what the heck....cant find any macro plants !?

[hans4811]

I had to move a bunch of my RBTA out of my main tank, as they were taking over, so I just moved one of the rocks that was covered in them into a 20g long that I had never setup, along with a Galaxea covered rock. Didn't have to cycle the tank, between the rocks and the sponge filter I had soaking in my sump, everything seems to be leveled out, and the anemones and Galaxea seem to be doing fine for the past 4-5 days. Put it in my office and didn't really want to spend a lot of cash on it and thought I'd throw some fish in, but held off, thinking I'll just get some Macro algae growing...always wanted to try a Mangrove and others, before the fish. Just some more hiding places rite...

Well...so much for THAT idea....there's nothing out there...what the heck?! ReefCleaners is just about out of everything, same with AlgaeBarn. All but a few Caulerpa/Chaeto, not what I was really wanting to try.

Has this Covid thing just made everything dry up....people bored and buying out everything !?

 

[ThePurple12]

Try Ebay. Macroalgae websites usually don't have many things in stock at once, but selection changes throughout the year. Covid doesn't help, of course.

 

[ThePurple12]

Another good website is live-plants.com.

 

[ThePurple12]

And I see you're in Florida- maybe try collecting some macroalgae!

 

[hans4811]

thanks for that ... that live-plants is in Florida also, although they are out of mostly everything too !!

Collecting some? Short of going scuba-diving to collect, which I dont think you can do anymore, not sure where I would collect any....

 

[ThePurple12]

No need to scuba dive. Look in shallow places like seagrass beds along the road or something. You can also find tons of macroalgae washed up on the beach- mainly sargassum, but there's some other stuff occasionally. Also try mangrove waters.

When I visited Tampa area, there was this rest stop that had a foot-deep seagrass bed with lots of codium and other macros as a backyard.

What I'm trying to say is just look around!

 

[hans4811]

No need to scuba dive. Look in shallow places like seagrass beds along the road or something. You can also find tons of macroalgae washed up on the beach- mainly sargassum, but there's some other stuff occasionally. Also try mangrove waters.

When I visited Tampa area, there was this rest stop that had a foot-deep seagrass bed with lots of codium and other macros as a backyard.

What I'm trying to say is just look around!

Used to do that when i was collecting plants for my koi pond i had some time ago, but that was fresh water. guess it cant hurt to try...