Bryopsis cultivation/looking for seller

[SeaweedHuggger]

Hello all, my kid has a biology project and chose to grow bryopsis over a period of a month to record its growth. I know this is considered a pest, so I'm thinking it will be an easy and fun expirement. I know little to nothing about what's needed for a saltwater tank but I'm sure this can all be found online or on here. The cultivation of byropsis, however, is not something ive been able to find easily since most things I've seen are on removing the plant. My questions are these:

- is there a general guidline to follow for addition of nutrients to the tank that will work for a good percent of algae? We're trying to keep the amount of nutrient variation minimum to see how well this grows compared to other algae.
-is there anyone here willing to sell some bryopsis? I've been able to find a bit of it on ebay but for the project we plan on using 3 small tanks, with different amounts of sunlight so I'm looking for a pretty decent quantity of the bryopsis.

Thanks!

 

[KrisReef]

Welcome to Reef2Reef.

Asking for bryopsis in your first post is a bold move. I don't have any so the only help I might provide is this answer to bump your thread.

 

[Casket_Case]

I’ve grown in multiple times just by having a light running 24/7 over my refugium. Only thing I would say to try is get saltwater with lots of organics in the water keep it warm and have it under a light.

 

[hds4216]

It uses NO3 and PO4, so try to have a source of that.

If you can't find any bryopsis, you could try growing a macroalgae like chaeto.

 

[fishguy242]

hi welcome to the reef going to love it here!!
lots of fun/info/fun/help/fun....

 

[SeaweedHuggger]

Thanks everyone! I figured since bryopsis isn't really wanted in tanks, the people who had the pest would be wanting to get rid of it, and why just throw it out when you could get paid for it

@frigus did you have to use any heat on it or was it just light?