getting caulerpa off a frag

Fishmommy · 05/31/2014, 11:20 PM

I have been lucky to have gotten really clean frags up until now so I have never had to deal with this before.
I have some Euphyllia frags with caulerpa attached to their skeletons.
Can I scrape it off and it won't come back, or am I better off cutting as much of the skeleton away as I dare?

StaySalty · 06/01/2014, 04:02 AM

Are you talking about grape caulerpa algea? My tank had it a while back. I picked off what I could from my corals but I didnt cut anything. Got the nutrients in check and it just went away on its own.

Fishmommy · 06/01/2014, 04:23 AM

this looks like taxifolia or something else

Fishmommy · 06/01/2014, 11:39 AM

I scraped it off with a knife and I guess I will QT the coral for awhile. I would hate to have macro in my tank (besides the chaeto invasion I already have)

Sk8r · 06/01/2014, 11:45 AM

Be really careful. I spent 7 years battling what started as a sprig.

Fishmommy · 06/01/2014, 02:38 PM

noted. very paranoid so it's watch and wait.

05/31/2014, 11:20 PM	#1
Fishmommy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NH, USA Posts: 1,214	getting caulerpa off a frag I have been lucky to have gotten really clean frags up until now so I have never had to deal with this before. I have some Euphyllia frags with caulerpa attached to their skeletons. Can I scrape it off and it won't come back, or am I better off cutting as much of the skeleton away as I dare? __________________ 135 DSA reef w/50 MRC sump. 10 + 5 QT, 180 planted, 75 planted

06/01/2014, 04:23 AM	#3
Fishmommy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NH, USA Posts: 1,214	this looks like taxifolia or something else __________________ 135 DSA reef w/50 MRC sump. 10 + 5 QT, 180 planted, 75 planted

06/01/2014, 11:39 AM	#4
Fishmommy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NH, USA Posts: 1,214	I scraped it off with a knife and I guess I will QT the coral for awhile. I would hate to have macro in my tank (besides the chaeto invasion I already have) __________________ 135 DSA reef w/50 MRC sump. 10 + 5 QT, 180 planted, 75 planted

06/01/2014, 11:45 AM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Be really careful. I spent 7 years battling what started as a sprig. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

06/01/2014, 02:38 PM	#6
Fishmommy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NH, USA Posts: 1,214	noted. very paranoid so it's watch and wait. __________________ 135 DSA reef w/50 MRC sump. 10 + 5 QT, 180 planted, 75 planted

06/01/2014, 04:02 AM	#2
StaySalty Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 279	Are you talking about grape caulerpa algea? My tank had it a while back. I picked off what I could from my corals but I didnt cut anything. Got the nutrients in check and it just went away on its own.