Caulerpa ????

[bluenassarius]

cool

 

[skooter571]

OK then.....trying to be a responsible reefer....how do I dispose of it properly.

 

[Elite]

The website recommended to freeze it and put it in the trash can.

 

[MorandiWine]

ditto. I froze it then put it in my compost heap. bad idea.....ever smelled decomposing algae??? DONT!

tyler

 

[Elite]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7102802#post7102802 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MorandiWine
ditto. I froze it then put it in my compost heap. bad idea.....ever smelled decomposing algae??? DONT!

tyler

:lol: does it smell like skimmate?? :bum:

 

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7102850#post7102850 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Elite
:lol: does it smell like skimmate?? :bum:

WORSE

 

[yoshiod9]

here's a picture site of the banned species...i looked for it a week or two ago but couldn't find it (i had previously used it for citing on n-r.com). hopefully this will help keep the law abiding reefers on the right track.
-danny

http://www.sccat.net/banned_species.php

 

[Elite]

Thanks Danny... That's help alot ..

 

[Vincerama2]

Interesting, I just pulled tons of the stuff (grape caulerpa) out of my tank. My disposal method? I give it to a friend who has tangs and other fish which chomps it all in a day or two (basically, I convert the caulerpa into fish! )

Second way was I would rinse it in freshwater, then toss it into my worm composting bin and let the worms eat it.

Basically, I give it to something that eats it, but don't flush it down the toilet! I'm pretty sure NOTHING but bacteria could survive the sewage treatment process, but why chance it? Caulerpa in my tank grows insanely, and I've seen what it's been doing in the mediteranian. Bad news!

V

 

[Elite]

Tang eats them?? If they do, I want some ...

 

[Vincerama2]

Well, I've not seen his tangs eat them, but I'm going over on Friday for dinner and I'll bring the bag of caulerpa for him, so I can confirm that the tangs eat them! If not the tangs, then it's something else in his tank.

V

 

[yoshiod9]

the yellow tang i used to have ate the caulerpa i have...the spotted yellow eye tang i have will pick at it...but won't control it like the yellow did. (spotted yellow eye tang pics http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/tangs/spottedyelloweyetang/)

 

[bluenassarius]

thanks for that link earlier on the banned species danny

 

[yoshiod9]

no problem, sam!

 

[Qwiv]

The most probable way the algea got into the ocean was from the storm drain systems or dumping it into a stream. I dought it made it through a sewer treatment plant alive.