Pszemol wrote:
Do you consider this plant invasive in reef tanks ?

I got a small piece of rock with this plant to my
10 gallons nano-reef but looking at how fast does
it grow and how many different patches pop up on
this rock in a very short time of two weeks I am
not sure if this was good decision...

I like the color and the appearance of this bright
green plant but I do not want it to grow to problem
size, smothering everything else alive in the tank.

Should I control its growth somehow ?
Mechanicaly trim it with scissors or pull it out ?

What is your experience ?

10G Tank conditions before the water change yesterday:

Salinity: 34 ppt
Temp: 80-84F (family keeps the room too warm!)
Ca: 340mg/l (pretty low, AP test 17 drops)
NO3: 10mg/l
PO4: 0.14mg/l

My LFS has some very attractive rocks on sale with Maiden Hair
Plant.....I'm quite tempted as I have been looking at getting some sort
of natural way of sucking up my phosphates....from what I have heard
other plants such as Caulerpa can become invasive if placed in the
actual tank rather than a fuge or sump.....now with a Nano tank you
don't really have a fuge or sump....kind of gets a bit silly......So I
was rather hoping that this might be an alternative.....I'm pretty much
into using natural methods to control water parameters rather than
adding chemicals.....

On the trimming and pruning front - I maintain quite a few freshwater
planted tanks.....trimming and pruning pretty much becomes a fact of
life and part of the whole tank maintenance regime (well if you get the
plant growth right)

Gill