get yerself a yellow tang. they eat that shit like mad.
mine tore into the caulerpa right away and has kept the tank algae free sor
2 years.
I have a kole, convict, and yellow tangs.
I feel this combo keeps all types of algae down.
I also have a lawnmower blennie (fiscatus or something)
NONONONONONONONONO!!!!
dont mess with it. stay out of the tank if ya can.
the acid in your skin oils can do plenty of damage. dont touch it or mess
with it. and when you frag or handle your sps, use latex surgery gloves. I
do and have noticed very fast recovery after handling.
hth
dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 5:25 PM
Subject: RE: Help with my SPS
> Thanks. I will have to pick some of that up. Dont know anyplace that
carries
> it around here, but will check into it. I have no idea what species it is.
I
> know, bad aquarist. I got it as a frag from another guys tank, and he did
> not know. I have not identified it either.
>
> I now have it in high light, with a blast of current every 15-20 seconds
> coming from my sea swirl. It is pretty much the same conditions it was in
> before I moved it. It seemed really happy there, so hopefully this little
> move will re-invigorate it. Would it do it any good to keep the spots
clean
> with a light brushing every day or two with a toothbrush or should I just
> leave it alone and cross my fingers? The tips are still opening, which is
a
> good sign. Its just that the whole thing does not get that fuzzy look like
> it used to. I bet it was that stinking caluerpa. I hate that shit, and
have
> been battling it for over a year.
>
> Thanks again,
> Shane
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Akard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:17 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Help with my SPS
> >
> > hi shane.
> > what type of acro is it?? that will help us to help you.
> > some species will recover easily and others are a lost cause.
> > if its montipora then I dont think you could kill it if you tried.
> > I would however go out and get some tech-d from kent, its a sps dip and
> > does
> > very well for treating injured sps, it kills bacteria and such.
> > the caulerpa can definetly damage sps, as I have had that happen b4. get
> > it
> > into a med to high current so it can slime away and nasty stuff and just
> > wait it out man. if your cal, and dkh are high and the water clean it
will
> > bounce back very fast.
> > I had a frag of damicornus fall into my anenomie a few weeks back, I did
> > the
> > dip and waited and it recovered nicely. the area that got hit didnt grow
> > back but the areas around it healed up nicely. and as soon as it grows
out
> > a
> > bit ill breack off the piece that got nuked.
> > hth
> > dave
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 3:22 PM
> > Subject: Help with my SPS
> >
> >
> > > Please! I have an awesome purple acro frag that is about a year old.
It
> > > started out as a purple tipped frag, but since it has been in my tank,
> > the
> > > entire thing has turned into a beautiful deep purple. It has grow
> > probably
> > > .25 to .50 inches over the last year. It is one of my nicest pieces.
> > Well
> > a
> > > couple of days ago, I noticed that the acro was not opening like it
> > usually
> > > does. Seemed kinda pissed. This weekend, I decided to do a bit of
> > > re-arranging and see if I could get the coral out front and center
(was
> > sort
> > > of close to other corals, and beginning to be surrounded by caluerpa,
> > which
> > > by the way can not be stopped). After doing so, I noticed that it did
> > not
> > > help and that the coral still was not opening. I then picked it up
(kept
> > in
> > > the tank) for closer inspection and noticed that the coral has some
> > small
> > > white spots on various areas and branches on the coral. Tissue had
> > > "dissolved" and the spots were almost looking like they had a bit of
> > decay
> > > going on. I used my fingernail and scraped them clean and placed the
> > coral
> > > back in its spot. I checked out the spot it was in before I moved it
and
> > did
> > > not notice any "predators" like aptasia or other corals. Only
caluerpa.
> > I
> > > wonder if the caluerpa was trying to root into those areas of the
> > coral??
> > > Who knows.
> > >
> > > Any ways, my question is, what can I do to help this piece at this
> > point?
> > > The spots are too numerous (and the frag is too small) to frag this
> > piece
> > > off. I would really rather try and save the entire piece. Does anyone
> > have
> > > any idea what this may be and what I can do to help this coral?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Shane C
> > > ________________________________________
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