Osprey
Apr 20th 2007, 11:02 PM
Traded in some apple snails at the LFS for some macroalgae... Chaeto for my sump, and some grape caulerpa, which I've always liked the look of. However, knowing its tendency to get weedy and the possibility of the stuff going sexual and killing everything in the tank, I'm not willing to put it in my main display tank.
On the other hand, I have a bare-bottomed QT tank that could use some decoration... Here's the tank as it was:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w7/ospreypatronus/100_0930.jpg
I couldn't just dump the stuff into the tank; it needs something to grow on. But I don't want to add rocks to the tank either, because they will absorb any medications I have to add. So I decided to attempt to grow the caulerpa on a plastic trellis. I had some random pieces of eggcrating left over from other projects, and I put these together to make a trellis to grow the stuff on:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w7/ospreypatronus/100_0925.jpg
Then I wound the caulerpa through!
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w7/ospreypatronus/100_0933.jpg
I hope that the caulerpa will grow well on the plastic lattice; I don't know if anyone has attempted this before. I'm hoping it will grow in nice and thick so that there's something to look at in the tank and make the fish feel more sheltered. PVC pipes and bare-bottomed tanks always look so cold. I'll have to keep a careful eye on the caulerpa; the lighting isn't going to be on 24/7, so the odds of the stuff going sexual are increased.
On the other hand, I have a bare-bottomed QT tank that could use some decoration... Here's the tank as it was:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w7/ospreypatronus/100_0930.jpg
I couldn't just dump the stuff into the tank; it needs something to grow on. But I don't want to add rocks to the tank either, because they will absorb any medications I have to add. So I decided to attempt to grow the caulerpa on a plastic trellis. I had some random pieces of eggcrating left over from other projects, and I put these together to make a trellis to grow the stuff on:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w7/ospreypatronus/100_0925.jpg
Then I wound the caulerpa through!
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w7/ospreypatronus/100_0933.jpg
I hope that the caulerpa will grow well on the plastic lattice; I don't know if anyone has attempted this before. I'm hoping it will grow in nice and thick so that there's something to look at in the tank and make the fish feel more sheltered. PVC pipes and bare-bottomed tanks always look so cold. I'll have to keep a careful eye on the caulerpa; the lighting isn't going to be on 24/7, so the odds of the stuff going sexual are increased.