lettuce calerpa??

blaze4300 · 01/18/2006, 06:01 PM

does anyone know what eats this stuff??? its growing like crazy in my main system and i want it out!!

blaze4300 · 01/18/2006, 06:41 PM

anyone??

Pandora · 01/18/2006, 07:00 PM

blaze, I didn't know what kind of caulerpa you were talking about before (thought maybe you were talking about sea lettuce, Ulva), but it turns out it is another common name for feather caulerpa. A lot of animals eat this... tangs will clean it up, but they aren't appropriate unless you have a large enough tank to accomodate them. Did you try removing any by hand? It doesn't grow as fast as grape caulerpa, and a little can be attractive.

01/18/2006, 06:01 PM	#1
blaze4300 Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 112	lettuce calerpa?? does anyone know what eats this stuff??? its growing like crazy in my main system and i want it out!!

01/18/2006, 07:00 PM	#3
Pandora Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Maryland near DC Posts: 1,706	blaze, I didn't know what kind of caulerpa you were talking about before (thought maybe you were talking about sea lettuce, Ulva), but it turns out it is another common name for feather caulerpa. A lot of animals eat this... tangs will clean it up, but they aren't appropriate unless you have a large enough tank to accomodate them. Did you try removing any by hand? It doesn't grow as fast as grape caulerpa, and a little can be attractive. __________________ Where are we going... And why am I in this handbasket? Current Tank Info: 75gal reef tank, 30 gal octopus tank, Other: 75gal planted Amazon tank

01/18/2006, 06:41 PM	#2
blaze4300 Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 112	anyone??