Strange tentacles

[Mary Swims with Fish..]

Hello all. I bought a soft coral a couple of weeks ago and noticed tentacle looking things from the rock. Anyone know what it is?

 

[MERKEY]

Interesting...looks like part bubble algea and seaweed, I have the same. Just make sure yours isn't part bubble algea in there.

What I could find is that it is an edible seaweed. I'm sure more here will know!

 

[Mary Swims with Fish..]

Okay, thank you. I'll look into some more.

 

[Barrett]

Maybe grape calurpa algae

 

[ca1ore]

That’s exactly what it is. Caulerpa used to be very common in the hobby. Has some real disadvantages and largely displaced by chaeto. It’s highly invasive and really hard to remove once established. I’d get rid of it post haste.

Made me chuckle actually. Ten years ago, had you posted this, folks would immediately have identified it. Probably many newer reefers have never seen it. It’s a plague .... did I mention that ....

 

[reef lover]

+1 to the plaque!!!

 

[Kzang]

That’s exactly what it is. Caulerpa used to be very common in the hobby. Has some real disadvantages and largely displaced by chaeto. It’s highly invasive and really hard to remove once established. I’d get rid of it post haste.

Made me chuckle actually. Ten years ago, had you posted this, folks would immediately have identified it. Probably many newer reefers have never seen it. It’s a plague .... did I mention that ....

my LFS gave gave me grape caulerpa for my biocube 32 refugium. Lesson learned to never trust your LFS. It went sexual, and I had no idea it could do that and what that meant. It killed a fish before I realized what happened.

 

[MERKEY]

Well this is the insite I like to hear!! Before I moved my emerald crab he loved eating the stuff. Any suggestions on other critters that like it?

 

[NanoDJS]

Alot of long time reefers still keep it and many other forms of macro. I still keep prolifera in my system