Fellow plant lovers what would you do?

[graveyardworm]

I have a yellow leather currently in QT recovering from some fungus it got while at the LFS. It's almost fully recovered and ready for introduction to my display. Today I discovered attached to the rock that its attached to some fragments of dictyota sprouting up.

Would you try to remove it before adding to display, or just put it in the display and marvel at its beauty as it spreads? Can it be controlled in a display? I currently have other algae considered to be a nuisance, but Ive learned to deal with them.

 

[bluenassarius]

is there anyway to use a chisel or screwdriver to chisel off the rock that is affected by the macro? i've done this with sucess many times to seperate macro from coral rocks. hth

 

[graveyardworm]

I could probably remove it, but just not sure if I want to. It would be more diversity in my display. Would you remove it?

 

[bluenassarius]

i have in the past due to have mexican turbo snails that would nip at it. this would cause it to spread to other parts of the tank. the thing about dictyota is that, it doesn't discriminate where it decides to attach to. i've had powerheads that were clogged with this stuff not to mention the overflows and tank glass. this is just my experience with dictyota. anybody that has experience please chime in also.

 

[mike89t]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7486605#post7486605 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by graveyardworm
I could probably remove it, but just not sure if I want to. It would be more diversity in my display. Would you remove it?

I'm currently trying to get rid if some Dictyota from my display tank. I had pruned it back to a bunch of small sprigs on my rock before I left for vacation. Here is a shot of after I got back 2 weeks later:

We are talking about a softball size clump of growth in a little over 2 weeks. Also it spreads very easy. Small fragments will break off and where it lands it will take root an grow a new bush.

When I first saw it growing I was excited because it does have an interesting shape. However now that I know what I'm dealing with I'd prefer it to be gone.

Fortunately the Rabbitfish I purchased has acquired a taste for the stuff and has been chomping away at it. As of right now I'm no longer going to try an manually remove it because that seems to cause it to fragment more. I'm just going to let my Rabbitfish slowly work it down to nothing.