Caulerpa Prolifera

Caulerpa Prolifera Marine Macroalgae

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Light
The Caulerpa Prolifera macroalgae needs just a medium strong lighting to grow well.

Palatable
This macroalgae is very rarely eaten, although some marine algae eating fishes might nip on it time to time.

Attaching
As this Caulerpa algae species will attach itself to rock etc. we recommend not to place it too close to your main rock, unlike you like to have it there. It needs some trimming and care. Great to keep in the refugium/sump as well for nitrate and phosphate removal.

Caulerpa Case
Some Caulerpa macroalgae species might go sexual, which means that it releases gametes and tissue into the aquarium water. Although this said, we never had in 14 years any problem with this algae species, and it was one of our first macroalgae we got. One thing to avoid this is good light and to remove pale turning parts of it. This algae species is much harder than other Caulerpa species like Caulerpa Taxifolia and therefore there is a low risk  that it will go sexual.

Trimming
Whitish parts of this algae should be removed as they are decomposing.

Treatment
Like for most marine macroalgae a higher level of Nitrate and Phosphate, in addition to the supplement of Iron, Magnesium and Trace elements will improve the growth of this live algae.

If the macroalgae is not growing as expected a special formulated fertiliser for the marine aquarium can help to improve the growth of the macroalgae. Please find a selection of supplements for the marine aquarium HERE

Placement
This macroalgae can be either placed in the Refugium where it would need an enclosed space or in the marine Display Tank.

As Caulerpa Prolifera doesn't need very strong light it will do normally very well in the Aquarium Display too, but bear in mind that it will attach itself to rock etc.

It provides great holdfasts for Seahorses.

Please note
Our macro algae are from fish free macro algae tanks, although we use sometimes pictures for demonstration purposes only which will include fishes, seahorses and or corals. 
We do our best to quarantine, treat and remove any unwanted hitchhikers, parasites etc from our macro algae but we can not guarantee that the algae are completely free of anything unwanted, not limited to Copepods, Rotifers etc. This is simply because that sometimes eggs, spores, etc can remain viable but not visible and hitchhikers can still stay hidden, especially in dense algae structures, despite our strict quarantine efforts.