ID red algea please

cateyes · 03/15/2007, 02:19 PM

this stuff is growing like wildfire in my fuge. but i really don't like it. it can pretty much be peeled off like a mat with no kind of base to it.. i'd really like to put something down there that will eat it, it's really taking over...
any ideas??? TIA,,, lisa

rustybucket145 · 03/15/2007, 02:39 PM

Why don't you ship some over to me and I'll take a closer look at it in my fuge....

team2jndd · 03/15/2007, 02:50 PM

Im thinking just about any tang would love that for a snack. Why don't you like it i think it would look nice in the fuge as long as its not sending spores into your display.

cateyes · 03/15/2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally posted by rustybucket145
Why don't you ship some over to me and I'll take a closer look at it in my fuge....

i'd be more than happy for you to have it. it's sitting in a bucket on my back porch!!!

TWallace · 03/15/2007, 02:54 PM

Looks like red graciliara. Tangs love that stuff they say (my tank is too small for a tang, so I can't verify that).

cateyes · 03/15/2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally posted by team2jndd
Im thinking just about any tang would love that for a snack. Why don't you like it i think it would look nice in the fuge as long as its not sending spores into your display.

that's exactly what i'm a little concerned with. it hasn't trespassed into my display yet but i sure don't want it to. i do have a PBT in the display that probably be quite happy if it did...

cateyes · 03/15/2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by TWallace
Looks like red graciliara. Tangs love that stuff they say (my tank is too small for a tang, so I can't verify that).

i kinda thought it might be red graciliara but i wasn't sure..
do you think a 15g fuge would be to small to put a tang in to keep it in check??? jk

Samala · 03/15/2007, 07:21 PM

It doesnt look like a Gracilaria species to me just going by size and structure of the algae from what I can see in the photos. There are literally hundreds of candidate for the ID of what you've got. Most red algae are palatable to reef herbivores, including surgeonfishes, rabbitfishes and most of the reef snails we keep like mexican turbos, Astrae and such.

Try any one of these to help curtail the bloom of it in addition to hand harvesting. You could also try to outcompete this particular algae species by introducing and establishing another more desirable macroalgae such as Ulva or Chaetomorpha (two of the easiest).

Good luck!

>Sarah

03/15/2007, 02:19 PM	#1
cateyes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: OliveBranch, Mississippi Posts: 2,773	ID red algea please this stuff is growing like wildfire in my fuge. but i really don't like it. it can pretty much be peeled off like a mat with no kind of base to it.. i'd really like to put something down there that will eat it, it's really taking over... any ideas??? TIA,,, lisa __________________ some things in life are not meant to be understood... just accepted.... Current Tank Info: 150 gallon mixed reef, 35ish gallon RBTA tank..

03/15/2007, 02:39 PM	#2
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	Why don't you ship some over to me and I'll take a closer look at it in my fuge.... __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

03/15/2007, 07:21 PM	#8
Samala Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,930	It doesnt look like a Gracilaria species to me just going by size and structure of the algae from what I can see in the photos. There are literally hundreds of candidate for the ID of what you've got. Most red algae are palatable to reef herbivores, including surgeonfishes, rabbitfishes and most of the reef snails we keep like mexican turbos, Astrae and such. Try any one of these to help curtail the bloom of it in addition to hand harvesting. You could also try to outcompete this particular algae species by introducing and establishing another more desirable macroalgae such as Ulva or Chaetomorpha (two of the easiest). Good luck! >Sarah __________________ "Seaweed is cool, seaweed is fun, it makes its food from the rays of the sun!"

03/15/2007, 02:50 PM	#3
team2jndd Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ny Posts: 50	Im thinking just about any tang would love that for a snack. Why don't you like it i think it would look nice in the fuge as long as its not sending spores into your display.

03/15/2007, 02:54 PM	#5
TWallace Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,464	Looks like red graciliara. Tangs love that stuff they say (my tank is too small for a tang, so I can't verify that).