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marie
03-21-2005, 02:38 AM
Why, oh why is JL selling dictyota algae, that stuff is a menace, nothing eats it and it spreads like crazy. I would rather have hair algae and cyano :eek: and i have had first hand experience of all three :evil:

Willow
03-21-2005, 02:50 AM
yeah and they are also selling sand dollars.. nothing like a sand dollar for killing your bed!

Beverly
03-21-2005, 02:57 AM
Why, oh why is JL selling dictyota algae, that stuff is a menace, nothing eats it and it spreads like crazy.

Sounds like it would be good in a refugium. Have had red dictyota like that in my tank. Just loved it. I think my emerald crab did it in :evil:

http://vis-pc.plantbio.ohiou.edu/algaeimage/jpegs/Dictyota.JPG

Also have this dictyota which is a pest:

http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/img/faq_dictyota.jpg

Here's a page on algae:

http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/main_pages/faq_algae.htm

marie
03-21-2005, 03:05 AM
I'm not sure i would trust it even in a refugium, I spent 8 mths of weekly rock tweezering to get rid of that stuff, at least with hair algae i could use a toothbrush :razz:

Nemo
03-21-2005, 03:27 AM
I'm not sure i would trust it even in a refugium, I spent 8 mths of weekly rock tweezering to get rid of that stuff, at least with hair algae i could use a toothbrush :razz:


I don't know about a toothbrush. I used a yellow tang on my hair algae, he made short work of it, better than any snail or crab. JMO


Robert

untamed
03-21-2005, 05:45 AM
My Eunicid worms love this stuff and keep it nicely under control.