Dear Gregor do you know the species wanted to be cultivated?

Daniel,

Sounds like a plan. Some time ago I posted my question on a different forum and someone had the bright idea of removing the padina, which establishes itself on rocks, from the aquarium, rocks and all, for a few hours every 12 hours or so, to give them a dose of life at low tide, which should annoy the green algae etc much more than the padina. And as you point out, fresh water and mild bleach should deter the foreigners as well. Thanks for your suggestion. Greg

Rafiel,

Subject to correction by the taxonomists, we have P. gymnospora, P. pavonica, and P. sanctae-crucis, perhaps P. jamaicensis, and I will use whatever grows. Do different species require different growing conditions?

Greg

Greg if you have plants who are calcified it might be more complex to growth. I strongly use plants without calcium carbonte (withish surface).

Padina species do not grow well in high nutrient, high light conditions. Temperature not above 28 C and migth be less water motion. OK?

Best regards, Rafael

Rafael,

I am in Trinidad, West Indies, where water temperatures can get higher than 28 but can vary a good bit. We are going to start with whatever Padina we can collect and use various light regimes. I grew up on the East coast of Canada where the seaweeds flourish, but here in the Caribbean it is quite different!

Cheers,

Greg

Dear Gregor,

We are working in cold water and fresh water algae in higher altitude mainly Kumaun Himalaya region. Where culture condition, light is normally 5-7K Lux and temperature is around 17-22 C. I have no more practical idea about marine algae culture condition particularly in your interest.

Dear Rafael,

You have helped already. My last experience with growing algae was with Nitella in Canada, which more than anything liked cold oligotrophic ponds, yet I discovered it here in the tropics clogging up a irrigation ditch in a rice field and the farmer wanted to know how to get rid of it.

Dear Tara,

Sorry....did not look at your posted message carefully enough and I thought I was replying to Rafael.

Greg

I hope to hear about your experiences. I think you should try to keep consistent with the SAME species you started the experiment.

Tara thanks for your comments. Rafael

I'm also interested to hear your experiences as i'm trying to do the same experiment now. I've tried to maintain padina and they last only for 3 weeks in aquarium without proper water circulation (I just change the seawater every 3 days)