Macroalgae Information?

Having trouble finding information on the following:
String of Pearls Macroalgae
Blue Scroll Macoralgae
Pink Petals Preadae Macroalgae
Red Branching Macroalgae

Does anyone have any info, or know where to direct me to find info?

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks!!

 

Hit up John Maloney at ReefCleaners.com

 

String of Pearls Macroalgae - Botryocladia uvaria (check my spelling though) - really nice but a little more difficult to keep than the other Botryocladia sp. because of the lack of a midrib. If the bubbles are damaged, say by rogue amphipods, the entire "plant" begins to succumb to water filling the "pearls" or bubbles...etc...
Blue Scroll Macoralgae - Padina doesn't come in blue. What is the species name?
Pink Petals Preadae Macroalgae - Predaea? Wow nice. Hard to keep, globular algae are like that. Grows to a good size, is edible likes moderate light and moderate to high current. Are you sure it is Predaea? I have seen that one as all sorts of algae. If it is Predaea weldii that is a sweet find.
Red Branching Macroalgae - there are 1000s of red algae that branch. Gracilaria sp maybe? That would be the "quintessential" red algae genus that has "branches".

on all of these except the mystery blue scroll algae, moderate to lower "coral style" light if you get my drift. Move them around until they seem comfortable. With reds start lower and work your way up. With greens do the opposite, with browns it kind of matters what species. Do you have a picture of the blue scroll algae?

 

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Thanks John

John - Thank you for the information. I'm trying to decide which ones I can show off in my DT and which ones I need to keep in the fuge. They are currently in my quarantine tank awaiting clean bill of health and disposition decision. I just received them. I plan on putting tigerpods in the fuge after it is populated.

 

pics of macroalgae

John: Attached are pics - as best I could get. Isolation tank is glass and lighting is compacts.

 

i have had both of those...what is the name again....the one on the right is a fast grower....the one on the left is definitely a gracilaria species, but i forget the name.....The one on the left I know...delicate macro...it will come to me. I want to say it is one of the Fauchea sp. but I know that is wrong because I think I misidentified it is Fauchea before....will stop typing out loud now though...

The Botryocladia uvaria, (did you get a chance to correct the spelling on the species name?), is the string of pearl algae. Keep it away from pods, otherwise you will see them breaking open the bubbles and eating the macro...

got a shot of the predaea or the blue scroll?

 

The place I bought the predae lied - It's not blue, it's brown.

Again Thanks!! for the ID.

 

I think they misspelled it. Predaea is a awesome looking globular red algae. You can google it as "nemastoma", many of the pictures of "nemastoma" in the hobby are a Predaea sp. I was excited there for a minute...What you probably have is one of the Padina species. You can tell for sure by testing it for calcium. The Padina spp. are the only calcified brown macros. Anyway, it doesn't mind some current, don't be afraid to put it in front of a powerhead. Needs for you to maintain your calcium, placement higher in your tank is probably a good idea too, it takes a good bit of light to keep it happy.

look up species in the rhodomenia genus for that red one...I haven't had much look googling it, but that is probably pretty close.