Best nutrient exporter

[zygote2k]

How fast does your chaeto or other macroalgae grow? I'm getting 12" of growth every week from Dragons Breath. It outgrows anything that I have including chaeto. I would like to say that this is better than chaeto for nutrient export. Anyone have any info on this?

[lanman]

How fast does your chaeto or other macroalgae grow? I'm getting 12" of growth every week from Dragons Breath. It outgrows anything that I have including chaeto. I would like to say that this is better than chaeto for nutrient export. Anyone have any info on this?

 

My caulerpa ate my dragon's breath for lunch...

 

 

bob

[zygote2k]

Caulerpa is a single celled algae, not a macroalgae.

[Highland Reefer]

Caulerpa is macroalgae that falls into the Chlorophyta Phylum (green algae group). It grows in various shades of bright green colors, as well as different forms and shapes - some growing tall, others growing as mats. With over a hundred of this species found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide, two of the most common forms popular with aquarists are the Feather and Grape varieties.

 

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/algaecontrol/a/aa112000.htm

 

There are plenty of other scientific journals & studies that site Caulerpa as a macroalgae. The definition of macroalgae is not defined by an algae being a single celled or multi-celled organism.

Edited November 9, 2008 by Highland Reefer

[jason the filter freak]

Caulerpa is a single celled algae, not a macroalgae.

Maybe bubble algea, which is the biggest one celled organism on earth? thanks doug for that bit of trivia.