just trimmed my chaeto and gave it away to a friend of mine…so I’ll take another pic and see how it grows again…
It grew, but at what rate and when? The algae probably grew up faster since most of the light was there, so the low parts got pushed down. If algae grows is not the question. Coraline grows in most systems, money plant and red macros do as well. The ability for a macro to grow quickly and be easily removed is the importance to most of us.
So I argue, “I’ve noticed when mine is compact, it grows a lot more.†Is probably not the case.
Just my opinion. Sadly I still often talk to people who believe their fuge is actively removing nutrients when they are not actively removing nutrients.
Jon
Jon I read that last line twice and I want to say it this way:
People believe that their fuge is actually removing nutrients, the macro uses the nutrients but the nutrients are in the macro and still need to be removed manually (trim).
If you don’t remove the macro the nutrients that were used are still available to be returned to the water. That die off is very bad as it can be released all at once.
Case in point… The forests in LA that were killed during the hurricane and subsequent flood are dying. They will emit as much carbon and green house gases as the rest of the forests in the US will absorb. WOW.
Pull it and yes it will grow. It will grow faster if it is trimmed and able to get max light.
If anybody needs any cheato let me know, I trimmed half of it yesterday, and gave it away, so soon as I trim it again, I’ll post it up if anybody wants it…
I also have some Red Macroalgae (Botryocladia Sp.) if anybody wants some of it?
I understand and realize how a refugium works verdict_in I will not let the algae grow like that again, since I am around now (haven’t been all summer). Now I keep it trimmed, and every time I trim it, I am removing nutrients. Having those nutrients for the algae to grow is the main ingredient, not the space or light. Granted you need those two, more importantly the light, but space isn’t a huge issue. I had my old system up and running and since there was really no bioload (fishless) the macro slowly started to die. I had the same light over it, with a bigger area so it could tumble and every piece of algae was hit by the light. But the algae slowly started to die, I couldn’t figure out why. After a lot of research, I’ve found that it is common if there really isn’t any nutrients for the algae to consume. Some people who have very effiecent skimmers have had the refugiums die on them as well, because the skimmer is working too good! I thought that was pretty cool, but I like having a fuge because it also supples pods for my fish to eat. Oh and for the growing at what rate, I started out with a small 2" ball and it grew to over a 2 foot ball in about a month. I’d say that’s a pretty fast growth rate for it being “compact” and not having enough light 
agreed
Opps yeah that was a typo:
“Sadly I still often talk to people who believe their fuge is actively removing nutrients when they are not actively removing (nutrients).” I meant to say macro. People often think fuges some how deplete nutrients with out them having to do anything.
Jeff I wasn’t doubting that you knew how it worked, but I like to state things clearly as possible as we have a LOT of newbies lurking in the forums(many never post) trying to understand this stuff. Sadly many people in the hobby try to get information souly from forums and LFS advice and hardly ever pick up a good book.
Jon
There are a few noobs around. But like I tell everyone, do your research prior to anything, as I did, I researched reef tanks for 6 months prior to setting up my first tank. Which I do recommend to everyone.
I agree, there is a lot of bad information out there as much as good. I alway get more then one opinion on a subject. Just because one person on the internet does this, doesn’t mean its right. I learned the hard way, started a tank on my own with a help of a friend who I thought knew a lot (boy was I and he wrong!). Eventually I found reefcentral and other sites/articles/books and have done an insane amount of research over the years. If I could do it again, I would have done what you did xownagex, there are a lot of helpful people on this site and others. The research is still endless and everyday no matter how much we know, we are all still learning. That’s the fun of it, there is no end PBJ!
You said it man, I learn something new every day. There are always advances and different approaches to things…
on a side note, I built a new site, kind of a showcase idea I had, it’s still in the beta phase but you can feel free to take a look at it…
People will be able to register, have their own blog about their tank, livestock, and everything…submit articles, and if they’re good, they’ll go on the front page and be featured…I’m also going to add some sections on conservation and propagation
Hello all,
Well about 5 months ago my brother went to Petco and bought a condy for my tank. I couldnt say take it back, so I put him the tank thinking he could be an experiment since I really do not have any experience with anenomes or corals in my tank. Well I did some reading, watched it regrow the bacteria on itself and turn brown, then it started to lengthen at the foot, and actually began to bud and asexually reproduce another condy. Now I have 2 more than I really want, but wanted to know if anyone else has had similiar experiences and if so could explain why the offspring has nodules all over its tentacles. Thank you for any help with this.
Hum, honestly I don’t know much about anemones hopefully someone else will chime in. As far as the asexual division it often happens in home aquariums and is not unusual. From what I have heard two things will cause either A. It is doing very well and has enough energy to reproduce or B. It was stressed by some event and almost as if it was worried it might not make it the odds are better part of it will survive if there are two. That is from my limited experience and just from hearing other hobbyist talk.
Any chance you could get a photo of the “nodules�
can you define “nodules” for us? Not sure I can picture what you mean.
Jon is correct on the 2 reasons why anemones split. Stress is usually the contributing factor, but in a healthy established system it could just be happy. I’ve had a BTA stretch out to over 17" before splitting so you never can tell for certain.
when i had a green bta it was bigger than a dinner plate. A 25 gallon with compacts and a reefer with little experence dont mix well.
I think most nems need larger tanks. I am not saying that they can’t be kept in smaller tanks just that it is hard to do. I had a RBT in my 39g for a few months, but it got to large very quickly.
Most nems need good lighting and flow, so if you aren’t using MH or T-5’s I would hesitate to try one.
The condy or haitian anemones don’t require a large tank and do not need extremely bright lights. Jocephus had one under pc and I had one under Vho and later metal halide.
+1 on the low light nems, if you throw it some food now and again, it’ll do well.
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[size=11pt][color=blue]How to Upload a Picture to Photobucket
Make sure you are signed in. (See Arrows)
Right Click on the “Choose Files” Button
This will bring up a box showing the “My Pictures” folder on your computer. If the Picture you want to upload is located in the “My Pictures” folder then Locate the folder. If the file is not located here, Locate the “up one level” Button, Located at the top (example 2). This will allow you to find the folder the file is located in.
Example 1
Example 2
Right click on the folder which has the picture you want to post. Click Open.
This will open the folder and display its contents.
Right click on the picture you want to select.
Optional - If you wish to select multiple pictures use the control key on the keyboard and right click on all the pictures you want to upload.
If you want to select multiple pictures in a row, you can use the shift key on the keyboard and it will select the first picture it the folder through second picture you select.
When you select “open” it will automatically upload the pictures.
When the images are uploaded (depending on connection speed), You will get this page. #1 allows you to skip any labeling at the current time. #2 Skips the labeling all the time. I use this as you can go back and add labels at any time. It is faster to skip this step always. #3 If you want to add a title to the picture, enter it in the space labeled title. #4 A description can be entered if needed.
It should look something like this:
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[size=10pt][color=blue]How to Post a Picture from Photobucket in a Forum.
Find the forum topic you want to post in.
Click on the reply logo. Type the message in the forum and now lets add a picture.
Now take a look at the codes, What do the mean?
When you left click on the code it automatically copies the code. (See the “copied” pop up)
Lets start with the longer way so you will see how the code get put in the forum. See the red arrow? This logo is the “img” icon.
This can be right clicked or typed directly. Either way it will display the following.
So right click the photobucket picture you want to post.
Right click in the forum between the [img] [/img] [size=11pt][color=blue] code, and select paste from the pop up box. It should look like figure (1).
If you want to see what it will look like before you post, select preview (2).
If you did eveything correctly it should look like this (1). Now right click on post (2).
[color=purple]Want to do that a little faster?
Do not click on the “img” logo as it is not needed.
Instead of copying the Direct link Copy the “Img Code”.
Right click in the forum in the area you want to post the picture. Select paste.
The text should look like this:
Select Post
Whether you use the Img Logo or the Direct link you will end up with this:
Otherwise you may see this:
Most of the time this is a code error or an extra character in the code. Easy to fix when you know what to look for.