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So some people I know recently came back from a weekend getaway to Destin, FL. They brought me back some brown macroalgae. Luckily, I was doing a water change when they called, so I was able to set up a tank for observation by the time they came to drop it off. I'm fairly certain it's some sort of Sargassum species (platycarpum maybe? Based off of the ridges and bladders from this link).
Most of the stuff in my tanks has really only ever come from fish stores. I'm assuming a standard 4-6 week fishless quarantine should get rid of most parasites (the hardiest of ich aside), but am I missing anything else? I know some of the Sargassum has some sort of brownish hair algae thing on it, but I haven't seen anything super interesting like mysids, larval fish, or anything like that. yet...
Anything important I should know about Sargassum? Based off of some preliminary web searches, it seems like it needs a lot of nutrients and lighting, so I put the observation tank in front of a window and put an LED on top of it as well as filled the tank with old fish water (which hopefully has more nutrients in it than new salt water).
Most of the stuff in my tanks has really only ever come from fish stores. I'm assuming a standard 4-6 week fishless quarantine should get rid of most parasites (the hardiest of ich aside), but am I missing anything else? I know some of the Sargassum has some sort of brownish hair algae thing on it, but I haven't seen anything super interesting like mysids, larval fish, or anything like that. yet...
Anything important I should know about Sargassum? Based off of some preliminary web searches, it seems like it needs a lot of nutrients and lighting, so I put the observation tank in front of a window and put an LED on top of it as well as filled the tank with old fish water (which hopefully has more nutrients in it than new salt water).