Looking for Chaetomorpha

[Wei]

Hi,

I am looking for Chaetomorpha. Anyone has them or selling pls pm me.

Thanks!

Wei

[Wei]

no one has them??

[FuEl]

I myself have no idea what is a Chaetomorpha...maybe can give a common name or attach a picture?

I think people like me will be too lazy to check on the net...

[Wei]

heres a pic. Chaetomorpha crassa

Wei

[FuEl]

Hmm..think I saw those in my tank before..but i threw them away! Will look out for you..

[Blenny]

hey wei, why are you looking for those things? Sometime see them on life rocks? some kind of hairy algae isn't?

[SharkBait]

chaetomorpha are very hard to find locally it seems. Most probably the ones we see are byropsis?

[FuEl]

Maybe he wants to tie them onto liverock and do some underwater gardening...reminds me of the freshwater riccia fluitans.

[Wei]

i want to add it to my seahorse tank. Act as additional filtration & block some light direct to my seahorses.

Chek Jawa has them, but i dun really want to disturb it.

Wei

[FuEl]

I don't see anything wrong with plucking off a handful of nuisance algae. Just make sure you don't damage anything else while getting to them...

[Wei]

I prefer either purchasing them or somebody gave it to me.

[SpiderOne]

nuisance??? this is one of the most sought after macroalgae. i know a few reefers here who have them but if they havnt already approached you.. then i think it is not my place to list out any names .

people do have it. so dun worry.continue searching and good luck

[KingFish]

I don't see anything wrong with plucking off a handful of nuisance algae. Just make sure you don't damage anything else while getting to them...

Removing any part of nature will upset the ecosystem somehow.

Besides volunteering to cull hamsters, misidentifying macroalgae and merulina, what else do you do?

[ryan]

hey i found a HUGE clump along east coast beach at low tide while training(i'm a sailor).

it was washed up to the beach. maybe you can try looking along our local beaches.

i would pass you some, however mine started melting so i gave it all to a fellow reefer. if i find some more i will pass it to you.

[Wei]

Thks ryan in advanced.

can i know which part of east coast u got it??

Thanks.

Wei

[KingFish]

Just so you know, for those who have not seen Chaeto, it is a fine line between that and Hair algae, even Bryopsis in the early stages may look like Chaeto.

[hoppinghippos]

Rumour, so any way of differentiating it from hair algae then?

[KingFish]

Chaeto are typically deep green in colour, wiry and taut to touch, somewhat like a Brillo pad.

Hair algae are long and stringy, slimy to touch. You'll know you do not want it in your tank.

Bryopsis in its early stages are pale yellowish green in colour and is tough to remove.

[hoppinghippos]

hhmmm cuz I was wondering if my hair algae could be chaeto by some chance...

[KingFish]

A picture of it will help