Cladophora scape

[ranmasatome]

Hi guys.. was thinking of using cladophora in one of my scapes...

Just wondering if we can use it from the marimo algar balls... just kinda like pluck them out then tie onto drift wood?? would taht work? would it attach by itself after some time?

Also i was looking at BGA not BBA and thought i had enough of this i could actually use it to my advantage in scaping.... is there anyway to control its growth? anyone tried?

Comments/opinions welcome..

[wong1979]

I'm trying to scape out something from my office tank that went awfully wrong. Being infested by hair algae. Initially, only the b.japonica kena. Then I hand itch, go and trim them. Now, the hair algae has spreaded all over the tank. My moss kena worst, riccia also kena! Impossible to remove unless I get 100 or so hungry yamatos.

If you look from far, and if algae don't mean anything to you, then probably you find it nice What I'm thinking of now is to actually mix all the hair algae,riccia and moss together and create a fuzzy wuzzy look. I took a picture just now. Tomorrow morning I show you.

[ranmasatome]

okay..but that was totally off topic from what i asked....isnt that weird?
its like i ask "165 from this bus stop go where ah?"
And you answer "we have 2 different bus services..SBS and SMRT"

weird right?

[wong1979]

okay..but that was totally off topic from what i asked....isnt that weird?
its like i ask "165 from this bus stop go where ah?"
And you answer "we have 2 different bus services..SBS and SMRT"

weird right?

Your thread title states cladophora scape, and your content is generally asking about has anyone tried doing scaping on algae, for ur case BGA and cladophora?

I answered that I have hair algae. And since my tank is being infested by it, I might as well make the best out of worst. I mentioned about mixing riccia, moss, and hair algae together. It's just an idea of holding and moulding the algae together. Since my hair algae is something similar to the cladophora algae, and is also relevant to your thread content on doing scapes with algae, I therefore think that my reply to your thread is relevant.

I have not posted my picture yet. I'll do so later in the morning. You'll then see the idea of scaping with algae. And for your case, scaping with BGA, which in my opinion, is trying to get something out of nothing. Am I not right?

[wong1979]

Very similar to cladophora sp. or probably is one kind, it's messy without form. To add more volume and support, just let it grow onto riccia and moss. This way, you can manipulate the shape and layer easily. Then either you gather some branchy twigs to hold them into the sand.

BGA, imo, would work the same way also. As it's without form, you need to add framework into it. Riccia and moss makes a good choice,imo , as they have small foliages and it blends in well with BGA. But of course, you have to look at the big picture And not just zoom in on it. Otherwise, all you can see is your plants being covered by BGA.

So how? Am I on the wrong bus?

[ranmasatome]

aiyo...hahaha...relax okay.. i just find that it is 2 different topics..

Anyway, BGA where got like hair algae??its more like little tuffs of short algae just like cladophora. i read that there is one sp. of cladophora that doesn't really spread...its an algae...but still stays short and attaches really well to wood or whatever..
Besides its not ugly like hair algae and spreads all over the place...or at least not as prolific..
More specifically, the thread was about Cladophora...hence the title.. not hair algae..
if someone posted something on ludwiga plants.. you wouldn't go and tell them about rotala now would you?? its a different topic..yes they are both aquatic plants..but its not about plants...its about lugwidgia. hence this thread is not about algae... but about cladophora..
and the original questions were...
can use it from the marimo algae balls that we buy at shops?
just pluck them out then tie onto drift wood?? would taht work? would it attach by itself after some time?

so yes.. wrong bus.. 156 and 165 go to different places..

[Justikanz]

Dun think the marimo ball algae will adhere to the surface it is tied to... Heard the ball got its shape cos it rolls along the river bed. If it adheres, it won't be rolling in the first place. No? Hmm...

Anyway, I had 2 marimo balls and they had not been rolling ( ) but 'standing' at a location... Never seen them grew flat or attached somehow to the position...

My 2 cents...

[wong1979]

aiyo...hahaha...relax okay.. i just find that it is 2 different topics..

Anyway, BGA where got like hair algae??its more like little tuffs of short algae just like cladophora. i read that there is one sp. of cladophora that doesn't really spread...its an algae...but still stays short and attaches really well to wood or whatever..
Besides its not ugly like hair algae and spreads all over the place...or at least not as prolific..
More specifically, the thread was about Cladophora...hence the title.. not hair algae..
if someone posted something on ludwiga plants.. you wouldn't go and tell them about rotala now would you?? its a different topic..yes they are both aquatic plants..but its not about plants...its about lugwidgia. hence this thread is not about algae... but about cladophora..
and the original questions were...
can use it from the marimo algae balls that we buy at shops?
just pluck them out then tie onto drift wood?? would taht work? would it attach by itself after some time?

so yes.. wrong bus.. 156 and 165 go to different places..

Aiyoh...pls get your definitions on BGA and BBA right lah. BGA stands for blue green algae which is what pple term as cyanobacteria or something, spreads like a green film that is smelly, but some say nice. As for BBA, it's black brush algae which literally looks like a black brush sprouting from one tiny seed attach on the leaf or tip of something.

Now, I see what you are asking liao. Green little turfs of algae. It's the same as the one in the close-up pic I posted above lah. If there are enuff shrimps, they will chomp it down to little green turfs. If not, then becomes like my above pix lor.

Wait I show you one pic lah...u tell me is it this one or not

[wong1979]

This is the close-up of the same type of algae, from the sametank, as above. If I let it grow, then it becomes long, tangly and messy lor? Why I know ley? Because last time my home tank also almost become like that. Then when I used enough yamato, .....voila!

[ranmasatome]

well..yeah..it looks like that... thats why i ask if there was anyway to control the growth... i guess no one would know since they all try to kill it rather than grow it... when grown properly..it is actually very nice.. there is a species that stays short and does not become long... only max about 1 inch in height..

thats why i asking... actually just wanted to give the wood the velety effect.. but its almost hard to find anything taht will do that besides using algae.. so might as well use good algae loh.. so choose cladophora.. or... brush green algae.. also bga..hahaha... sorry la..mistaken..haha..

[wong1979]

Perhaps u can get those marimo balls and just rub it onto the driftwood until it's powdery. Then soak it under sunlight to let all the spores grow in and blossom? I don't know, you are the biology expert, you shd know better

To get the exact growth that you want won't be easy imho. Either you keep a 1 specimen tank based solely on it and just trim it whenever you feel it's too messy. Or you find the exact number of shrimps and correct nutrients and lighting levels to keep it in shape, otherwise hell just breaks lose.

[DarrellAR]

Very interesting! I was thinking of using some Cladophora. In a previous tank I used a "algae filter" to control algae growth. It was a piece of a flousescent light cover mounted on the back of a back filter to form a shallow pan and the water was pumped up onto the place. Then place a small flourescent light on top. Right on top about 3/4 inch (20mm) away.
The algae grows prufusely on the plate taking all the algae nutrients out of the tank. Will Cladophora still grow in a tank with this kind of filter?