Halimeda algae

Sundiego · 09/14/2007, 09:26 PM

I picked some of this up today at my LFS. After I bought it I was told it would not do well with Chaeto, and may get overun by the chaeto in my refugium.

I have it in my display tank for now. Will having it in the display tank be ok?

Thx Mark

SDguy · 09/14/2007, 10:12 PM

I've always enjoyed halimeda in the main display. IME it doesn't grow terribly quickly, doesn't smother coral, and is easy to harvest.

Roger928 · 09/14/2007, 10:17 PM

Keep in mind that it's a calcium hog.

Sundiego · 09/14/2007, 10:31 PM

Thx I will keep an eye on my params. I have turbo calcium is this ok to dose...anyone familiar with it.

Mark

Steeltowndubber · 09/14/2007, 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by SDguy
I've always enjoyed halimeda in the main display. IME it doesn't grow terribly quickly, doesn't smother coral, and is easy to harvest.

The Halimeda in my 2.5 gal pico grows a new segment or 2 at least every day... In my experience it grows pretty darn quickly, I have to prune it back every week...

SDguy · 09/14/2007, 11:02 PM

Halimeda is like any other common macro algae. It will grow faster in favorable conditions, like higher nutrient water.

supervdl · 09/14/2007, 11:04 PM

I have a lot of tangs in my display. I am just curious if people kept it with tangs or if the Halimeda is history? See red house for my tank.

ACBlinky · 09/14/2007, 11:54 PM

I've got a huge (basketball-sized) patch of Halimeda in my 90g. Smaller pieces are forever popping up in other areas, but I prune them - I like having greens, but only to a certain extent, so I try to keep it contained to one area. My yellow tang isn't at all interested in the Halimeda, but she does clean the rockwork of everything else, including other macros - Sargassum used to grow all over, now there's none, so I can only assume she's eating the new shoots before I even see them. I can't comment on how other tangs will behave, or even if mine will ignore it long-term, as I've only had her for a few months.

I have a refugium full of chaeto, and the two macros seem to coexist nicely - neither is outcompeting the other, as far as I can tell.

SDguy · 09/15/2007, 12:00 AM

My PBT will bite it once in a while..nothing major.

m2434 · 09/15/2007, 07:54 AM

I had some with a tang and a foxface. The fish couldn't eat it, but they tried picking at it and eventually killed it anyway. On the bright side, I've never had any algea problems with those fish.

09/14/2007, 09:26 PM	#1
Sundiego Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 221	Halimeda algae I picked some of this up today at my LFS. After I bought it I was told it would not do well with Chaeto, and may get overun by the chaeto in my refugium. I have it in my display tank for now. Will having it in the display tank be ok? Thx Mark

09/14/2007, 10:12 PM	#2
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	I've always enjoyed halimeda in the main display. IME it doesn't grow terribly quickly, doesn't smother coral, and is easy to harvest. __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.

09/14/2007, 10:17 PM	#3
Roger928 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Prescott Valley, AZ Posts: 296	Keep in mind that it's a calcium hog. __________________ Always quarantine. You never know where that fish has been. Current Tank Info: 90 and 120 mixed reef

09/14/2007, 11:02 PM	#6
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	Halimeda is like any other common macro algae. It will grow faster in favorable conditions, like higher nutrient water. __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.

09/14/2007, 11:04 PM	#7
supervdl Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NE PA Posts: 1,315	I have a lot of tangs in my display. I am just curious if people kept it with tangs or if the Halimeda is history? See red house for my tank. __________________ My tank thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1167897 Current Tank Info: 135 gal mixed reef with Radions and Zeovit; 210 gal SPS reef being set up

09/14/2007, 10:31 PM	#4
Sundiego Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 221	Thx I will keep an eye on my params. I have turbo calcium is this ok to dose...anyone familiar with it. Mark

09/14/2007, 11:54 PM	#8
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	I've got a huge (basketball-sized) patch of Halimeda in my 90g. Smaller pieces are forever popping up in other areas, but I prune them - I like having greens, but only to a certain extent, so I try to keep it contained to one area. My yellow tang isn't at all interested in the Halimeda, but she does clean the rockwork of everything else, including other macros - Sargassum used to grow all over, now there's none, so I can only assume she's eating the new shoots before I even see them. I can't comment on how other tangs will behave, or even if mine will ignore it long-term, as I've only had her for a few months. I have a refugium full of chaeto, and the two macros seem to coexist nicely - neither is outcompeting the other, as far as I can tell. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

09/15/2007, 12:00 AM	#9
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	My PBT will bite it once in a while..nothing major. __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.

09/15/2007, 07:54 AM	#10
m2434 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,171	I had some with a tang and a foxface. The fish couldn't eat it, but they tried picking at it and eventually killed it anyway. On the bright side, I've never had any algea problems with those fish. __________________ Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there. ~Richard Feynman