Grape Vines in my tank....

[Michael Lawford]

Hi All,

I am always finding weird things growing from my LR. About 2 months ago
this stuff appeared that looked like green grape vines. Any idea what it
is? It has started growing everywhere and even though I cull it is is
starting to grow out of my corals and killing them.

~m

[Matthew]

"Michael Lawford" > wrote in message
...
> Hi All,
>
> I am always finding weird things growing from my LR. About 2 months ago
> this stuff appeared that looked like green grape vines. Any idea what it
> is? It has started growing everywhere and even though I cull it is is
> starting to grow out of my corals and killing them.
>
> ~m
>
Grape Caulerpa (Caulerpa racemosa). Nasty stuff in a display. Take the
rock out, and tweeze, tweeze, tweeze. If your tank is large enough, some
tangs will eat it readily.

Good luck.

[Roy]

What your thinking of is Valonia, or green bubble algae. The emerald
crab is what is supposed to eat the stuff, yet my 2 emeralds have yet
to touch any of the stuff......so I just remove it with a turkey
baster. Don;t know if the name of the crab you mentined in the
scientific name as I can;t keep up with common names yet alone
scientific names, so it could be the same as an emerald...

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:12:13 +0000 (UTC), "Warren Bailey"
> wrote:
>><>Could also be Vanonia (i think thats what its called) or bubble algae. You
>><>can get a crab to eat that.. mythrax crab i think.. probably wrong.. brain
>><>frazzled today
>><>
>><>
>><>"Michael Lawford" > wrote in message
...
>><>> Hi All,
>><>>
>><>> I am always finding weird things growing from my LR. About 2 months ago
>><>> this stuff appeared that looked like green grape vines. Any idea what it
>><>> is? It has started growing everywhere and even though I cull it is is
>><>> starting to grow out of my corals and killing them.
>><>>
>><>> ~m
>><>>
>><>

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