over come with caulerpa

[johnnydoe]

caulerpa , caulerpa , caulerpa , all of a sudden like 1 1/2 weeks its growing like crazy all over . what can i do .

 

[Baldwin]

send me some!

 

[AuroraDrvr]

What species of Caulerpa? Generally there is not much you can do, aside from manual pruning and/or cooking your rock. Not many, if any tangs/herbivores will eat it.

 

[snorvich]

Good luck. I would advise NEVER using caulerpa if there is any chance it can get into your display tank. Remember, if it goes sexual, you will have a bigger problem. But, of course, this forum is about fish.

 

[kwpgrooming]

A tuxedo urchin took care of my problem for me. Took him a while but he has almost wiped it out completely.

 

[SkyPapa]

A one spot foxface wiil eat most macro algaes including caulerpa, IME.

 

[NexDog]

Yellow tangs and Foxfaces tear apart grape Caulerpa. I used to have loads in my sump and would occasionally dump some in the DT. No worries about it taking over. I have some other Caulerpa in my sump now and they like that just as much.

 

[tylorarm]

rabbitfish was my only salvation. I tried pretty much everything else prior with no success.

 

[sslak]

My emerald crab eats it.

Combined with a shorter light cycle, carbon/phosban reactor running 24/7, and adding an extra light shining through the side of my sump to bump up my chaeto growth in my fuge I've almost rid myself of it!