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mw5655
04-23-2011, 09:23 PM
I have this stuff growing all over my Live rock can anyone identify?
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e46er
04-23-2011, 09:56 PM
caulerpa algae
mw5655
04-23-2011, 10:06 PM
What is the best way to get it out of my DT
Mandosh
04-23-2011, 10:09 PM
tweezers and patience
hillegom
04-23-2011, 10:14 PM
caulerpa racemosa
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/caulerpa_racemosa.html
I think yellow tangs eat it, but you should check first.
RedCoralEdmonton
04-23-2011, 10:15 PM
Ive had yellow and naso tangs devour it

Steve
mw5655
04-23-2011, 10:34 PM
I have a 72 gallon is that to small for a yellow tang?
bignose
04-23-2011, 10:58 PM
Some will say no but I think it's fine to have a yellow tang, or a tang that's similar in size.
Zarstar
04-24-2011, 12:34 AM
i had that stuff and grew nice and pretty.... then my starry blenny ate it all in two days. try that.
e46er
04-24-2011, 01:15 AM
My hippo tang Eats it
mw5655
04-24-2011, 04:55 AM
Thanks for the input
mw5655
05-16-2011, 04:07 AM
Got a yellow tang and it has not touched it. Any other ideas? It's out of control.
Jason McK
05-16-2011, 04:13 AM
You can never garentee a paticular fish will take care of a problem. Algae problems are a result of excess nutrients giving the algae a food source. Unfortunatly it seams to take no time to have an algae problem but takes for ever to get rid of it.
you can pull calurpa out by hand and then perform water changes and make sure you are not over feeding, over stocking, and your bulbs are not too old

J
IronRising
05-18-2011, 07:56 PM
I had and emerald crab that would eat that stuff!
Eyford01
06-04-2011, 04:36 PM
i had some but no longer i just reached in and pulled it out whenever i saw it, after a week or 2 it stopped coming back for good
Lance
06-04-2011, 04:39 PM
My Foxface loves that stuff.
MKLKT
06-04-2011, 05:08 PM
My Foxface loves that stuff.

Likewise, I've bought coral that had some grape on the live rock base and it was gone within an hour because of my foxface.