What is safe and what is not.

[ryan]

Hi everyone...

i visit the beach very often as i'm a sailor.

just picked up some macro algae yesterday and was wondering if it is safe to introduce them into my 2 week old 3ft marine tank with 81cm by60cm by 60cm refugium+sump...

can you guys help me identify the different types of macro algae and tell me if they are safe to use in my refugium? read somewhere that some are not safe...

the pics are up on my imagestation...

my imagestation

[ReDDeviLs]

i think u really got to reduce the size of it or AT will kill u!

[ryan]

yeah i know...

but how do you reduce the size in the computer?

cuz i only know how to do it when the pic is still in my cam...

[CKS]

Hey Wow..it looks like spaghetti algae aka Chaetomorpha sp (maybe Chaetomorpha linum)

its more desirable & popular than Caulerpa *.*

Does it look like the following?

http://members.localnet.com/~playfair/4sale/macro.jpg

[Achilles Tang]

I was looking at the curly wurly green hard stringy algae... that one looks like chaetomorpha!

It won't crash like a caulerpa. Try to pick a whole large chunk for your refugium... it'll work. Just be careful not to pick up parasites...

[CKS]

hehe cool

Hey Ryan

is it possible to pass some to me after ur next havest?

I live in the northen area

[ryan]

hehe cool

Hey Ryan

is it possible to pass some to me after ur next havest?

I live in the northen area

sure!

thats if i find them again lah...

i stay around the north too...

AT... the chaetomorpha is entangled with some reddish brown algae...

is it safe to dump it all in? or should i remove the red ones...

how about the brown one with the bubbles is that safe to put in?

heh... no one tells me what is safe and what is not... hehe...

oh well

[Hondace]

Hi Ryan,

Me too If it is not too troublesome......

I stay near the North too. Can drop by to collect.

Thanks.

[ryan]

Hi Ryan,

Me too If it is not too troublesome......

I stay near the North too. Can drop by to collect.

Thanks.

yes i will try...

no prob if you drop by to collect em...

Guys! don't mind telling me what is safe and what is not for the rest of the algae i collected?

[CKS]

Well .. u asked AT .. so no one else answered...

AT... the chaetomorpha is entangled with some reddish brown algae... is it safe to dump it all in? or should i remove the red ones...

how about the brown one with the bubbles is that safe to put in?

can we have a look at some closer shot of that reddish brown algae?

[ryan]

did you click ok the pics?

they are all taken in high resolution...

so enlarged version should be fine right?

will take again if not good enough...

thanks