bryopsis?

smeesh726 · 06/07/2016, 06:08 PM

pretty sure this is bryopsis but wanted to confirm. i tried to get the best picture i could. any guess as to why it's growing on one side of the tank and the other side doesn't even have a trace of it?

the first picture is the side with no algae. second and third are the algae.

heathlindner25 · 06/07/2016, 06:34 PM

Can't tell anything from the photos

pyithar · 06/07/2016, 10:53 PM

it's hard to see in the pics since the algae is not in focus. a close up pic of the algae would be better to id. bryopsis is fern like algae with branches off the stem. did you use dry rocks or liverocks? maybe it came in with the liverocks or frags that you happen to put in one side of the tank.

smeesh726 · 06/09/2016, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by pyithar

it's hard to see in the pics since the algae is not in focus. a close up pic of the algae would be better to id. bryopsis is fern like algae with branches off the stem. did you use dry rocks or liverocks? maybe it came in with the liverocks or frags that you happen to put in one side of the tank.

I used dry rock and seeded with live sand a put a piece of live rock in my refugium. Both live rock and live sand were from a friend with stable tank - no algae on the rock.

Is this picture any better? I'm having a hard time getting a good one. Would turning the lights off for a few days help rid it?

smeesh726 · 06/09/2016, 06:27 PM

Any better?

Gaxmode · 06/09/2016, 09:09 PM

Looks like gha to me

SeaTila · 06/09/2016, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Gaxmode

Looks like gha to me

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pyithar · 06/09/2016, 09:51 PM

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2329025

check out this thread ^^ and see if you have similar looking algae. you can see the fern looking algae in the first two pics. if your algae doesn't look like them, then it's probably just green hair algae.

but if you have bryopsis, you can kill it by removing the algae manually and raising the Mg to 1700 ppm using Kent's Tech M.(do not raise the Mg by more than 100ppm/day)

if what you have is green hair algae, you can control it by doing manual removal, algae scrubber, gfo, wet skimming, water changes, carbon dosing, etc.

smeesh726 · 06/10/2016, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SeaTila

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i thought so too at first.. but parts of it look fern like. not all of it thought. could it be a mixture of the two?

smeesh726 · 06/10/2016, 06:12 AM

[QUOTE=pyithar;24571700]http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2329025

check out this thread ^^ and see if you have similar looking algae. you can see the fern looking algae in the first two pics. if your algae doesn't look like them, then it's probably just green hair algae.

thanks for the advice. i've been looking all over online at pictures and know what each looks like and honestly it looks like a bit of both. is that possible?

06/07/2016, 10:53 PM	#3
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	it's hard to see in the pics since the algae is not in focus. a close up pic of the algae would be better to id. bryopsis is fern like algae with branches off the stem. did you use dry rocks or liverocks? maybe it came in with the liverocks or frags that you happen to put in one side of the tank. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

06/09/2016, 09:09 PM	#6
Gaxmode Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 89	Looks like gha to me __________________ 90g dt, 40g sump. Mp40,tunze osmolator,reef octopus 152,gfo and carbon reactors, 2 radion xr15w pro, 500 watt titanium heater. Larrys reef frenzy and pe mysis.

06/09/2016, 09:51 PM	#8
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2329025 check out this thread ^^ and see if you have similar looking algae. you can see the fern looking algae in the first two pics. if your algae doesn't look like them, then it's probably just green hair algae. but if you have bryopsis, you can kill it by removing the algae manually and raising the Mg to 1700 ppm using Kent's Tech M.(do not raise the Mg by more than 100ppm/day) if what you have is green hair algae, you can control it by doing manual removal, algae scrubber, gfo, wet skimming, water changes, carbon dosing, etc. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

06/07/2016, 06:34 PM	#2
heathlindner25 Moved On Join Date: May 2012 Location: flowery branch georgia Posts: 3,644	Can't tell anything from the photos

06/10/2016, 06:12 AM	#10
smeesh726 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Westchester, NY Posts: 66	[QUOTE=pyithar;24571700]http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2329025 check out this thread ^^ and see if you have similar looking algae. you can see the fern looking algae in the first two pics. if your algae doesn't look like them, then it's probably just green hair algae. thanks for the advice. i've been looking all over online at pictures and know what each looks like and honestly it looks like a bit of both. is that possible?