coralcollector
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Hi came home and my tank is all cloudy my caulerpa is all white and dead,everything else seems fine what should I do?
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coralcollector
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ok I threw all the caulerpa out will it kill my tank or fish? I have all my filters running and have added carbon and did a water change.
saltaddict
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quazi
For the new people to the hobby what do you mean when you say it went sexual?
For the new people to the hobby what do you mean when you say it went sexual?
nm reef
Active Member
Definitely sounds like your caulperas went "sexual"...(turns white/sort of melts away/releases spores through-out the water system/means of reproduction)...Without specific info on your system I'd say run poly filters and carbon...personally I'd avoid drastic water changes...maybe about 5% or so every few days for awhile until things settle...do you run a skimmer? A good skimmer can help remove the spores...combined with good mechanical filters.
As mentioned running lighting over caulperas 24/7 can prevent such problems...but in my opinion your situation is not "fatal"...just try to remove the "cloudy" stuff from the system as rapidly as possible...and in the future take steps to prevent a repeat.
As mentioned running lighting over caulperas 24/7 can prevent such problems...but in my opinion your situation is not "fatal"...just try to remove the "cloudy" stuff from the system as rapidly as possible...and in the future take steps to prevent a repeat.
scarybo
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The main danger of caulpera going sexual is the release of nutrients back into the tank and lack of oxygen. If you have a good skimmer I would only do small water changes and test. Test all of the usual parameters and keep a close eye on them. In my personal opinion I would avoid doing a large water change. New water while not having any of the harmful nutrients also removes beneficial microbes and is stressful to the tanks inhabitants.