After fabricating all that algae I realized we needed even more! Luckily, as I was purchasing another round of expensive silicon impregnated algae at the Rain Shed the lady there suggested that I use zap straps (aka zip ties in american lingo). Why hadn't I thought of that!!!!!! So we assembled the remaining algae during the last tide series in about a quarter of the time. There are now over 200 fake algae hanging out the estuary in the corral experiment - this probably amounts of over a grand in material costs!!!! They are doing what all good algae with fake holdfasts do - accumulate sediment, make habitat for polychaetes, and will hopefully do something to change the light environment of their co-habitants, the eelgrass (the goal of this crazy fake algae production).
After fabricating all that algae I realized we needed even more! Luckily, as I was purchasing another round of expensive silicon impregnated algae at the Rain Shed the lady there suggested that I use zap straps (aka zip ties in american lingo). Why hadn't I thought of that!!!!!! So we assembled the remaining algae during the last tide series in about a quarter of the time. There are now over 200 fake algae hanging out the estuary in the corral experiment - this probably amounts of over a grand in material costs!!!! They are doing what all good algae with fake holdfasts do - accumulate sediment, make habitat for polychaetes, and will hopefully do something to change the light environment of their co-habitants, the eelgrass (the goal of this crazy fake algae production).
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