pics of caulerpa racemosa going sexual

chrismunn · 03/07/2006, 09:09 PM

im not sure how good the pics are cuz i havent looked at them yet, but i just pulled every last bit of caulerpa racemosa out of my fuge cuz its going sexual.....it grew from nothing in the tank, i didnt buy it. it all grew at once in the span of a week or so, and has been in the fuge for about three weeks now. if the pics arent blurry, you can see that the entire alga is turning clear, which is bad news

so im assuming that its going sexual because its turning clear. it could be turning clear because its been buried under ten tons of dictyota and halimeada, but i dont think its the latter......

chrismunn · 03/07/2006, 10:19 PM

geeze guys, dont look all at once!, i thought someone might find this interesting? shows what i know!?!?! god.... freakin' idiot!

XeniaMania · 03/07/2006, 10:25 PM

lol...I've seen my caluerpa look like that before, but I thought it was bleeding chrolophyll cuz the Flame Angel was nipping at it..

reefD · 03/07/2006, 10:27 PM

let me respond.
the problem hear is that going sexual and die off can be 2 different things. macro going sexual is charecterized by it turning white but so is die off. the difference is you water will turn cloudy with a sexual reaction. if your water isnt very very cloudy then this is die off...not sexual situation. die off is slow and not an over night thing. in other words sexual reaction ussualyy effects the entire plant so that it is all dead in a short period like over night. die off is slow and not total plant die off but enough to cause a slow total loss. but not nearly as bad as a plant going sexual.

reefD · 03/07/2006, 10:28 PM

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Originally posted by XeniaMania
lol...I've seen my caluerpa look like that before, but I thought it was bleeding chrolophyll cuz the Flame Angel was nipping at it..

exactly my point

Johnsteph10 · 03/07/2006, 10:36 PM

That is not going sexual - as described above.

stewie24 · 03/07/2006, 11:10 PM

Nice pics anyways.. Thanks for taking the time to show everyone!
Stewie

reefD · 03/07/2006, 11:17 PM

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Originally posted by stewie24
Nice pics anyways.. Thanks for taking the time to show everyone!
Stewie

good point!

Airman · 03/08/2006, 12:00 AM

Thanks David I learned something tonight.

chrismunn · 03/08/2006, 12:09 AM

yes reefD thanks for the botany lesson. or would that be bio? anyways, im going to have to lean towards die off then, cuz as you suggested with the sexual effects, there was no cloudiness, and this has been happening over the period of a weeek or so.

so what did we learn today people? very good, a white plant doesnt always mean its getting laid.......

reefD · 03/08/2006, 12:15 AM

no worries......just typing ...lokk at my avitar...i like to chat. lol...my pleasure and i learn from this site daily too. thanks guys!

davidryder · 03/08/2006, 12:59 AM

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Originally posted by reefD
no worries......just typing ...lokk at my avitar...i like to chat. lol...my pleasure and i learn from this site daily too. thanks guys!

haha i imagined you pecking away like that after i saw that avatar... fun fun fun

reefD · 03/08/2006, 01:20 AM

for real! thats me right now ! check it out! im currently posting on nummerous threads on this forum. activly posting to. not just a sentence but my ussual blah blah blah comments......lots of typing involved . lol..lmao...p...p...p...p..lol

davidryder · 03/08/2006, 01:23 AM

yeah it seems like every thread i go to, there you are! haha well good for us, it's only 230am... i'm going for some ice cream, chat with you some other time!

reefD · 03/08/2006, 01:28 AM

good to talk to a great person named david! love the name! lol im david too! anyways im going to bed! later guys ....i enjoy this site also so much the information is great and you can really get a broad range of answers whcich is what salt water requires.......i will fall asleep to the sound of my tanks humming in my room and spread out with in the apt.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......zzzzzzzzzzz...zzzzzzzzzzzzz z....zzzz

03/07/2006, 09:09 PM	#1
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	pics of caulerpa racemosa going sexual im not sure how good the pics are cuz i havent looked at them yet, but i just pulled every last bit of caulerpa racemosa out of my fuge cuz its going sexual.....it grew from nothing in the tank, i didnt buy it. it all grew at once in the span of a week or so, and has been in the fuge for about three weeks now. if the pics arent blurry, you can see that the entire alga is turning clear, which is bad news so im assuming that its going sexual because its turning clear. it could be turning clear because its been buried under ten tons of dictyota and halimeada, but i dont think its the latter...... __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

03/07/2006, 10:19 PM	#2
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	geeze guys, dont look all at once!, i thought someone might find this interesting? shows what i know!?!?! god.... freakin' idiot! __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

03/07/2006, 10:27 PM	#4
reefD Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Schenectady,New York Posts: 4,968	let me respond. the problem hear is that going sexual and die off can be 2 different things. macro going sexual is charecterized by it turning white but so is die off. the difference is you water will turn cloudy with a sexual reaction. if your water isnt very very cloudy then this is die off...not sexual situation. die off is slow and not an over night thing. in other words sexual reaction ussualyy effects the entire plant so that it is all dead in a short period like over night. die off is slow and not total plant die off but enough to cause a slow total loss. but not nearly as bad as a plant going sexual. __________________ DAVID Current Tank Info: it has four sides and a bottom...oh yeah and it has water in it. lol

03/07/2006, 10:36 PM	#6
Johnsteph10 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The South Posts: 2,537	That is not going sexual - as described above. __________________ John Current Tank Info: None

03/08/2006, 12:00 AM	#9
Airman Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 643	Thanks David I learned something tonight. __________________ What is man, that thou art mindful of him?...:) Current Tank Info: 55 Gal, DSB, protein skimmer, UV light, Sump/Refugium

03/07/2006, 10:25 PM	#3
XeniaMania Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,627	lol...I've seen my caluerpa look like that before, but I thought it was bleeding chrolophyll cuz the Flame Angel was nipping at it..

03/07/2006, 11:10 PM	#7
stewie24 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Northwestern PA Posts: 824	Nice pics anyways.. Thanks for taking the time to show everyone! Stewie

03/08/2006, 12:09 AM	#10
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	yes reefD thanks for the botany lesson. or would that be bio? anyways, im going to have to lean towards die off then, cuz as you suggested with the sexual effects, there was no cloudiness, and this has been happening over the period of a weeek or so. so what did we learn today people? very good, a white plant doesnt always mean its getting laid....... __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

03/08/2006, 12:15 AM	#11
reefD Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Schenectady,New York Posts: 4,968	no worries......just typing ...lokk at my avitar...i like to chat. lol...my pleasure and i learn from this site daily too. thanks guys! __________________ DAVID Current Tank Info: it has four sides and a bottom...oh yeah and it has water in it. lol

03/08/2006, 01:20 AM	#13
reefD Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Schenectady,New York Posts: 4,968	for real! thats me right now ! check it out! im currently posting on nummerous threads on this forum. activly posting to. not just a sentence but my ussual blah blah blah comments......lots of typing involved . lol..lmao...p...p...p...p..lol __________________ DAVID Current Tank Info: it has four sides and a bottom...oh yeah and it has water in it. lol

03/08/2006, 01:23 AM	#14
davidryder Claris or Elliot? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nightopia Posts: 2,750	yeah it seems like every thread i go to, there you are! haha well good for us, it's only 230am... i'm going for some ice cream, chat with you some other time! __________________ A rolling stone gathers no moss... Current Tank Info: 90g mixed reef, corner overflow (Mag 9.5), 25g refugium (Mag 5), 15g refugium, Orbit 260w pc, Pan World 50PX-X (Closed loop), AquaC EV-120 (now skimmerless)

03/08/2006, 01:28 AM	#15
reefD Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Schenectady,New York Posts: 4,968	good to talk to a great person named david! love the name! lol im david too! anyways im going to bed! later guys ....i enjoy this site also so much the information is great and you can really get a broad range of answers whcich is what salt water requires.......i will fall asleep to the sound of my tanks humming in my room and spread out with in the apt.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......zzzzzzzzzzz...zzzzzzzzzzzzz z....zzzz __________________ DAVID Current Tank Info: it has four sides and a bottom...oh yeah and it has water in it. lol