"Ct Midnite" mreef2.10.muffin@spamgourmet.(nospam)com wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:47:20 -0500, Teri G
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Okay, coraline algae is a different ballgame. When ppl say *add algae*
- I think of macro algaes, usually Caulerpas. These you wouldn't want
in your display. Coraline is a solid encrusting algae (what gives LR
it's "purple" color), and no fish that I am aware of, will eat it.

Are you saying you don't want any Caulerpas in your display tank?

Is that the norm for a reef tank? I'm new at this but I kind of like
some Caulerpas in the tank. You have to stay on top of it or it get
to be to much but I like the color it adds and it hasn't been that big
of a deal yet anyway.

Do most reef tanks have no Caulerpas?
Ct Midnite

http://www.geocities.com/ctmidnite53/fish.html

it's really hard, if not impossible, to get rid of it once it's established.
if you miss trimming it for a while, it can go asexual and die all at once,
dumping a large amount of biological waste into your tank in a short period
of time.