Plant ID please

[flemingljr]

please name this plant/macro please.

 

[hmott]

Caulerpa Prolifera I believe, my fav macro. push the runners into the sand and it will grow under the sand and leave your rock alone.

 

[flemingljr]

thanks, it's in a hospital tank right now so it wont have time to take over. i'll throw it in my refugium soon. it came from a local estuary here in FL

 

[xxaquanutxx]

fleming, where in FL are you?? I am in Miami and am lookin for a tank buddy to do some local collecting with.

 

[flemingljr]

im up in the melbourne area, kinda far from miami. if you see ricky williams down there, tell him off for me!!!!

 

[mellen]

Agree with hmott - Caulepa prolifera and ditto on it preferring the sand. It's a good well behaved Caulerpa and very efficient nutrient exporter. Very easy to thin it out regularly by pinching the runners in a couple spots. If you exile it to the refugium anyway, make sure you have plenty sand in there for it and keep it thinned out. It needs iron and magnesium supplements down the road, but then, so do corals, so buy the tests and additives for iron and magnesium. Prolifera likes good, bright light, too.