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chrismunn
03/07/2006, 10:09 PM
im not sure how good the pics are cuz i havent looked at them yet, but i just pulled every last bit of caulerpa racemosa out of my fuge cuz its going sexual.....it grew from nothing in the tank, i didnt buy it. it all grew at once in the span of a week or so, and has been in the fuge for about three weeks now. if the pics arent blurry, you can see that the entire alga is turning clear, which is bad news

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/chrismunn/76612542.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/chrismunn/292a3006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/chrismunn/22034f44.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/chrismunn/51ec514f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/chrismunn/426d8c41.jpg

so im assuming that its going sexual because its turning clear. it could be turning clear because its been buried under ten tons of dictyota and halimeada, but i dont think its the latter......
chrismunn
03/07/2006, 11:19 PM
geeze guys, dont look all at once!, i thought someone might find this interesting? shows what i know!?!?! god.... freakin' idiot!
XeniaMania
03/07/2006, 11:25 PM
lol...I've seen my caluerpa look like that before, but I thought it was bleeding chrolophyll cuz the Flame Angel was nipping at it..
reefD
03/07/2006, 11:27 PM
let me respond.
the problem hear is that going sexual and die off can be 2 different things. macro going sexual is charecterized by it turning white but so is die off. the difference is you water will turn cloudy with a sexual reaction. if your water isnt very very cloudy then this is die off...not sexual situation. die off is slow and not an over night thing. in other words sexual reaction ussualyy effects the entire plant so that it is all dead in a short period like over night. die off is slow and not total plant die off but enough to cause a slow total loss. but not nearly as bad as a plant going sexual.
reefD
03/07/2006, 11:28 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6906020#post6906020 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by XeniaMania
lol...I've seen my caluerpa look like that before, but I thought it was bleeding chrolophyll cuz the Flame Angel was nipping at it..
exactly my point
Johnsteph10
03/07/2006, 11:36 PM
That is not going sexual - as described above.
stewie24
03/08/2006, 12:10 AM
Nice pics anyways.. Thanks for taking the time to show everyone!
Stewie
reefD
03/08/2006, 12:17 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6906332#post6906332 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stewie24
Nice pics anyways.. Thanks for taking the time to show everyone!
Stewie
good point!
Airman
03/08/2006, 01:00 AM
Thanks David I learned something tonight.
chrismunn
03/08/2006, 01:09 AM
yes reefD thanks for the botany lesson. or would that be bio? anyways, im going to have to lean towards die off then, cuz as you suggested with the sexual effects, there was no cloudiness, and this has been happening over the period of a weeek or so.

so what did we learn today people? very good, a white plant doesnt always mean its getting laid.......
reefD
03/08/2006, 01:15 AM
no worries......just typing ...lokk at my avitar...i like to chat. lol...my pleasure and i learn from this site daily too. thanks guys!
davidryder
03/08/2006, 01:59 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6906675#post6906675 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefD
no worries......just typing ...lokk at my avitar...i like to chat. lol...my pleasure and i learn from this site daily too. thanks guys!

haha i imagined you pecking away like that after i saw that avatar... fun fun fun
reefD
03/08/2006, 02:20 AM
for real! thats me right now ! check it out! im currently posting on nummerous threads on this forum. activly posting to. not just a sentence but my ussual blah blah blah comments......lots of typing involved . lol..lmao...p...p...p...p..lol
davidryder
03/08/2006, 02:23 AM
yeah it seems like every thread i go to, there you are! haha well good for us, it's only 230am... i'm going for some ice cream, chat with you some other time!
reefD
03/08/2006, 02:28 AM
good to talk to a great person named david! love the name! lol im david too! anyways im going to bed! later guys ....i enjoy this site also so much the information is great and you can really get a broad range of answers whcich is what salt water requires.......i will fall asleep to the sound of my tanks humming in my room and spread out with in the apt.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......zzzzzzzzzzz...zzzzzzzzzzzzz z....zzzz