fire.....

01-28-2003, 03:09 PM	#2
scubadude Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wichita, Kansas Posts: 5,293	Need a macro of your macro Hey GM its very hard to tell from those pictures, can you get a macro shot of the algae?

01-28-2003, 10:43 PM	#4
greenman Just Moved In Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NY Posts: 22	close ups I took some out and took a few close ups .... http://reefls.dyndns.org/stand/DSC00742.JPG http://reefls.dyndns.org/stand/DSC00743.JPG

01-29-2003, 09:13 AM	#11
greenman Just Moved In Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NY Posts: 22	dooh I think it came on fiji live rock ..... I didnt get it untill i set up a 10g ref with High water flow... thats when this stuff took off...

01-29-2003, 12:21 PM	#13
greenman Just Moved In Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NY Posts: 22	thats the stuff Must have come with some of the other macros i got.... Thanks a million.

01-28-2003, 09:47 PM	#3
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	I also can't make it out without a better macro picture or closer shot. - Elmo

01-29-2003, 12:13 AM	#5
sspargur Just Moved In Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 10	Is that a Macroalgae at all? I've never seen an algae like that ever. It's a new one to me.

01-29-2003, 12:48 AM	#6
greenman Just Moved In Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NY Posts: 22	yellow tangs eat it

01-29-2003, 01:04 AM	#7
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	Yeah the closest thing I can think of are gorgonians looking kinda like that, BUT that is not a gorgonian. I'm also interested in this type of macroalgae. Can you let us know where you think it came from?? Maybe a Fiji rock? Tonga? MarshalL? Maybe that will point a specific direction to look. Free food for tangs are good, though - Elmo

01-29-2003, 02:18 AM	#8
scubadude Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wichita, Kansas Posts: 5,293	I believe it may be Acanthophora Spicifera. Hey Greenman any chance I could get some from you? I would be willing to give you some $$ for it and naturally pay for shipping. Rocky

01-29-2003, 08:37 AM	#9
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	I'm agreeing with Rocky in this one. They are a type of red algae, usually light brown/green in coloration which resemble the ones you have in your pics. And in fact yellow tangs do eat it, and in Hawaii this species is an invasive species, overcrowding the native algae species of Laurencia. I went to some websites to confirm this and I will get the links up shortly. Right now though I have to go to the university and school... - Elmo

01-29-2003, 09:11 AM	#10
greenman Just Moved In Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NY Posts: 22	Scubadude I could send u some pm me about it .... Well so far this is the most info i have gotten but please post that link i would like to read up it.... Thanks

01-29-2003, 09:41 AM	#12
scubadude Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wichita, Kansas Posts: 5,293	http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/GradStu...canth-home.htm

01-29-2003, 01:59 PM	#14
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	Thanks scuba, I saw that site, too! Maybe Hawaii needs more yellow tangs?!?!?! j/k - Elmo

02-06-2003, 11:52 AM	#15
greenman Just Moved In Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NY Posts: 22	ten days worth of growth http://reefls.dyndns.org/ref/ Thats ten days worth of growth .......... bottom pic is ten days ago, top pic is today and middle pick is the bucket i put it in ......

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02-06-2003, 01:00 PM	#16
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	geezus!! wow! it'd be scary to put that in the main tank, but it works nice for a refuge. However, i like to have the greener types of macroalgae like Caulerpa. - Elmo

02-06-2003, 02:02 PM	#17
greenman Just Moved In Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NY Posts: 22	I dont have any problems with it in the main tank.... i have the green macros also a few of them but they dont keep up with this stuff ....

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