Turtle Weed (Chlorodesmis fastigiata)

The turtle weed suffered some kind of sexual reproduction event and thinned away for a while, but it has now come back in full-force. I had a little bit of it growing in my display a while, but it was quickly consumed by my fish.

This macro-algae continues to grow nicely.

This algae has now slowed down. The left part of it has diminished a little, while the right part has grown out.

The turtle weed doesn't seem to be slowing down.

The turtle weed continues to grow. It now looks just like it did when I first introduced it into the aquarium.

The turtle weed appears to be making a come back. This is unusual given that the rock appeared completely barren for almost a month.

No trace of the turtle grass remains. I suspect that it simply could not recover from the astraea snails coupled with the tank crash.

This is one specimen I want to try again though.

The turtle weed was almost completely decimated by astraea snails in my previous system. A small patch of it is all that remains.

Hopefully, it will start to grow back now that I have removed the snails.