Please help identify

Heron · 04/02/2015, 08:35 PM

Hi can anyone help me identify this coarse grass like that's growing on my rocks? My nano is around 100litres and is fully established -around 4 years old. I suspect this vegetation was a hitch hiker from a coral that I purchased a while back.
I've tried cleaning each piece of Rock but it came back. As my tank is only small, I'm pretty limited to which herbivorous fish I can get. Would a lawnmower blenny eat this marine algae? Snails? Yellow tang? Thanks heaps!

Heron · 04/03/2015, 06:46 PM

Anyone please help me identify this algae? It is tough and hard to pull out. It's very slow growing. Thanks!

thegrun · 04/03/2015, 08:24 PM

It's commonly referred to as turf algae. Look here: https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

04/03/2015, 06:46 PM	#2
Heron Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 3	Anyone please help me identify this algae? It is tough and hard to pull out. It's very slow growing. Thanks!

04/03/2015, 08:24 PM	#3
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	It's commonly referred to as turf algae. Look here: https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide