tell me what this stuff is!!

[coralnut99]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13848556#post13848556 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sjlesq99
cladophoropsis - i think it is spelled. it can not be killed - it even grew back after i cooked the rocks for months no lights or heat in the bucket

i have been looking for a solution for years

Honestly, this has been my experience with it also. I finally resorted to just removing the affected rock, and chiseling it off. Crude, I know. It was easy for me since the few rocks were really close to the surface. If it were somewhere close to the base, I would've probably cut it down with scissors and covered it with epoxy. I couldn't get over how tough this stuff was. You REALLY don't want this stuff to get out of control.

 

[sjlesq99]

I am going to try some urchins and nudibranchs to keep it under control after I chisel most of it off.

 

[awilds]

let me/us know how the nudis or urchins do with this. if they will actually eat it, i may consider getting one myself. my plan, with my newer tank, has just been to watch it like a hawk and get this stuff out of the tank as soon as it looks like it is overgrowing.

i can also concur with the previous poster that it cannot be killed by conventional means. i kept some in a bucket with no light and heat and water changes and it survived just fine - and appears to be not related to nutriet content in the water at all.

 

[adtravels]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13850531#post13850531 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by coralnut99
Honestly, this has been my experience with it also. I finally resorted to just removing the affected rock, and chiseling it off. Crude, I know. It was easy for me since the few rocks were really close to the surface. If it were somewhere close to the base, I would've probably cut it down with scissors and covered it with epoxy. I couldn't get over how tough this stuff was. You REALLY don't want this stuff to get out of control.

+1 its a be ach, and only urchins wouls graze it but it still will persist in cracks, if its ona rock real bad, bin rhe rock if tou can face it it will be better in the longrun.