ID please

lcs · 10/08/2009, 11:43 AM

My tank has been running for about six weeks. The cycle finished about 10 days ago and I am going through the usual algae outbreaks (although I've been really lucky, none of them have been bad at all). Anyway, what I have is a picture of one of the live rocks with what looks like some kind of filamentous algae, but it's a pinkish brown (brownish pink?

). Any ideas? I'm not really worried about it, mostly just curious.

Thanks!

lcs · 10/09/2009, 04:59 AM

bump

Blown 346 · 10/09/2009, 09:07 AM

Looks like a type of hair alage.

Dave & Monica · 10/09/2009, 01:59 PM

+1 hair algae

seapug · 10/09/2009, 02:16 PM

looks like the start of the red cottonball algae (forget proper name). Very common in new tanks. Mexican Turbo snails love the stuff.

acronuts · 10/09/2009, 03:17 PM

It looks too thin and sparse to be hair algae, you can see the hair algae in the back in comparision. I don't know though...

10/08/2009, 11:43 AM	#1
lcs It's Spring!!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Brockport, NY Posts: 1,370	ID please My tank has been running for about six weeks. The cycle finished about 10 days ago and I am going through the usual algae outbreaks (although I've been really lucky, none of them have been bad at all). Anyway, what I have is a picture of one of the live rocks with what looks like some kind of filamentous algae, but it's a pinkish brown (brownish pink? ). Any ideas? I'm not really worried about it, mostly just curious. Thanks!

10/09/2009, 04:59 AM	#2
lcs It's Spring!!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Brockport, NY Posts: 1,370	bump

10/09/2009, 09:07 AM	#3
Blown 346 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 6,596	Looks like a type of hair alage.

10/09/2009, 01:59 PM	#4
Dave & Monica Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 1,255	+1 hair algae

10/09/2009, 02:16 PM	#5
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	looks like the start of the red cottonball algae (forget proper name). Very common in new tanks. Mexican Turbo snails love the stuff.

10/09/2009, 03:17 PM	#6
acronuts Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: greenville, nc Posts: 61	It looks too thin and sparse to be hair algae, you can see the hair algae in the back in comparision. I don't know though...