Nanoholic510 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Can anyone please help me identify this algae? It has long vines and is starting to slowly take over my live rock. Will a lawnmower blenny eat this? I try to pull it off the rock but it's brittle and little pieces remain on the rock. Thanks in advance! Link to comment
Reefer Al Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I would guess it's come kind of caulerpa. Quite illegal in CA Link to comment
Mr. Fosi Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Hard to say... Can we get a better pic? Link to comment
Nanoholic510 Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Hard to say... Can we get a better pic? Thanks, guys! I took that picture with my cell phone camera. I'll take a better one when I get home tonight and post it. Any ideas on what could naturally eat/attack it? Thanks again! Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 caulerpa is pretty easy to remove. the species will help a bit...may razor or grape caulerpa from the height, but I am just guessing. Link to comment
reefdan Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I would guess it's come kind of caulerpa. Quite illegal in CA when you tear it off, make sure you don't flush it or it'll destroy the bay http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/hcd/caulerpa.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulerpa Link to comment
Nanoholic510 Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Here are the promised pics. The leaves aren't feathery, but flat and ribbonlike, and about half an inch long. Link to comment
Mr. Fosi Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Looks almost like Caulerpa prolifera but it's shorter than what I have seen before. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 caulerpa brachypus spelling might be off. Looks like prolifera but smaller with a very delicate runner system this species is not illegal in Cali, but keep it that way with proper disposal. Link to comment
revaltion131 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 It's definitly caulerpa, but I'm fence-sitting between prolifera and brachypus. I have something similar in my 65 and can't seem to get rid of it. Like others have said, when you remove it, don't flush it, just toss it out in the trash. Link to comment
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