Algae ID

aandfsoccr04 · 11/04/2013, 08:24 PM

I've noticed a few of my frags have some algae growth on them. Can someone help identify them for me?

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zoascollector · 11/04/2013, 08:48 PM

No help man but I have some in my zoas too and I would like to know the mane of that algae and if it's bat.

ZoeyLovesZoas · 11/04/2013, 09:42 PM

The top pic looks a lot like hair algae. Does it pull off of the frags fairly easily? Have you noticed any particular animals eating it?

ingtar_shinowa · 11/04/2013, 11:22 PM

look into h2o2 dips. Helped me with algae on frags.

hollister · 11/04/2013, 11:27 PM

Looks like Bryopsis , and unwanted . Look here under algae .

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/

brandon429 · 11/05/2013, 09:03 AM

As another option we cure that stuff in our sleep. Search

Pico reef pest algae challenge thread

aandfsoccr04 · 11/05/2013, 01:19 PM

Anyone with a positive ID?

ingtar_shinowa · 11/05/2013, 01:20 PM

looks like bryopsis to me /shrug

aandfsoccr04 · 11/05/2013, 04:11 PM

Just go ahead and throw away the frags I presume?

ivar85 · 11/05/2013, 07:10 PM

wow did you get them like that ?

natebedwell06 · 11/05/2013, 07:26 PM

Its bryopsis

aandfsoccr04 · 11/05/2013, 08:30 PM

Hate to hear about it. They had a small bit of algae on them when I got them but I didn't pay much attention to it.

brandon429 · 11/06/2013, 07:59 AM

If you don't want the algae cured off the frags, I'd go ahead and throw them out. Sure is an easy fix though... waste of good frags

ingtar_shinowa · 11/06/2013, 09:55 AM

hydrogen peroxide saved my frags, worth a shot.

11/04/2013, 08:24 PM	#1
aandfsoccr04 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 3,561	Algae ID I've noticed a few of my frags have some algae growth on them. Can someone help identify them for me? 1: 2: 3: __________________ 120 gallon mixed reef

11/05/2013, 01:19 PM	#7
aandfsoccr04 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 3,561	Anyone with a positive ID? __________________ 120 gallon mixed reef

11/05/2013, 04:11 PM	#9
aandfsoccr04 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 3,561	Just go ahead and throw away the frags I presume? __________________ 120 gallon mixed reef

11/05/2013, 08:30 PM	#12
aandfsoccr04 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 3,561	Hate to hear about it. They had a small bit of algae on them when I got them but I didn't pay much attention to it. __________________ 120 gallon mixed reef

11/04/2013, 08:48 PM	#2
zoascollector Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Marietta Ga. Posts: 6	No help man but I have some in my zoas too and I would like to know the mane of that algae and if it's bat.

11/04/2013, 09:42 PM	#3
ZoeyLovesZoas Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 6	The top pic looks a lot like hair algae. Does it pull off of the frags fairly easily? Have you noticed any particular animals eating it?

11/04/2013, 11:22 PM	#4
ingtar_shinowa Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Billings MT Posts: 1,610	look into h2o2 dips. Helped me with algae on frags.

11/04/2013, 11:27 PM	#5
hollister Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 2,037	Looks like Bryopsis , and unwanted . Look here under algae . http://www.melevsreef.com/id/

11/05/2013, 09:03 AM	#6
brandon429 Registered Member. Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,460	As another option we cure that stuff in our sleep. Search Pico reef pest algae challenge thread

11/05/2013, 01:20 PM	#8
ingtar_shinowa Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Billings MT Posts: 1,610	looks like bryopsis to me /shrug

11/05/2013, 07:10 PM	#10
ivar85 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 68	wow did you get them like that ?

11/05/2013, 07:26 PM	#11
natebedwell06 Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sullivan, Indiana Posts: 265	Its bryopsis

11/06/2013, 07:59 AM	#13
brandon429 Registered Member. Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,460	If you don't want the algae cured off the frags, I'd go ahead and throw them out. Sure is an easy fix though... waste of good frags

11/06/2013, 09:55 AM	#14
ingtar_shinowa Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Billings MT Posts: 1,610	hydrogen peroxide saved my frags, worth a shot.