grape caulerpa is EVIL

[unclereefer]

I made the misinformed mistake of adding grape caulerpa to my display about 2 yrs ago and i have been fighting it ever since. I just go to town with a pair of tweezers and about 2 hours later I have mowed it down pretty good. My tank is too small for a tang but i was wondering if there is a fish that would fit in a 37 gal. that likes to eat this stuff. Any suggestions?

 

[unclereefer]

I should have read further down. It looks like someone already asked this question.

 

[somethingphishy]

How many fish do you have?
I hear the tang police coming but i'll tell you this anyway....I have only three fish in a 38g a clown,six-line,and a tang.......all of which have been surviving fine for over two+ years...If you keep #'s low you can get away with it. Three fish is the max. for me

 

[SCR]

I've had two yellow tangs for a year now and mine have not grown to where I can notice. I take rocks out of the refgu. when they get covered with the plants, and put them in with the tangs. After 1 or 2 days they are ready to go back into the refgu. LOL

 

[HKSTurbo28]

You may be able to trade it in at your LFS

 

[ACBlinky]

My dwarf angels (CB, flame & white tailed pygmy) devoured the roots of my grape caulerpa, which killed off the plant. Once it died off, it never came back. I keep Caulerpa verticillata in my 21g and occasionally tear out a chunk for the angels -- within minutes they can make a fistfull disappear. They prefer living algae to the seaweed sheets I feed every day, practically jumping out of the water when they see it coming. Centropyge angels aren't always reef-safe, and there's no guarantee you'd end up with one that liked Caulerpa, but it might be worth a try

 

[Sk8r]

In the invert dept., there is the hairy colored pincushion urchin, which is easy to catch and quite adept at dodging corals. Ask for a small one.

 

[FishyLover]

Yeah urchins work way good! I don't see why not a small tang. There would be plenty of food for them!

 

[Lake75]

My yellow tang as well as coral beauty don't even touch the caulerpa I put in there. Guess it's a hit or miss.