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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2007Maiden Hair plant
Do you consider this plant invasive in reef tanks ? I got a small piece of rock with this plant to my 10 gallons nano-reef but looking at how fast does it grow and how many different patches pop up on this rock in a very short time of two weeks I am not sure if this was good decision... I like the color and the appearance of this bright green plant but I do not want it to grow to problem size, smothering everything else alive in the tank. Should I control its growth somehow ? Mechanicaly trim it with scissors or pull it out ? What is your experience ? 10G Tank conditions before the water change yesterday: Salinity: 34 ppt Temp: 80-84F (family keeps the room too warm!) Ca: 340mg/l (pretty low, AP test 17 drops) NO3: 10mg/l PO4: 0.14mg/l > Do you consider this plant invasive in reef tanks ? > sandie.heidenway@state.tn.us > Agent in charge of TWRA region 2 > Tn Dep[t of Fish and wildlife Dont' forget to have them call the FBI to see about the dead bodies you said were under a trailer on your victim/target's property. Memphis Field Office Federal Bureau of Investigation 225 N. Humphreys Boulevard, Suite 3000 Memphis, Tennessee 38120 (901) 747-4300 Complaints: Here is where to send complaint on Roy concerning his giving people the advice to shoot and kill Herons, a protected species in the US: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service title bar. ... Daphne, AL 36526. Telephone 251/441-5181. Fax 251/441-6222. www.fws.gov/daphne/ > I got a small piece of rock with this plant to my > 10 gallons nano-reef but looking at how fast does > it grow and how many different patches pop up on > this rock in a very short time of two weeks I am > not sure if this was good decision... It might have the ability to become a problem. I think it's the same thing used in turf scrubbers. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com Pszemol wrote on 2/14/2007 10:59 PM: > Do you consider this plant invasive in reef tanks ? > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > NO3: 10mg/l > PO4: 0.14mg/l > Do you consider this plant invasive in reef tanks ? > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > NO3: 10mg/l > PO4: 0.14mg/l My LFS has some very attractive rocks on sale with Maiden Hair Plant.....I'm quite tempted as I have been looking at getting some sort of natural way of sucking up my phosphates....from what I have heard other plants such as Caulerpa can become invasive if placed in the actual tank rather than a fuge or sump.....now with a Nano tank you don't really have a fuge or sump....kind of gets a bit silly......So I was rather hoping that this might be an alternative.....I'm pretty much into using natural methods to control water parameters rather than adding chemicals..... On the trimming and pruning front - I maintain quite a few freshwater planted tanks.....trimming and pruning pretty much becomes a fact of life and part of the whole tank maintenance regime (well if you get the plant growth right) Gill >> Do you consider this plant invasive in reef tanks ? >> [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Gill The only nano tanks I have ever had success with have had large sumps (or cannisters) drilled in. heh Spose if you look at them proper they ain't really nano's but the old algae farm in the sump lit when the tank is dark and dark when tank is lit really do work well I have some 'sea lettuce' growing not sure the real name but seems to be doing well shame duckweed doesn't handle saltwater now theres a nitrate and phosphate eater!! even mangroves can't hold a candle to that if the maiden hair plant is the same as our turtle grass I'd be loving it! if it took over the tank wouldn't it look amazing? if so..... whats the problem? :) Algae growing over the corals is not a good thing. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com swarvegorilla wrote on 2/25/2007 8:37 AM: > if the maiden hair plant is the same as our turtle grass > I'd be loving it! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > whats the problem? > :) oh thats right..., reef group my bad :) I can't help it love me marine algae's they, uh.... do it for me. heh > Algae growing over the corals is not a good thing. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> whats the problem? >> :) |
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