can someone identify this algea???

[trdgirl]

I have had this algea in my tank for several months now and have been able to control it by hand pulling it out of my tank but now it is just too much and hand pulling it is not helping.. does anyone know what it is and how i can control it.,. it is kinda pretty but too much of it is over baring

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[Samala]

Two forms of Caulerpa, potentially C. mexicana (the feathery one) and C. racemosa (the one with small balls or mushroom like fronds.. there are several species closely related to racemosa).

>Sarah

 

[trdgirl]

ok so how do i get rid of it or at least keep in under control.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

keep pulling it our by hand lights on less more hermits then pull out by hand and then more hermits

 

[SitBackAndWatch]

Get a tang

 

[trdgirl]

i have two tangs, a yellow and a purple and they dont touch the stuff... and the lights are only one for 5 hours a day. and i have hundreds of crabs.. i am not sure what kind they are thouh. they are just little guys.. not hermit crabs i am sure

 

[jdieck]

Sorry to say but puling it by hand is the only way putting special attntion to remove as much of the runners attached to the rock as possible.
Tang will eventually get at it if you stop feeding him much.

 

[CitS]

Don't forget to throw it in a ziplock bag, and freeze it for 24 hrs.
to kill it.

 

[jdieck]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9152370#post9152370 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CitS
Don't forget to throw it in a ziplock bag, and freeze it for 24 hrs.
to kill it.

Yes, insure it is killed, you do not want it near the ocean.

 

[Loralie]

trdgirl, I have a onespot fox face that decimates the stuff. I grow caulerpa in many forms in my fuge, just for this fish. If you add one he will have it cleaned up in a couple of days

 

[kmk2307]

It's really not that hard to manually remove caulerpa. Be vigilant. If you have nutrients and light you will have algae. At least it isn't a green film covering your glass or fine hair that is _really_ hard to manually remove.