Caulerpa identity

[cward]

Could someone help me identify this caulerpa? The button type branches grow from a single strand with white roots.
I need to know what might possibly eat this before it takes over my tank. I had no signs of this stuff until I switched to 400w 65k Iwasaki's.

 

[sonatedesheimes]

Caulerpa ID

Caulerpa ID

Hi,

This is Caulerpa racemosa commonly named grape Caulerpa. Some sea slugs eat that. Eventually Elysia subornata. If you want to manualy remove it make sure not to let any small fragments going away in your tank. They can grow very well in a new individual.

Hope it helps,

 

[cward]

Thank you. It would be hard to manually remove it as it has grown in all of the crevises. I was hoping there was a type of fish that ate it.