Sea Lettuce stinks

[Impavidus]

I got some sea lettuce in today from algae barn and it stinks. It looks perfectly healthy, but I wasn’t expecting it to make my office smell that bad. I work from home so I’m not sure I can deal with it. Is this a known issue?

It arrived perfectly healthy, not a rotten smell, just musty, green, wet carpet type of smell.

 

[Goaway]

That's pretty weird. Usually when macro algae dies, it is stinky. I've had ulva before. Hardly any smell. Hopefully it clears up for you.

 

[RGoltz]

my ulva Algae Barn smelled awful as well. They said that ulva releases some compound during shipping and the smell will go away. After a day it had to go.

Now I have Red Ogo from ORA and it is SO MUCH better.

 

[Impavidus]

my ulva Algae Barn smelled awful as well. They said that ulva releases some compound during shipping and the smell will go away. After a day it had to go.

Now I have Red Ogo from ORA and it is SO MUCH better.

Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[Goaway]

I didn't get mine from algaebarn. I wonder if it's based on strain?

Bad enough protein skimmers stink.

 

[RGoltz]

And if that weren’t bad enough, I have nuisance ulva in the display from just the few tiny bits that made it into the display. Ulva is the worst, IMO.

 

[ZoWhat]

If you chose to take out of the tank and turn it into sushi rolls.... use LOTS of eel sauce

 

[Impavidus]

I couldn’t take it. I invested so much to make sure my office aquarium is as quiet as possible. The tank is extremely peaceful and rewarding. The smell made the entire room stink and I wouldn’t be able to concentrate.

I spent my night draining and cleaning my sump. It was a pain in the butt to get it all out. I even had to use a net to get a few pieces out of the display tank. It sucks being out $75. I’ll buy chaeto instead. I’m in another room and the smell still lingers. Gross.

 

[Goaway]

Chaeto for sure does not stink. That is awful. Sounds like the equivalent of someone braking a rotten egg in the room. ;Inpain

Hope that smell goes away for you. I have no advice on how to remove it. Maybe an air purifier?

 

[Frostblitz20]

could be it just exerting what ever they was using to grow it with . I'm guessing these sellere are prob using a high dose of gunk to get this stuff to grow out fast.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I got some sea lettuce in today from algae barn and it stinks. It looks perfectly healthy, but I wasn’t expecting it to make my office smell that bad. I work from home so I’m not sure I can deal with it. Is this a known issue?

It arrived perfectly healthy, not a rotten smell, just musty, green, wet carpet type of smell.

prob the shiping water, happened to me too. as a tip, you can squeeze out your macro when you harvest for a food for microfauna and filter feeders

 

[RGoltz]

I have had ulva, chaeto, and red ogo.

• Ulva is the worst of the three because it smells and it can invade your display. I would never recommend that anyone use it!
• Chaeto is okay
• Red ogo is my favorite if you can get large pieces. Algae Barn could not sell me larger pieces. So I ordered from ORA and I’m very happy.

Just like this and easy-peasy!

 

[kenbennedy]

I have had ulva, chaeto, and red ogo.

• Ulva is the worst of the three because it smells and it can invade your display. I would never recommend that anyone use it!
• Chaeto is okay
• Red ogo is my favorite if you can get large pieces. Algae Barn could not sell me larger pieces. So I ordered from ORA and I’m very happy.

Just like this and easy-peasy!

Did you find the ORA red ogo locally, or order from an online vendor?

 

[RGoltz]

Did you find the ORA red ogo locally, or order from an online vendor?

I purchased through a local store that regularly orders from ORA.