Dictyota Algae

Surfside74 · 11/05/2008, 02:15 PM

I have the Dictyota algae in my tank and it is starting to spread. I have a few emerald crabs that I ut in, as well as Tangs and a foxface. Will that work or is there something else? Please help before it gets out of control. My water is good and no problems noted there.

redfishsc · 11/05/2008, 03:12 PM

This is one that commonly does not get eaten by herbivores. Let me go get my Sprung book, he recommended something but I can't recall........

Well, he does say that diadema urchins and emerald crabs will eat it.

Now that's not to say they will eat yours, nor will they likely eat it all. They may not even eat it at a useful level. It just doesn't seem to be one of the more "tasty" varieties of algae.

Saldarya · 11/05/2008, 03:26 PM

I had an outbreak of this in my tank and I used Diadema Urchins as well as a two-barred rabbitfish (Siganus Doliatus).

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden...3+3&ddid=50257

Anyhow, the rabbitfish tore through this stuff in a matter of ca couple of weeks and keeps the randomn growth now in check.

HTH

Bucket Boy · 11/05/2008, 03:48 PM

I had a massive outbreak of this nuisance in my old tank. It would clog my Tunze's and it just kept spreading. Finally I tried a Naso tang and the tang mowed it down and wiped it out.

11/05/2008, 02:15 PM	#1
Surfside74 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vero Beach, FL Posts: 130	Dictyota Algae I have the Dictyota algae in my tank and it is starting to spread. I have a few emerald crabs that I ut in, as well as Tangs and a foxface. Will that work or is there something else? Please help before it gets out of control. My water is good and no problems noted there.

11/05/2008, 03:12 PM	#2
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	This is one that commonly does not get eaten by herbivores. Let me go get my Sprung book, he recommended something but I can't recall........ Well, he does say that diadema urchins and emerald crabs will eat it. Now that's not to say they will eat yours, nor will they likely eat it all. They may not even eat it at a useful level. It just doesn't seem to be one of the more "tasty" varieties of algae. __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

11/05/2008, 03:26 PM	#3
Saldarya Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lafayette, LA. Posts: 645	I had an outbreak of this in my tank and I used Diadema Urchins as well as a two-barred rabbitfish (Siganus Doliatus). http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden...3+3&ddid=50257 Anyhow, the rabbitfish tore through this stuff in a matter of ca couple of weeks and keeps the randomn growth now in check. HTH Last edited by Saldarya; 11/05/2008 at 03:32 PM.

11/05/2008, 03:48 PM	#4
Bucket Boy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 136	I had a massive outbreak of this nuisance in my old tank. It would clog my Tunze's and it just kept spreading. Finally I tried a Naso tang and the tang mowed it down and wiped it out.