fast growing red stuff

does anybody know what this is?

warning very large photos

http://www.safaricabs.com/red1.jpg

http://www.safaricabs.com/red2.jpg

thanks in advance

Yea, I think I recognize that stuff.

Is it hard and requires a razor blade to get it off.
Is it not quite as hard as normal coraline algae,
but almost as hard?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


jthread wrote on 7/25/2007 7:24 PM:
does anybody know what this is?

warning very large photos

http://www.safaricabs.com/red1.jpg

http://www.safaricabs.com/red2.jpg

thanks in advance

It's red macroalgae. I posted to reef central. Found one on the internet
that looked just like it. It's harmless and easy to harvest if need be.

In answer to your question it's very soft. It is growing so fast it worried
me but it's supposed to drop ammonia levels.

thanks


"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Yea, I think I recognize that stuff.

Is it hard and requires a razor blade to get it off.
Is it not quite as hard as normal coraline algae, but almost as hard?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


jthread wrote on 7/25/2007 7:24 PM:
does anybody know what this is?

warning very large photos

http://www.safaricabs.com/red1.jpg

http://www.safaricabs.com/red2.jpg

thanks in advance

Don't count on it dropping ammonia levels.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


jthread wrote on 7/26/2007 12:02 AM:
It's red macroalgae. I posted to reef central. Found one on the internet
that looked just like it. It's harmless and easy to harvest if need be.

In answer to your question it's very soft. It is growing so fast it worried
me but it's supposed to drop ammonia levels.

thanks


"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Yea, I think I recognize that stuff.

Is it hard and requires a razor blade to get it off.
Is it not quite as hard as normal coraline algae, but almost as hard?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


jthread wrote on 7/25/2007 7:24 PM:
does anybody know what this is?

warning very large photos

http://www.safaricabs.com/red1.jpg

http://www.safaricabs.com/red2.jpg

thanks in advance

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
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Don't count on it dropping ammonia levels.

thanks man

we'll check all levels. what do you think makes it red? the internet says
it's the pigment in the chlorophyll implying it cant be changed. when i
worked at a greenhouse it was ph levels. but not here. light more/less or
type of light maybe? it's a real pretty deep red. but there is a green
variety that looks just like it.

my wife got some live rock out of a old aquarium. with (real cool) mini-mini
5cm beach ball algae growing too

Yea it's a pigment that won't change. There are all
kinds of different colored algaes. There are a lot
of differences between true plants and algae. By the
way, you probably already know this, but kelp is an
algae. There is one type of red algae that will
change color in high intense lighting, like right
under 400w mh light.

As for ammonia, macroalgaes prefer nitrate over
amonia. I think land plants prefer nitrate over
ammonia, ammonia is used to fertilize, but it gets
converted by bacteria into nitrate. Water plants
prefer ammonia over nitrate, and green water prefer
ammonia over nitrate.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


jthread wrote on 7/26/2007 12:45 AM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Don't count on it dropping ammonia levels.

thanks man

we'll check all levels. what do you think makes it red? the internet says
it's the pigment in the chlorophyll implying it cant be changed. when i
worked at a greenhouse it was ph levels. but not here. light more/less or
type of light maybe? it's a real pretty deep red. but there is a green
variety that looks just like it.

my wife got some live rock out of a old aquarium. with (real cool) mini-mini
5cm beach ball algae growing too

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Yea it's a pigment that won't change. There are all kinds of different
colored algaes. There are a lot of differences between true plants and
algae. By the way, you probably already know this, but kelp is an algae.
There is one type of red algae that will change color in high intense
lighting, like right under 400w mh light.

As for ammonia, macroalgaes prefer nitrate over amonia. I think land
plants prefer nitrate over ammonia, ammonia is used to fertilize, but it
gets converted by bacteria into nitrate. Water plants prefer ammonia over
nitrate, and green water prefer ammonia over nitrate.


I think I got confused over the ammonia dropping due to the algae. Somebody
though it was a sponge or something.


Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


jthread wrote on 7/26/2007 12:45 AM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Don't count on it dropping ammonia levels.

thanks man

we'll check all levels. what do you think makes it red? the internet says
it's the pigment in the chlorophyll implying it cant be changed. when i
worked at a greenhouse it was ph levels. but not here. light more/less or
type of light maybe? it's a real pretty deep red. but there is a green
variety that looks just like it.

my wife got some live rock out of a old aquarium. with (real cool)
mini-mini 5cm beach ball algae growing too

On 26 Jul, 08:37, "ythread" wrote:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message

...

Yea it's a pigment that won't change. There are all kinds of different
colored algaes. There are a lot of differences between true plants and
algae. By the way, you probably already know this, but kelp is an algae.
There is one type of red algae that will change color in high intense
lighting, like right under 400w mh light.

As for ammonia, macroalgaes prefer nitrate over amonia. I think land
plants prefer nitrate over ammonia, ammonia is used to fertilize, but it
gets converted by bacteria into nitrate. Water plants prefer ammonia over
nitrate, and green water prefer ammonia over nitrate.

I think I got confused over the ammonia dropping due to the algae. Somebody
though it was a sponge or something.



Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


jthread wrote on 7/26/2007 12:45 AM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Don't count on it dropping ammonia levels.

thanks man

we'll check all levels. what do you think makes it red? the internet says
it's the pigment in the chlorophyll implying it cant be changed. when i
worked at a greenhouse it was ph levels. but not here. light more/less or
type of light maybe? it's a real pretty deep red. but there is a green
variety that looks just like it.

my wife got some live rock out of a old aquarium. with (real cool)
mini-mini 5cm beach ball algae growing too- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The red crap comes from Waynee Sallee washing his hemorhoid festered
ass off in your fish tank when your not looking.

That stuff looks like either Nemastoma or Predaea. My bet the first but the
later is more common.


"jthread" wrote in message
...
does anybody know what this is?

warning very large photos

http://www.safaricabs.com/red1.jpg

http://www.safaricabs.com/red2.jpg

thanks in advance

"Huey" wrote in message
oups.com...
On 26 Jul, 08:37, "ythread" wrote:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message

...

Yea it's a pigment that won't change. There are all kinds of different
colored algaes. There are a lot of differences between true plants and
algae. By the way, you probably already know this, but kelp is an
algae.
There is one type of red algae that will change color in high intense
lighting, like right under 400w mh light.

As for ammonia, macroalgaes prefer nitrate over amonia. I think land
plants prefer nitrate over ammonia, ammonia is used to fertilize, but
it
gets converted by bacteria into nitrate. Water plants prefer ammonia
over
nitrate, and green water prefer ammonia over nitrate.

I think I got confused over the ammonia dropping due to the algae.
Somebody
though it was a sponge or something.



Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


jthread wrote on 7/26/2007 12:45 AM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Don't count on it dropping ammonia levels.

thanks man

we'll check all levels. what do you think makes it red? the internet
says
it's the pigment in the chlorophyll implying it cant be changed. when
i
worked at a greenhouse it was ph levels. but not here. light more/less
or
type of light maybe? it's a real pretty deep red. but there is a green
variety that looks just like it.

my wife got some live rock out of a old aquarium. with (real cool)
mini-mini 5cm beach ball algae growing too- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The red crap comes from Waynee Sallee washing his hemorhoid festered
ass off in your fish tank when your not looking.

jesus that was rude. lol

still does it answer the question?? mini beach ball algae harmful?? is all
algae good?

thanks for the laugh. please dont bore me with "blue-collar" drivel. lol you
pig