plants in DT? - Page 2

bobbyjeb · 05/28/2009, 07:30 PM

i have this great stuff in my 90 dt. grows verry slow a thick. not sure what it is.

bobbyjeb · 05/28/2009, 07:32 PM

this is what it looks like in the tank

bobbyjeb · 05/28/2009, 07:35 PM

its that top center rock. it was only a few days old there, it is thicker, but not too much bigger. you cant really see the rock any more. sends out little runners now and then. i like it alot.

jeffnsa · 05/29/2009, 08:43 AM

i like the way it looks also, here are a couple of shots of my tank.

small alien · 05/29/2009, 09:36 AM

Neat!

bobbyjeb · 05/29/2009, 04:19 PM

that is so pretty. i love the green!

otrlynn · 05/29/2009, 04:57 PM

The three shots above look to me like caulerpa. I think it looks nice, but it can spread rapidly via those runners. Also, according to what I have read it can spawn or "go sexual" sending out spores that cause the water to turn a milky white. You might want to do some more research about this. I have been growing the macroalgae "Halimeda" in my tank for two years. It is relatively attractive and does not spread as rapidly as caulerpa. Less risk of it "going sexual" also. It does use up calcium, so one needs to keep monitoring (and adding calcium). I don't have as much of this as I used to, but here is a shot of my 58 gallon from a year or two ago. I have more rock and coral now--and less halimeda. If you like green, the coral "green star polyp" is very green and almost grasslike, and ripples with the flow. It too spreads rapidly, and is best isolated on its own rock.

mortis13 · 05/29/2009, 08:26 PM

looks good, do you need to chop it back often? id love some green but not the whole tank!

otrlynn · 05/29/2009, 09:09 PM

I don't have to prune it very often. As it grows it gets somewhat less attractive, the older parts of it get a little brownish and I trim them. It actually grows more slowly now that my tank has matured, and I have a better skimmer. I think that there is less nitrate in the water (it stays between 0 and 5), so I think that means less "fertilizer" for the plants. It occasionally pops up where I do not want it, but it is easily removed from the rock.

mortis13 · 05/29/2009, 10:23 PM

i think its a good idea as it helps to suck up extra nitrates and your right green plants look nice but brown-green plants look crap. even brown corals look crap, maybe we associate brown with poor health, disease etc...what would be ideal for me is a very thin bladed grass that grows from a bulb or similar type root system that doesnt spread but slowly splits or can be divided.

05/29/2009, 09:36 AM	#30
small alien The fungus is among us. Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 3,884	Neat! __________________ This moment is all we have. Current Tank Info: 75 mixed reef. F OSFF, Clingfish, M/F Leopards, M Mandy, Darwin Clown, Bullet Goby, Green Clown Goby, M/F Matted Files, Bluestripe Pipe, Tailspot Blenny, Canary Wrasse, Royal Gramma, Papua Toby Puffer, Snooty Maori Wrasse.

05/29/2009, 04:57 PM	#32
otrlynn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chester County PA Posts: 1,508	The three shots above look to me like caulerpa. I think it looks nice, but it can spread rapidly via those runners. Also, according to what I have read it can spawn or "go sexual" sending out spores that cause the water to turn a milky white. You might want to do some more research about this. I have been growing the macroalgae "Halimeda" in my tank for two years. It is relatively attractive and does not spread as rapidly as caulerpa. Less risk of it "going sexual" also. It does use up calcium, so one needs to keep monitoring (and adding calcium). I don't have as much of this as I used to, but here is a shot of my 58 gallon from a year or two ago. I have more rock and coral now--and less halimeda. If you like green, the coral "green star polyp" is very green and almost grasslike, and ripples with the flow. It too spreads rapidly, and is best isolated on its own rock. __________________ Lynn 1 horse, 1 dog, 2 cats, small pond with a few koi. The fish tank is gone.

05/29/2009, 08:26 PM	#33
mortis13 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: melbourne australia Posts: 205	looks good, do you need to chop it back often? id love some green but not the whole tank! __________________ that was then, this is now. Current Tank Info: 180 gal

05/29/2009, 09:09 PM	#34
otrlynn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chester County PA Posts: 1,508	I don't have to prune it very often. As it grows it gets somewhat less attractive, the older parts of it get a little brownish and I trim them. It actually grows more slowly now that my tank has matured, and I have a better skimmer. I think that there is less nitrate in the water (it stays between 0 and 5), so I think that means less "fertilizer" for the plants. It occasionally pops up where I do not want it, but it is easily removed from the rock. __________________ Lynn 1 horse, 1 dog, 2 cats, small pond with a few koi. The fish tank is gone.

05/29/2009, 10:23 PM	#35
mortis13 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: melbourne australia Posts: 205	i think its a good idea as it helps to suck up extra nitrates and your right green plants look nice but brown-green plants look crap. even brown corals look crap, maybe we associate brown with poor health, disease etc...what would be ideal for me is a very thin bladed grass that grows from a bulb or similar type root system that doesnt spread but slowly splits or can be divided. __________________ that was then, this is now. Current Tank Info: 180 gal

05/28/2009, 07:30 PM	#26
bobbyjeb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: athens, tn Posts: 99	i have this great stuff in my 90 dt. grows verry slow a thick. not sure what it is.

05/28/2009, 07:32 PM	#27
bobbyjeb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: athens, tn Posts: 99	this is what it looks like in the tank

05/28/2009, 07:35 PM	#28
bobbyjeb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: athens, tn Posts: 99	its that top center rock. it was only a few days old there, it is thicker, but not too much bigger. you cant really see the rock any more. sends out little runners now and then. i like it alot.

05/29/2009, 08:43 AM	#29
jeffnsa Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: san antonio,tx Posts: 150	i like the way it looks also, here are a couple of shots of my tank.

05/29/2009, 04:19 PM	#31
bobbyjeb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: athens, tn Posts: 99	that is so pretty. i love the green!