ID this algae please

Discussion in 'Algae' started by serotonin, Jun 13, 2006.

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  1. serotonin

    serotonin Purple Spiny Lobster

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  2. rickzter

    rickzter Torch Coral

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    Wow, stir that cyano bacteria.

    That looks like grape caluerpa (Caulerpa racemosa). Take it out, it's extremely aggressive and will outgrow eveything though not difficult to remove. Some people see it as a really bad weed. If you follow up on the link below, they found a lot of that crap inhabiting the fiji reefs. Not a good thing. Fox face is said to devour it.

    Take a look at this link:
    http://reefshow.com/html/modules.php?name=AvantGo&file=print&sid=144

    It's not recommended, not even for refugium.
     
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  3. serotonin

    serotonin Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Since I took my canister filter off the system and put it on my 72Gal this stuff is out of control :(
     
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    serotonin Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I removed the caulerpa and stirred all the substrate, anything else i should do? Turn off some lights for a while? I jsut did a 10% waterchange 3 days ago. um.... not overfeeding for sure.
     
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