Purchasing Macro Algae

[RaymondL]

I was heeding some advice to not purchase macro algae from fellow reefers since it might contain pests, etc, so I went to a LFS which claim that their macro algae are free from pests, etc.

Got it home, put it into a quarantine tank and dose a bit of Revive, and in less than a minute out dropped some bristle worms, etc.

Anyhow, theme to this message is don't trust what you're told, and do what you can to assume the worst and take measures to resolve it - as in this case, I assumed that the macro algae would be with pests and I did the quarantine, and cleaning procedure.

Moving forward if I ever need more macro algae, rather than paying 2x or 3x the price, I'll just pick up some from local reefers.

 

[i cant think]

I was heeding some advice to not purchase macro algae from fellow reefers since it might contain pests, etc, so I went to a LFS which claim that their macro algae are free from pests, etc.

Got it home, put it into a quarantine tank and dose a bit of Revive, and in less than a minute out dropped some bristle worms, etc.

Anyhow, theme to this message is don't trust what you're told, and do what you can to assume the worst and take measures to resolve it - as in this case, I assumed that the macro algae would be with pests and I did the quarantine, and cleaning procedure.

Moving forward if I ever need more macro algae, rather than paying 2x or 3x the price, I'll just pick up some from local reefers.

Bristleworms aren’t a pest, they’re good for the CUC. However, I do see your point, and you should make sure you can trust your supplier when it comes to macroalgae.

 

[Mr Fishface]

I agree with the post above me here. It can be really hard to trust most companies at face value these days, it helps if they have many reviews to look at.

 

[RaymondL]

Bristleworms aren’t a pest, they’re good for the CUC. However, I do see your point, and you should make sure you can trust your supplier when it comes to macroalgae.

True.....I didn't identify the type, but there were other things that fell off - I didn't take the time to closely examine, but it was disappointing to see so many things come out from that.