caulerpa removal

[reeformadness]

I have beds of Caulerpa spreading through my tank and I'm worried about it. It is the "majic duster" kind if you know what I mean. Dark green, thin stalk, with many filaments coming from all around the stalk. Not the grape kind or feather kind. I forget its species name. Are their any ways to get rid of it without physically removing it? Do I need to? It looks OK I think, but I worry about it going sexual.

 

[reeformadness]

OK looked it up...I think it's Caulerpa verticillata

 

[shutiny]

Naso tang or fox face/rabbit fish ate all mine algae except the red hair algae. They love any types of caulerpa in mine tank The rabbit fish even ate mine purple people eater payl

 

[fishyvet]

A naso wouldn't be a good choice for a 75g tank because they grow to 18". I don't know much about rabbit fish but I do know that every fish is an individual and no one fish can be guaranteed to eat it. Your best bet is manual removal. That stuff grows fast and can over take a tank and choke out any kind of corals you add (assuming you have a reef tank). If you want to try to get a fish to eat it, perhaps you could take a sample of the stuff down to the LFS and try feeding it to a fish (maybe a yellow or purple tang).