Grape caulerpa

[CoolWaters]

anyone have these guys? just noticed that i have a huge vine of grapes in my tank XD.

what surprised me the mos was it started with a shot vine with maybe 10 grapes. now its over 5" wide and well over 100 grapes. seems faster then my chaeto.

does anyone else have anyother microalgae? other then chaeto?

 

[Lotus]

I have grape caulerpa. Yes, it grows fast!

I have some codium, too.

 

[TheFool]

I have a couple types of caulerpa, some brown algaes, pavona (?) and some other macroalgaes.
I tihnk caluerpoa does grow faster than Chaeto., but it's less fashionable now as it's more prone to crashing, especially if you're a bit rough pruning it. Did you know each strand is a single cell, so you have to pull it out in lumpos rather than cut it, otherwise all the cells collapse and die.

 

[CoolWaters]

lol Thefool is always full of scientific info...what r u a bio-major?

so i have to cut it down at the base of each strand?

 

[TheFool]

Pull it out by hand is the best way in my experience. Any cutting often seems to end in loads of dieback for a couple weeks.

And no , not a bio major. Science subject tho,plus 20 years plus experiene in natural science

 

[quadZmoto]

Pull it out by hand is the best way in my experience. Any cutting often seems to end in loads of dieback for a couple weeks.

And no , not a bio major. Science subject tho,plus 20 years plus experiene in natural science

I am trying desperately to rid my tank of the grape caulerpa. So you're saying if I cut it off instead of pulling it off the rocks by hand it will die? Does the resulting death put any kind of a strain on the tank such as abnormal ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels?