Illegal caulerpa

[brianblack72]

Can anyone say which types of caulerpa are illegal?

 

[Unarce]

The primary one is Caulerpa taxifolia, dubbed the 'killer algae' by the media. There are 8 others that are now banned in California, too, as they've also been deemed either destructive or too difficult for hobbyists to distinguish from taxifolia.

Here's the complete list of the banned 9:

C. taxifolia
C. racemosa
C. mexicana
C. scalpelliformis
C. verticillata
C. floridana
C. cupressoides
C. sertularoides
C. ashmeidii

 

[Elite]

Here is a good thread if you want to read about it ..
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=813481

 

[Justin74]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7758814#post7758814 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Unarce
The primary one is Caulerpa taxifolia, dubbed the 'killer algae' by the media. There are 8 others that are now banned in California, too, as they've also been deemed either destructive or too difficult for hobbyists to distinguish from taxifolia.

Here's the complete list of the banned 9:

C. taxifolia
C. racemosa
C. mexicana
C. scalpelliformis
C. verticillata
C. floridana
C. cupressoides
C. sertularoides
C. ashmeidii

Ooooh fudge!

-Justin

 

[yoshiod9]

pictures are helpful in the whole caulerpa fiasco-- goodluck.

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

 

[raymond4133]

Is it me or doesn't everyone have at least one of these forms of caulepra in their system somewhere.....

Well perhaps not everyone....But, most aquarist whom use a refugium ought to have some form of macroalgae in their to help boost their tank paramaters right along....


.....So what would be the charge or penalty fees for having possession of one of these deadly caulepra....

 

[headshrink]

Not much you can do about it if it magically appears out of LR and DSB after 3 yrs. I didn't add it, but it appeared.... currently in the cooking process.

 

[GreshamH]

IIRC, fines start at $500.

Posession is one fine. Growing it is another fine. Giving it away, selling it, transporting it, etc, etc.

 

[Justin74]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7781216#post7781216 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by headshrink
Not much you can do about it if it magically appears out of LR and DSB after 3 yrs. I didn't add it, but it appeared.... currently in the cooking process.

Same here

-Justin

 

[raymond4133]

I guess it's time to gather all the greens and put them in a plastic bag and freeze them and throw them away in a trash compactor.......

What would you do....Get a fine for a little piece of grass .......That just grew out of nowhere.....

or just throw the ones that look like those 7 or was it 9 deadly caulepras....


---In some respects ....This stuff aint like the other green leaves that people grow for export from columbia or cuba......and is illegal in all the 50 states....

And besides what kind of person, reefer or hobbiyst would even think of disposing this sort of thing in the ocean......

I think the goverment and homeland secuirty already have enough on their minds....(Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Osama Bin Laden, and stupid americans who try to cause some sort of domestic terroism...)_______

 

[Justin74]

In my 32 years of growing up in this fine country of ours I can attest to one thing that I can safely say Ive learned and it's...


1.You never know......


-Justin

 

[headshrink]

If Rush Limbaugh can get busted for Viagra, you can get busted for Caulerpa.

 

[Marc Daniels]

Ya, but with Limbaugh they just tried to run a case up the flag pole to see what they would find.

 

[headshrink]

True, true..... better stay away from Viagra....

 

[CaliforniaDreamer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7783872#post7783872 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Marc Daniels
Ya, but with Limbaugh they just tried to run a case up the flag pole to see what they would find.

Marc I am surprised at you.
:eek1: Viagra and run it up the flag pole!! :eek1:

 

[Marc Daniels]

Couldn't help it.

 

[CaliforniaDreamer]

Marc, best laugh I've had all day.