Codium - Page 2

razorvines · 04-03-2009, 12:42 PM

You got some of that snorkeling or was that the grapes? I was going to take the boat out this weekend so thought it might be fun to try and get some myself before I order it...

johnmaloney · 04-03-2009, 12:59 PM

it is easier to pull, freaky how it can spread attached to powerheads. To be honest Big Jay I have been trying to re-create your results here, I want to get it naturally spread throughout the tank, but it hasn't been working. I guess it only works if you don't want it too...

johnmaloney · 04-03-2009, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffreyLebowski

I want some macro for my biocube 29, but scared that the tank is too small in case something goes wrong...I have a feeling my halloween hermit and lawnmower blenny would love life.

What are you worried will happen?

BigJay · 04-03-2009, 08:10 PM

I got one of the gracilarias from John and the other from the local waters along with the red grape. Careful if you go picking on your own. A lot of critters in the ocean use the algae as a place for their eggs.
John at first I really didn't want it to now that I see its not covering everything I absolutely love it. I wish I could recreate it with the codium.

BigJay · 04-03-2009, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnmaloney

What are you worried will happen?

IMO you'd have to be very lucky to get codium to go sexual and spread in the tank. Codium is the bomb , do not be afraid of it!

johnmaloney · 04-03-2009, 08:12 PM

macro looks nice when it is growing "naturally" throughout a tank. If it is good looking at least.

BigJay · 04-03-2009, 08:15 PM

woah John whats the story with the Heterosiphona gibbesii? I hadn't seen that. I want some! Any more info needed besides what listed? From what it says it looks like it should do well in the high flow I have in the tank right now.

johnmaloney · 04-03-2009, 08:30 PM

I have found it to be very easy to keep, just fragile to handle. Others have had no problems, I think I will move it to an intermediate level macro, just because of the delicate nature. I have a rock I successfully planted some liagora on, but now my sgt. majors are eating it. I can't get them to stop eating algae, they all think they are Tangs. They are eating my sargassum as I type this. I have an unknown fish that has been in my tank since fry size, and it is teaching the others it seems....

bluespotjawfish · 04-03-2009, 08:51 PM

Hi John! Here is a slideshow of my macros I got a few months ago. I love the codium! I need an ID on the red small tight bushy looking macro (not the red grape or the gracilaria but the other one)? It is crazy gorgeous too and grows fast. I must have something that eats the gracilaria because it disappeared, except the one bunch of it which they seem to totally leave alone.

johnmaloney · 04-03-2009, 09:33 PM

pretty sure you are talking about the laurencia right?

bluespotjawfish · 04-04-2009, 01:32 AM

Yip, that's the one. It's great. It wasn't much to look at when I got it and my clowns kept disturbing it so it almost died, but once it settled in it really took off and now I have 3 more clumps of it going.

johnmaloney · 04-04-2009, 01:47 AM

it does come out nice. it was one of those species that almost always dies back at first, but then gets going. What is nice about it is that it grows close to the rock which looks nice, but it is still easy to remove if you want to. (You twist it off while pushing down until it is dislodged)

JeffreyLebowski · 04-04-2009, 12:06 PM

I'm just always concerned about putting things in the nano LOL. I just the look of macro though, so maybe I'll e-mail ya John.

johnmaloney · 04-04-2009, 01:24 PM

I want to get my 10g planted tank going again. I swore off nanos (I like the 10 gallon basic rectangle tanks for my purposes which are usually not much for display), b/c I have too many tanks and just consolidated some 2 weeks ago. I want one again... I got 6 10gs here and was thinking of setuping up a bookshelf type display with different biotopes in each. Because of seasons though it may take me a year to get everything I want, and I just don't see that project happening anytime soon....but eventually... I should probably learn to drill glass and make it easy on myself. Couldn't tweak salinity in the separate tanks though.....why did you have to bring up nanos? I am going to lose a days works over this....

Oh by the way, while codium is still nice the specimens I was bragging about have been sold, a cutting has been placed in aquaculture, and hopefully I can share it as a featured penny macro frag in the near future. Just have to see how it grows. Found the camera, looking for the charger. Told you all I wasn't in to cameras...

lcstorc · 04-04-2009, 02:21 PM

Do you still have the normal codium?
I forgot about it and it is pretty cool. Everybody takes a nibble of that stuff. My seahorses used to hitch on it as well.

04-03-2009, 12:42 PM	#16 (permalink)
razorvines Cabbage Leather Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Central FL Posts: 389 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium You got some of that snorkeling or was that the grapes? I was going to take the boat out this weekend so thought it might be fun to try and get some myself before I order it... __________________ Jason What did I do before I got saltwater tanks???? 125 Tall Reef Tank 75 FOWLR 45 Tall FOWLR 10 Reef

04-03-2009, 12:59 PM	#17 (permalink)
johnmaloney Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 598 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium it is easier to pull, freaky how it can spread attached to powerheads. To be honest Big Jay I have been trying to re-create your results here, I want to get it naturally spread throughout the tank, but it hasn't been working. I guess it only works if you don't want it too... __________________ Here is a link to my sponsored forum on reefsanctuary. Here is a link to my website, we do clean up crews and macroalgae.

04-03-2009, 08:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
BigJay Golden Moray Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,548 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium I got one of the gracilarias from John and the other from the local waters along with the red grape. Careful if you go picking on your own. A lot of critters in the ocean use the algae as a place for their eggs. John at first I really didn't want it to now that I see its not covering everything I absolutely love it. I wish I could recreate it with the codium. __________________ Reefing off and on since '92 BigJay's Oceanic 90g bowfront chronicle See my pyrex products and target feeders here

04-03-2009, 08:12 PM	#21 (permalink)
johnmaloney Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 598 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium macro looks nice when it is growing "naturally" throughout a tank. If it is good looking at least. __________________ Here is a link to my sponsored forum on reefsanctuary. Here is a link to my website, we do clean up crews and macroalgae.

04-03-2009, 08:15 PM	#22 (permalink)
BigJay Golden Moray Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,548 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium woah John whats the story with the Heterosiphona gibbesii? I hadn't seen that. I want some! Any more info needed besides what listed? From what it says it looks like it should do well in the high flow I have in the tank right now. __________________ Reefing off and on since '92 BigJay's Oceanic 90g bowfront chronicle See my pyrex products and target feeders here

04-03-2009, 08:30 PM	#23 (permalink)
johnmaloney Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 598 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium I have found it to be very easy to keep, just fragile to handle. Others have had no problems, I think I will move it to an intermediate level macro, just because of the delicate nature. I have a rock I successfully planted some liagora on, but now my sgt. majors are eating it. I can't get them to stop eating algae, they all think they are Tangs. They are eating my sargassum as I type this. I have an unknown fish that has been in my tank since fry size, and it is teaching the others it seems.... __________________ Here is a link to my sponsored forum on reefsanctuary. Here is a link to my website, we do clean up crews and macroalgae.

04-03-2009, 08:51 PM	#24 (permalink)
bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 4,942 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium Hi John! Here is a slideshow of my macros I got a few months ago. I love the codium! I need an ID on the red small tight bushy looking macro (not the red grape or the gracilaria but the other one)? It is crazy gorgeous too and grows fast. I must have something that eats the gracilaria because it disappeared, except the one bunch of it which they seem to totally leave alone. __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots - Journey of the 2nd Year ...The 2nd Year - Photoshow Check out Mr. BJ and friends... Mr. BJ's Aquarium - PhotoShow Please Donate to the American Cancer Society: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/lorrainerichards

04-03-2009, 09:33 PM	#25 (permalink)
johnmaloney Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 598 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium pretty sure you are talking about the laurencia right? __________________ Here is a link to my sponsored forum on reefsanctuary. Here is a link to my website, we do clean up crews and macroalgae.

04-04-2009, 01:32 AM	#26 (permalink)
bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 4,942 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium Yip, that's the one. It's great. It wasn't much to look at when I got it and my clowns kept disturbing it so it almost died, but once it settled in it really took off and now I have 3 more clumps of it going. __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots - Journey of the 2nd Year ...The 2nd Year - Photoshow Check out Mr. BJ and friends... Mr. BJ's Aquarium - PhotoShow Please Donate to the American Cancer Society: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/lorrainerichards

04-04-2009, 01:47 AM	#27 (permalink)
johnmaloney Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 598 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium it does come out nice. it was one of those species that almost always dies back at first, but then gets going. What is nice about it is that it grows close to the rock which looks nice, but it is still easy to remove if you want to. (You twist it off while pushing down until it is dislodged) __________________ Here is a link to my sponsored forum on reefsanctuary. Here is a link to my website, we do clean up crews and macroalgae.

04-04-2009, 12:06 PM	#28 (permalink)
JeffreyLebowski Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Big Y-O/NYC Posts: 279 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium I'm just always concerned about putting things in the nano LOL. I just the look of macro though, so maybe I'll e-mail ya John. __________________ ********************************************** Hopefully you understand my name isn't Lebowski, and hopefully you get the joke. My Journey and Frustration in Reefing

04-04-2009, 01:24 PM	#29 (permalink)
johnmaloney Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 598 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Codium I want to get my 10g planted tank going again. I swore off nanos (I like the 10 gallon basic rectangle tanks for my purposes which are usually not much for display), b/c I have too many tanks and just consolidated some 2 weeks ago. I want one again... I got 6 10gs here and was thinking of setuping up a bookshelf type display with different biotopes in each. Because of seasons though it may take me a year to get everything I want, and I just don't see that project happening anytime soon....but eventually... I should probably learn to drill glass and make it easy on myself. Couldn't tweak salinity in the separate tanks though.....why did you have to bring up nanos? I am going to lose a days works over this.... Oh by the way, while codium is still nice the specimens I was bragging about have been sold, a cutting has been placed in aquaculture, and hopefully I can share it as a featured penny macro frag in the near future. Just have to see how it grows. Found the camera, looking for the charger. Told you all I wasn't in to cameras... __________________ Here is a link to my sponsored forum on reefsanctuary. Here is a link to my website, we do clean up crews and macroalgae.

04-04-2009, 02:21 PM	#30 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Codium Do you still have the normal codium? I forgot about it and it is pretty cool. Everybody takes a nibble of that stuff. My seahorses used to hitch on it as well. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

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