caulpera questions

[vince]

if I place a colony of caulpera in the main tank, would fish/invertebrates eat them all up?

 

[kappadoku]

That really just depends. Sometimes, your veggie eaters will mow it down overnight, and sometimes they wont touch it. What kind of herbivores do you have? And really hungry tangs?

 

[vince]

no; i was wondering if my clean up krew would eat them

 

[flydan]

No.

 

[vince]

oh ok. thank you

 

[johnnysalt]

FlyDan,
you didn't even ask what inverts he had! geez!
Vince, sometimes you can never be sure until you try. I have emeralds, scarlets and large hermit crabs. I have watched every type of crab nibble on the caulerpa I have in mine....I'm in the process now of adding a 30gallon below tank refugium because of that! I'm tired of tossing them off it all the time. FlyDan's crabs might not eat it, but your's might, so have a backup plan! HTH.

 

[oceanblue]

I have a lightly stocked 80gal. reef, with two hermits atm, and I bought $10 or two bunches worth from the lfs, and it's down to two small pathetic looking clumps about 3 inches high...so it all depends on the fish as well. I think my damsels have eaten more than the angel! hehe, just have to try it and see.

 

[flydan]

Hey!
I've got 20 small blue leg hermits, 20 medium scarlet hermits, 3 emerald crabs, one cleaner shrimp and 2 brittle stars in my clean-up crew and I have to go into my aquarium with scissors about every 2 weeks to trim my caulerpa. If somebody has a clean-up critter that goes through their caulerpa faster than it grows I'd love to hear their story! FISH on the other hand are another story.
Sorry if I was abrupt, but I don't see anything in a clean-up crew that will mow through caulerpa.
Take care,
Dan'l