My macro just died!

BlueAbyss · #1 07-29-2009, 07:06 AM

What color was the Caulerpa when you looked at it?

danny zubot · #2 07-30-2009, 02:54 AM

It was brown and slimey. Normally it was vibrant green.

BlueAbyss · #3 07-30-2009, 10:01 AM

Hmm, sounds more like a disease than anything, though I've never heard of anything like this.

chris121277 · #4 07-30-2009, 02:27 PM

Wow, thats strange man.......guess I can't buy any from you now..lol

danny zubot · #5 07-30-2009, 03:02 PM

I've never heard of anything like this either. There are only a couple of strands of it left that appear to be clinging to life. Hopefully they will re-grow the patch. Incidently, there was a little bit of chaeto in the fuge as well that didn''t seam to be affected at all.

BlueAbyss · #6 07-30-2009, 10:18 PM

Hmm, that's interesting, so it was only the Caulerpa... just a single species? If you have more than one species and only one was affected, I'd say most definitely a disease of some kind. I'm leaning that way anyhow, if all other things are equal and because your Chaeto is fine... try checking out the forums at http://www.marineplantedtanks.com, they may have some insight for you there.

hillegom · #7 07-31-2009, 01:59 AM

This happened to me as well. It never happens to cheato and that is why some people never keep caulerpa

I found this :

Caulerpa spread almost entirely by asexual growth from spores and by fragmentation. A spore producing Caulerpa can often times release such large numbers of spores that it turns the aquarium water a milkly-green color. If this occurs the spores will settle out, be removed by filtration, be eaten or die off in a short period of time. The water becomes clear again, but the spore producing alga can leave behind a white soft tissued husk that should be removed.

At this site:
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/alg...a/aa112000.htm