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Green Penis Weed
OK, tell me this isn't a strange coincidence.
Less than week after visiting Scbadiver's (AKA Mr. Green Penis Weed) house for the Christmas Party my wife noticed a single stalk of GPW in my tank. I plucked it with a tweezers and within two weeks two more stalks grew up in its place! I plucked those two stalks a few weeks ago. Last night I notice that it grew back now three stalks strong. Just to be clear, I have never had GPW in any of my tanks throughout 8 years in this hobby. Prior to first noticing the GPW I hadn't added a new frag or coral in probably three months. Robbie and I did not trade any frags or anything, I never even put a finger in his tank. All this has led me to one solid and irrefutable conclusion: Robbie's whole house is infected with Green Penis Weed! The evil penis weed has evolved and went airborne! There is no stopping its spread now. The evil penis spores must have settled on my arm just waiting for the next time I put my hand in my tank so they could spread their penis infection to the next host. But seriously, it there any other way to deal with this stuff? I have no idea where I got it but it doesn't seem to respond to simple pruning. I don't want to see it get out of control.
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I KNEW IT! It IS airborne!!! I am sorry to hear this but you did confirm something for me. I noticed the same thing when I pluck it. It comes back stronger and thicker. That said, when my skimmer broke (when I "fixed" it), I noticed in the few weeks I was without it the evil weed lost vigor and the bright green faded. I then started feeding the tank VERY heavy. A lot of it died and I then pulled out the rest about a week before the party. I still have some growing but it isn't as thick or strong as it was. I believe it likes really clean water. Good luck and sorry. Next time I will offe EPA suits for visitors and a washdown as you leave
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Condoms......not just for the bedroom any more......
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I found one piece in my tank a few weeks ago.. I whacked it off and haven't seen it since.. I had never seen the stuff before. I have not noticed if it has come back or not. The good thing it was on a little piece of rock.. If it comes back I will just pull the rock out. But I have noticed I got a few frags, that is starting to get what I think is cotton candy algae on it.. It pink and almost looks like hair Algae.
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Green Penis Weed (Neomeris Annulata) Thanks Robbie, I found the Latin name in one of your other posts.
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Nick "By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out." |
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I will try to get one.. I need to pull the frag plug out and clean it off before it starts spreading.
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I had some of that in my 24 what it was up. I liked it. It eventually died out though. I heard it referred to as Spindleweed.
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Spindleweed is a name it goes by, if you have few stalks. When it takes over the tank you'll call it by GPW. Technically, it is Neomeris Annulata. I know all sorts of stuff about it but not how to kill it, yet. Seeing as Nick just clean up and improved the water quality right before this started it helps me to believe my theory that it prefers really clean water.
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I think you have GPWE (Green Penis Weed Envy).
I had some when my tank was in it's early stages. I kept plucking it and then it finally quit growing. From what you guys are saying is now my tank is too dirty to support it. I guess I'll have to live with it. |
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WOW this is all so hard to comprehend. I had about 6 or 7 stalks of this stuff. I let it grow @ first cause thought is was perdy looking. And then I heard a rumor that it potentially could go into MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE and grow out of my tank taken control of my house, invade my body and make me look like David Hasseloff (but not have his money). Well needless to say I freaked out and plucked the GPW and it never came back again.
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