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07-17-2007, 08:50 AM
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 Help me identify this weed\grass? If anyone knows what type of stuff this is in my fuge, I would appreciate it if you could tell me. I got it from a friend who uses it in his fuge, and he says it works VERY nice. He couldnt remember what it was as he has a 40 gallon tank of this stuff that filters out his tank along with some fish and hermits and snails in it.. He has had it running for over 2 years like that but couldnt tell me what it was  Here is the link to my picture 
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07-17-2007, 09:17 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? Maybe a shot in the dark but im thinking Caulerpa Mexicana. They grow well with strong lighting but it doesnt look like you have it. How fast has it been growing |
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07-17-2007, 09:19 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? ...............I will look that up, The lighting I have is a full spectrum light.. simulating sunlight. I will check the output of the light when I get home,
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07-17-2007, 09:22 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? yup looks just like that Tonz, except it has little bubble pods on it floating near the top
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07-17-2007, 09:23 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? They grow well in large tanks and with MH lighting. Great for the tank. |
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07-17-2007, 09:25 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? You may want to be careful with caulerpa. It is known to go asexual & will send out spores fouling your tank. Your best bet for a macroalgae in a sump/refugium is Chaeto
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07-17-2007, 09:26 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? So you guys pretty sure thats what it is? I mean the pic in Google looks just like that except the missing bubblepods that look like fisheggs.
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07-17-2007, 09:29 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? I belive its from the caulerpa family either way may be some variation. I would too go with the chaeto. Free is free but you can find that stuff for cheap. |
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07-17-2007, 09:31 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? okay, Where can one find some chaeto? I dont know if my lfs sells that.. I did also put something in the tank called reefpods.. its a silver bag with a fingernail sized portion of algae looking stuff that says copepods and that it was live and was packed in seawater and said sell by 2 weeks. My lfs said it was good for refugiums, if you knwo what THAT is do you think it will reproduce?
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07-17-2007, 09:34 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? Check with Krazy K - he sometimes sells off some of his excess. They also sell it on ebay.
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07-17-2007, 09:36 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? If you ask your LFS they could get you everything.Mine gives me a 30% discount if I pick it up from the truck. I see a lot of that on ebay. It grows so well tank owners cut it down to have every few weeks. AND copepods live in it... |
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07-17-2007, 09:44 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? Copepods somethign you have to physically put in the fuge? Or something that grows with it?
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07-17-2007, 09:57 AM
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| Re: Help me identify this weed\grass? It grows and feeds off of the chaeto. It will be food for you fish. Its essential for green mandarines |
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