Alge disintegrates

[Ct Midnite]

I have given and received calupas (sp?) of different kinds. About 50%
of the time they do well and the other half they turn clear and
disintegrate. It can be very frustrating.

Can anyone tell me why this happens and what you can do, if anything,
to increase the chances that it will live?


Ct Midnite

[Time2359]

As I understand it when they go "sexual" they do that.


"Ct Midnite" <mreef2.10.muffin@spamgourmet.(nospam)com> wrote in message
...
> I have given and received calupas (sp?) of different kinds. About 50%
> of the time they do well and the other half they turn clear and
> disintegrate. It can be very frustrating.
>
> Can anyone tell me why this happens and what you can do, if anything,
> to increase the chances that it will live?
>
>
> Ct Midnite


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[BSackamano]

I have the same problem. I thought it was the light. I had a 15W fluoro
over my ~12gal refugium and replaced it with a 65W PC, but it still does
it...?

"Ct Midnite" <mreef2.10.muffin@spamgourmet.(nospam)com> wrote in message
...
> I have given and received calupas (sp?) of different kinds. About 50%
> of the time they do well and the other half they turn clear and
> disintegrate. It can be very frustrating.
>
> Can anyone tell me why this happens and what you can do, if anything,
> to increase the chances that it will live?
>
>
> Ct Midnite

[Ct Midnite]

I've had it happen in my refugium with 60 watts and in my main tank
with 192 watts and my isolation tank with 10 watts.

One time I had most of one particular rock covered with nice caulerpa
to the point I removed some for another tank. The whole bunch went to
pieces in about 3 days. The piece I took and the whole mess left on
the rock. Not the whole tank, just that rock.

I just bought two pieces of live rock that had two nice looking pieces
of caulerpa that I'd never seen before. Three days later all on one
rock is dead and gone. The other looks fine.

Maybe it just doesn't like to be fiddled with?

Ct Midnite


On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 02:21:44 GMT, "BSackamano"
> wrote:

>I have the same problem. I thought it was the light. I had a 15W fluoro
>over my ~12gal refugium and replaced it with a 65W PC, but it still does
>it...?
>
>"Ct Midnite" <mreef2.10.muffin@spamgourmet.(nospam)com> wrote in message
...
>> I have given and received calupas (sp?) of different kinds. About 50%
>> of the time they do well and the other half they turn clear and
>> disintegrate. It can be very frustrating.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me why this happens and what you can do, if anything,
>> to increase the chances that it will live?
>>
>>
>> Ct Midnite
>

[Dragon Slayer]

> Can anyone tell me why this happens and what you can do, if anything,
> to increase the chances that it will live?


it happens because the algae are stressed. this can be caused by letting it
get over crowded or by mass pruning of it.

the best way to prevent it is with your lighting kept on 24/7. this slows
the growth marginally but it prevents the 'going sexual' as it causes less
stress then the lights on/off. also not letting it get crowded by selective
cutting back not yanking it out helps considerably.

hth
kc

[Ct Midnite]

Thank you. I've been leaving my refugium on 24/7 after some comments
from this group a couple of months ago. I think I've seen a marked
increase in the rock hopper population since I've left the lights on
too.

I'll be a lot more gentle with the caulerpa when I'm pruning it from
now on.

Ct Midnite


On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:19:34 -0600, "Dragon Slayer"
> wrote:

>> Can anyone tell me why this happens and what you can do, if anything,
>> to increase the chances that it will live?
>
>
>it happens because the algae are stressed. this can be caused by letting it
>get over crowded or by mass pruning of it.
>
>the best way to prevent it is with your lighting kept on 24/7. this slows
>the growth marginally but it prevents the 'going sexual' as it causes less
>stress then the lights on/off. also not letting it get crowded by selective
>cutting back not yanking it out helps considerably.
>
>hth
>kc
>