Sargassum - Page 2

SuperFudge · #1 07-03-2002, 09:12 PM

Tony,

My purple nor yellow will not touch the stuff.

It will transplant and grow easily.
The best thing about sargassum is that it is so much easier to harvest it from your tank,being that it doesnt have the root system.

Marc.

Bob I · #2 07-03-2002, 10:36 PM

I used to have some as you know Tony. Then I got a Sally Lightfoot, and he ate it all. I guess anything that destroys Bubble Algae would just think of sargassum as a light snack. :(

Delphinus · #3 07-04-2002, 11:31 AM

Do you want any more sargassum Bob? I am starting to have a bit of a crop of this stuff. If you would like a cutting, let me know (I guess that can be my little experiment to see how well I can transplant the stuff, although, it looks like it should transplant OK if it's the same thing Superfudge has?)

That's an interesting point you bring up though. I also have a nice little crop of bubble/valonia and I was thinking of picking up an emerald to clean that up. Looks like if I want to keep any it will be a "refugium plant only" after I've got that guy.

Thanks Christy, Superfudge, Bob, Troy, DJ88. You guys have answered all my questions.. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 04 July 2002, 07:32: Message edited by: delphinus ]

ldzielak · #4 07-06-2002, 06:14 PM

I have had too many battles with what I was told is "Sargassum" To knowledge I have never found a fish to touch it yet. I have found it thrives on my rocks and is calcarous. Allan @ J&L told me the only way he found to get it out was to hand pick it off using tweasers. Can't tell you how many friends have laughed at me while I sat over a bucket of old water from a water change an pick this stuff off grinding the roots out.

When I let it get big, I get what looks like buds, or seed pouches. I always remove them, but I keep waiting longer each time (just being and idiot, waiting to see if something is realy going to happen) So for now nothing is spreading and I just keep it in check for now.

Lee