What marine plants should i get?

[szesteve]

Any suggestions please?

Thanks!

[sps_dude]

hmm......maybe sea grapes ?? ... but lots of people have success with caulerpa...... just stating a fact..... but i suggest not... these algo tend to go waste without proper pruning....... seagrapes is a better option.... IMO

[Eric]

hmm......maybe sea grapes ?? ... but lots of people have success with caulerpa...... just stating a fact..... but i suggest not... these algo tend to go waste without proper pruning....... seagrapes is a better option.... IMO

Any pics of seagrapes?

Eric

[szesteve]

Yes, a picture of sea grapes please.

[verrucosa]

Here you go guys,

plus some info as well..hehe. Thinking of setting up a refugium as well.

http://centralpets.com/pages/critterpages/...s/SWI1797.shtml

[szesteve]

Excellent information. Thank you!

Any other suggestions?

[gaga]

Maybe you can try this (see picture below) i am not too sure about name of this plant but all i can say is that it is very tough no need to worry about it going asexual. I have try those common caulerpa and grapes in my 1 x 1 x 2 refugium but don't know why none lasted for more than one month. Even lights are on for 24 hrs. I got this when i bought my fire shrimp in Lor halus. The uncle pack a few strand inside those tyical small bag together with the shrimp, i think it for the shrimp to hide to reduce stress. At that time after releasing the shrimp i thought don't waste the weed so i threw into my refugium. Unexpectedly this weed just grow like wild fire man, overtaking the whole refugium in last than 4 weeks, imagine the amount of nitrate and phosphate it would have asborb from my main tank to grow this much hehehe. But then very importantly lights have to be on 24 hrs or else all will turn white next morning. Go to your lfs and ask for a few strand next time you go there buy something, i am sure they will give you a few strand for free. Of course if you were to compare those grapes attached to LR, theyare definately nicer to look at la, but which would prefer. A nicer looking refugium or a working refugium. My looks like a bloody jungle man, at least no worries.

[ReDDeviLs]

yea i totally agree..

but they make ur refugium real mess up!

and i find that tangs love seagraps but not these graSS!

anyway..i just cleared 95% of it,leaving a few strand waiting for it to bloom like a forest again..

after 1wk..already grow 10%..

im using fresh water plant lights..pl/t4 lights only..24watts..

white and blue.

there is even a strand of seagraps growing out ..i feed it to my purple tang

anyway seagrapse always die on me too!

[sunnymau]

sea grapes die on me too

[tdmrider]

same here

[FuEl]

Hmm..gaga..i got the same type you have. Was just named caulerpa sp. by Coralfarm. Anyway...I leave mine in the main tank. No problems.

[hammy]

sea grape sort of like melted ....i am using the above weed that gaga has posted and it is really like a jungle for mi ...

i only use pl and on it for 24/7

[nivlac]

my personal experience is that calupera prolifera is the best. Very hard to get as they are mainly hitchhikers on live rock. The shops here carry mainly grape and fern type, which are not hardy and tend to go white even with 24/7 lighting. The moss type discussed is quite hardy, but doesn't grow fast enough to my liking to be a source of nutrient export. I'm now using some sawblade type which does the job well but still not as good as prolifera.