Is caulerpa not good?

[jasonak]

Hi
I have Grape Racemosa Caulerpa,and some other type of i guess caulerpa,it looks like it has suction cups all over it.Anyways it grwoing like crazy in my sump and ive read a couple post about people saying dont use caulerpa.Should i get rid of this?whats the best type of macro for your sump?
thanks

 

[graveyardworm]

Caulerpa is fine for the sump, or a display dedicated to it. One of the issues keeping it in your sump might be a toxin released by caulerpa, this can be combatted with carbon use.

 

[rcypert]

Caulerpa is fine just prune it. the best is Chaetomorpha though its the most reliable.

 

[jasonak]

thanks guys
what do you mean bye prune it? do you mena just grab it up cut some off or is there a certain way of doing it?
thanks

 

[graveyardworm]

When removing it you should try to damage it as little as possible. Dont just rip out a chunk remove it in as large of an intact piece as possible.

 

[jasonak]

oops to late,lol well i didnt rip it out,but i think i could have been more delicate.i just took scissors and cut it in have it was like a brick i hate to throw it awys cus i know its full of pods.Actually i put it in my hospital tank know any good tricks for getting pods out of that??
thanks

 

[graveyardworm]

You can spend bunch of time picking them out like I do. Here's the results of one pruning event.

 

[jasonak]

wow
just a few critters! Deffinetly worth your time picking through then.

 

[graveyardworm]

Thats out of my cheato BTW, my caulerpa doesnt hold nearly as many critters. I would just give it a good shake either in a seperate container with tank water or in the fuge.