Caring for these beautiful creatures

In living color with more pictures then you will find anywhere

Algae. ( the good kind) in your tank



Can you really keep Caulerpa in the main tank?

I have always kept Caulerpa in the Rose tank. It helps to keep the water clean and also adds natural color to the reef.

It has never gone asexual so I have had no problem with it.
 It does start to grow around the sides and up the front of the tank so it is pulled from the places that I don't want it. But I have never removed any of it from the back of the tank.

The Yellow Tang loves it and keeps it mowed to an even height along the back.

Just a word of caution however. It WILL  go asexual by turning white and fouling the tank so be careful when using it in a large tank.

I keep a close eye on mine for any signs of the whitening of it and would pull it immediately if I saw the signs. But after 4 years in the tank it has never done it. Here is a  picture of it.
Sorry for the quality of the first picture, many on my site are old and taken with an old digital camera.


Here are some new pictures of Feather Caulerpa that I now keep in my tank.
I have never known it to go asexual in the tanks so I keep it in all of them, not only for looks
but to help keep the water clear.
And I just love the looks of i
t.


And another of the same Caulerpa close up.


I have also started keeping Grape Caulerpa in my tanks and love it, some is greener then in the other tanks
and I preffer it .
Here is the grape in my 125 gallon. I do not let it climb the rock, it is only allowed to grow on the sand across the
front of the tank for easy harvesting and selling.