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03/16/2018, 09:42 AM | #1 |
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Macro Algae out of control
Its been about a year since I added a 2 inch clump of Grape Kelp (Botryocladia sp.) to my tank. As you can see from the two pictures, it has spread quite a bit.
I'm planning on making a reef tank and the grape kelp takes up a lot of really nice spots where corals could be. Most of the red you see are smaller individual plants made of a few bubbles, with its root structure in the rock. If I try to pull one out it usually ends up ripping with the root staying in the rock and growing back. I was gonna add a coral beauty angelfish and hope that it might start eating it, but besides that I really dont know how to deal with it. Any recomendations? |
03/16/2018, 10:11 AM | #2 |
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Seems quite a few algae eaters will go after it..
Shouldn't be too hard to take care of.. Want some grape caulerpa? Talk about a problem..
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03/16/2018, 12:30 PM | #3 |
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Can we get a closer look at the algae to actually confirm it’s grape kelp?
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03/16/2018, 09:07 PM | #4 |
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I orderd it from Live Aquaria, and unless they identified it incorrectly (which they do time to time) im pretty certin it is grape kelp, heres some more pics though.
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03/17/2018, 04:03 AM | #5 |
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Wont most urchins eat that?
a coral beauty isn't really a hardcore grazer. I would think if any urchins find that palatable they will destroy it quite fast.
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03/19/2018, 09:25 AM | #6 |
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Urichin it is!
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