Aluminimum Foil vs GSP?

[rioreef]

To answer an earlier question, no I did not put the foil into the tank, I was just asking.

So, with a natural method are there any effective coral vs. GSP that could be used.

Warning for those that want GSP, make sure the rock is isolated out in the sand bed. This way you can control it.

 

[Python73]

Are they any animals that can be placed to "corral" the GSP. Acans, zoas, anenomes, etc.

A decent idea, but... no. In my experience GSP will grow right over stinging corals. Now, if you really wanted to get extreme, you could set up a hard hitter next to a GSP colony and test the theory. Say, a galaxia or a hydnophora. Both of those have long sweepers that will nail other corals.

Predicted outcome: GSP ignores and moves right along. Terminator style.

S !

 

[xtm]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11035317#post11035317 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nrehman
xtm...crazy nice overflow!

lol thanks.. this GSP took over the back wall of my cube and literally grew all over my staghorn frag (and killed it)

If it grows all over your back wall, just peel it out. If it grows over a LR packed with SPS, you're in trouble.. even manual removal is near impossible by then. I have tried razor blade, scalpel, kalk, NOTHING would kill the darn thing.

GSP should be considered a noxious weed... at least with Caulerpa Taxifolia you can pull them out by hand, with GSP's you can't.

 

[conorwynne]

I cooked LR is total darkness for two months, when I started up my nano, guess what, some of the "dead" GSP starting growing again.

This stuff just doesn't die. Worlds hardiest coral.
It's pretty though, which is why I have added the original colony back into the tank.

If (nae, when) it spreads, I'll get out the clippers and remove it by force. It will smother anything given half a chance -- aiptasia aswell I would imagine. The only thing which caused it to recede was some red filamentous hard coraline like algae.