salmon alley January 30, 2003 January 30, 2003 ...keep Caulerpa from invading your tank? I mean, this stuff seems to come in on almost every piece of LR that I have gotten. The rock looks clean to start, then after several weeks under the MH, I've got a forest to prune. :(
Aquariareview January 30, 2003 January 30, 2003 Buy a tang. I have a red sea (purple) tang that is three years old. He has never bothered my coral, and I take a handfull of Caulerpa out of my sump and put in my tank once a week. He eats it all and is still hungry enough to eat any other kind of algae he can find. I have heard that some people have had a problem with tangs going after some poylps. I have never seen that happen
salmon alley January 30, 2003 Author January 30, 2003 I've got a Purple Tang, and the spoiled brat won't touch the stuff...
Marty January 30, 2003 January 30, 2003 I'd love to have your problem. I can't keep caulerpa growing and I don't have a fuge to propogate it. The few times I've gotten a bunch, my purple tang devours it in an hour or so, then like aquariareview's, burps and looks for something else to eat. Never have had a problem with it nipping corals or polyps tho. mc
Coral Hind January 30, 2003 January 30, 2003 I have heard that some people have had a problem with tangs going after some poylps. I have never seen that happen My well fed yellow tang eats the polyps from my toadstool and xenia.
Aquariareview January 30, 2003 January 30, 2003 I have had yellow tangs nip at stuff but my purple tangs never seem to
salmon alley January 30, 2003 Author January 30, 2003 Believe me, you don't want this problem...the stuff is like Kudzu. It's a weed which chokes out everything else. If it was just in my fuge..great, but it's taking over my display tank. I think the excess CO2 in the water from the calc reactor is fueling it. I'm ready to tear down the current LR to take it out and scrub it free of the stuff!
Marty January 30, 2003 January 30, 2003 Maybe we should have a fish loaner program. But I don't want to be the one to have to catch and recatch my purple tang in a reef tank.
ROBZ January 30, 2003 January 30, 2003 could you post a picture of the coulerpa you say you have in your tank?
pez January 30, 2003 January 30, 2003 The type of caulerpa you have will directly affect whether your tang will eat them. -Tom
salmon alley January 30, 2003 Author January 30, 2003 I'm pretty certain this is C. racemosa, but I'll break out the digital camera tonight and try and post a pic for your viewing pleasure!
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