I caught a special on the Discovery Channel (or something very similar) talking about a rapid growing form of caluerpa that is alot of shore line. The species is believed to be have been created in a public aquarium in Italy. From there is spread over the medatarrian and the world by ships and an aquarium in Germany that was distributing it for aquarium decor. The state of California apparently has some pretty aggressive campaigns to rid its coast of the algae with blankets of bleach water that is pumped under a tarp form the service. The proposed source was aquarium caulerpa, since the toxifolia remained asexual. That is, any part of the plant contains all the genetic material to create a new plant.
It looks ALOT like the stuff I have in my tank. Not sure if this any new information, but I found it interesting.
It looks ALOT like the stuff I have in my tank. Not sure if this any new information, but I found it interesting.
