Getting rid of Caluerpa Racemosa - HowTo

[danmhippo]

Do you really think ulva will block out light for racemosa?

I would be surprised if it does.

 

[NAYM]

Mihai,

Take a cue from me.

My past algae infestation display tank. :x

My PO4 & NO3 is always at undetechable level.

Now it looks like this :wink: since Aug'04

And how did I do it?

Simply stripped down my tank of it's corals & LR and delicately pluck the algaes off.

Here is the carnage I done to them :evil:

Your hard works will pay off

 

[Mihai]

Do you really think ulva will block out light for racemosa?

I would be surprised if it does.

Well, it's not just one layer of Ulva, I folded it in 4 or 8 layers. I also placed a Halimeda in the hope that it will make a holdfast (they tend to have big holdfasts) that will cover the racemosa holdfast. I looked yesterday and racemosa did not "peek" from under the sandwich.

M.

 

[Mihai]

Man, NAYM, that looks exactly like my tank in my nightmares! That's exactly what I try to avoid.
I wonder why I didn't read anywhere about Caluerpa being a pest. You keep hearing - bubble algae, aptasia, flatworms, mantis shrimp, but not one word on Caluerpa. And, in my view, Caluerpa is worse: for a mantis shrimp you don't have to take the tank apart. Similarly for Aptasia and flatworms. Maybe for bubble algae, but even there, emeralds and a tang will put a serious dent in it.

Thanks for scarying my pants off.
M.

 

[Anonymous]

Actually, I think the tank looked more natural and colorful with the grape then after. But that's just me

 

[Anonymous]

I am with Bob on that opinion. I thought that the tank looked great the way it was.

HOWEVER, I also understand the level of maintainence required to keep it to the level in the pictures. I have seen a tank where that level of maintenance was not done. It was not pretty. That stuff choked and killed powerheads not to mention all the guys corals.

 

[Anonymous]

It did look pretty, but I know from experience that you cannot grow the types of corals he had in there very successfully when they are crowded up next to all that algae.


Where the caulerpa rubs up against the sps corals, it kills tissue at the base.

 

[O'Man]

A Coral Rabbittfish (yellow with blue spots) got rid of mine in no time, and the fish has not let it grow back.