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fact is the close proximity or the touch can cause coral death which is something I don't want.
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this is not a fact, my point. if it was there would be no coral left in the ocean by now. not trying to bash here just dont like how rumors get spread by exaggerating that leads to unturths. you even said
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I don't think that a simple touch will kill the coral
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but then you also said
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Wether it serves as a reservoir for a pathogen or it's using it's defenses the fact is the close proximity or the touch can cause coral death which is something I don't want.
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so i am not sure what your stand on it is here. but one thing for sure is, it is not a fact that close proximity or the touch can cause coral death. by your words you suggest it is and is not a fact.
also you keep talking about caulerpa and sps, which i said is where most issues occur. i agree with sps being sensitive, but to all things, try putting a leather next to a acro colony.
even if you put algae in the sump its still close and all the "toxins and bad bacteria" will be in the water. if the bacteria is in the water the corals will get hurt. its not the algae. also as i said sps are just more sensitive. i have a tank thats been going for over 5 years and it has lps zoos and a couple softies. also in this tank is halimeda and caulerpa sertularioides. this caulerpa is all over hawaii and corals live all around it. there has never been a issue with it damaging corals in hawaii or my tank.
so i would like to ask. have you ever put it in your tank?? did you have any problems with it killing corals? i know 3 people, personally not by internet, that have it in there tank now and none of them have ever had issues. many reefers have it in there tanks by an accident. they only worry about its over growing things never heard of all their corals getting killed by it.
bottom line you have a few guys here in this thread with it in their tank and dont have any issues with it killing corals. so if it does kill corals why are my corals doing great in the same tank as macro's including halimeda? i have two other tanks using caulerpa and all have been going over 3 years. never had any kind of issue.
cheeks69, i have seen you give lots of good help to many, so dont get me wrong, not trying to bash or prove you wrong or anything like that. it just seems in this case you are jumping on the bandwagoon before you really know what is in the wagoon. i know stupid analogy, but you know what i mean, i hope anyway. overgrowing is the issue with macro algae in the tank.
IMO its the mutated strain of taxifolia that started all the bad talk about it. now our government wants to ban all caulerpa. thats like my cousin robbing a bank and then putting his entire family in jail, including me, who have never seen or heard of that cousin or even been in the same country as him, in jail for robbing the bank.