This grass/algae plant material grows back fierce every month after I rip it out. What can I do?? I have a 30 gallon bio cube with coral and a clownfish. It seems healthy, starfish are growing and I didn't even buy any. But this stuff seriously impedes being able to see in the tank. It's everywhere down in the holes of the live rock and impossible to get all the roots out. I'm hoping there is a chemical or something I can put in there to kill this stuff once and for all!###
Fighting this stuff for months!! Help
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DFW
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It will likely always come back. It is a nice looking caulerpa, feather, I think, and it is very good at nutrient export! Maybe you could just trim it back whenever it gets to be too much, and enjoy it, and the benefits of nutrient export? If it grows really fast, maybe cut back on feeding, and light, and maybe add an algae scrubber in the sump?
DFW
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If your tank were larger, I would say put a couple of rabbit fishes in there to eat it, while you keep pulling it out, too. It would take some time, but some months from now, you could maybe get it under control. Or you could sart over with new rock, after thoroughly cleansing the tank of all rootlets, and spores of this caulerpa algae. Maybe you could have a yellow tang, and a small rabbit fish while you are getting this under control. You would not have to feed them UNLESS they don't like this particular algae. I have had success with a rabbit fish with getting rid of another kind of caulerpa, and bubble algae, too.
Mike J.
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I can't quite make a positive I.D., blurry pic. It is most likely Caulerpa Taxifolia, maybe C. Mexicana. Caulerpa Taxifolia is on the Federal Noxious Weed List and it is not palatable to fish or invertebrates. It is illegal in the state of California and illegal to transport anywhere. Be careful that you don't introduce it into any of your local waterways. Good luck.
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