Anything eat halimeda?

Fishamatank

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Just like the title says....
I have some halimeda that is starting to spread, any smallish inverts that will eat this stuff? No other algae problems, so I do not think it is nutrients, nitrates and phosphates are undetectable.
 
Nothing I have touches the stuff -- numerous type of snails, urchin, yellow tang, and an golden algae blenny. I personally like the stuff, and it grows fairly slow and it easy to remove.

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+1, I used to have some and just removed it by hand when needed. Never noticed anything eat it either.
 
Not much eats Halimeda - it produces a lot of secondary metabolites to make it unpalatable to most herbivores. Luckily, it does so at the expense of faster growth.

ADD: Toddrtrex, is that a Monti cap growing up your back wall?
 
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