How to properly harvest caulerpa

Clownfishman · 01-23-2005, 12:03 PM

I'm not sure what strain of caulerpa I have, but I was reading if you harvest it improperly that it could lead to chemicals getting into the tank from the plant... Do i need to get some harvesting shears or what? I just was clipping the leaves in half... my leaves look like little individual leaves on on straight stalk...

So whats the proper way, anyone??

**MaryHM** · 01-23-2005, 06:27 PM

We just rip it out in chunks with our hands. I've never heard of a special harvesting technique. Look at it this way- many people feed it to their fish. If being ripped caused a toxic release, you think you'd hear more about it.

Bachlum Chaam · 01-23-2005, 06:34 PM

If you have a sump with caulerpa in make sure you take it from the bottom half of the sump so that it grows uniformly rather than like a canopy (on top)

Tim