Path: utzoo!hoptoad!ihnp4!ihlpg!dalka
From: dalka@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Ken Dalka)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Re: Fresh water plants (and marine too!)
Message-ID: <5316@ihlpg.ATT.COM>
Date: 3 May 88 13:52:52 GMT
References: <411@bacchus.DEC.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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> Since my "Fern" caulpera croaked, I've been keeping only a type of
> caulerpa that has leaves like pine needles.  It's doing well, and
> when it dies, it seem to decay at a slower rate than the fern.
> 
> Anybody know the correct names for these caulerpas? 

I have one called "sea grapes". It has little pods on it. Well sort
of....   I also call the one you have ferns. Ive also have one with
very long big leaves and thin tough strands that hold it together.
(I call it the one with the big leaves.) Anyway......what I really
was getting at was that I've been told that all caulerpas have a
limited life span. They grow for a while producing "seeds" and then
die. The idea being that the seeds will take over after the plant
is gone. However, these seeds don't really do well in an aquarium,
so you end up with nothing. I have no first hand experience with this
only the statement made by a trusted pet shop owner.

I've had problems with my caulerpa dying but I think its because it
eventually gets engulfed by stray algae. (That ugly green stuff that
you have to scrap off the glass every couple of weeks.) Anybody know
how to control this stuff?

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