Where did all the Turtleweed/Maiden's hair algae (Chlorodesmis) go?

[WheatToast]

Bump

 

[WheatToast]

Bump

 

[WheatToast]

Bump

 

[akau]

I have a bit in my reef tank, I just collect it about 20m from the shore in 1m depth of water over the road from my house.

 

[WheatToast]

I have a bit in my reef tank, I just collect it about 20m from the shore in 1m depth of water over the road from my house.

Pictures?

 

[akau]

Pictures?

 

[WheatToast]

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Prodigious… absolutely prodigious. Has the turtleweed ever negativity affected its tankmates? It is said to contain toxins.

 

[akau]

Prodigious… absolutely prodigious. Has the turtleweed ever negativity affected its tankmates? It is said to contain toxins.

haven't noticed any ill effects so far, I have deliberatly placed it very close to one coral to see what happens...

 

[i cant think]

haven't noticed any ill effects so far, I have deliberatly placed it very close to one coral to see what happens...

How fast does it grow?

 

[akau]

How fast does it grow?

will keep you posted as I only added it a week ago, but from memory when I last kept it while living in Australia in the early 90's, it was much slower than most other algaes.

 

[WheatToast]

will keep you posted as I only added it a week ago, but from memory when I last kept it while living in Australia in the early 90's, it was much slower than most other algaes.

Update?

 

[akau]

Update?

can confirm it is slow growing

 

[reefcleaners]

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I thought Turtleweed/Maiden's hair algae (Chlorodesmis) was quite a popular macroalgae a few years back, but it never seems to be available anymore. What happened? Does this have to do with recent collection bans in the Indo-Pacific region (but isn’t Chlorodesmis also native to the Caribbean)?

My guess is it is hard to collect it without the rock attached, and if shipped with rock it incurs a CITES fee. Caribbean species that are hard to collect without collecting the rock are usually not in the hobby unless it came from aquaculture, because Caribbean rock is protected.