Algal genus Spotlight: Bryopsis "hair algae" - Page 5

yourreeftank · 12/12/2005, 07:19 PM

I bought 100 mexican turbos and it was gone in a week.

lossman · 12/27/2005, 05:53 PM

We have 4 spots of hair algae growing in our 150g. One is on this giant tunicate. It looks like a beard. Sorry for the poor pictures but my camera just does not do justice to this (either that or I am just a rotten photographer.)

The other just showed up yesterday on this bivalve.

Again, just a little beard. The other two areas are at the back of the tank behind a rock and in between two rocks in the middle of the tank. None of the rocks are small enough to remove from the tank so I have just been plucking it. We have lots of macro both in the fuge and in the main tank so I'm hoping that the good macro will outcompete the hair algae and it will not get any worse.

Opcn · 02/14/2006, 03:42 PM

reaching way back high flow isn't really contributing to bryopsis spread, but high flow keeps algea clean and brings in nutrient rich water, just like how it helps chaeto.

Personally I wish I had bryopsis, I all but whiped it out with hermits nerite and astrea snails and a letuce nudi, now I'm worried about everyone starving as the only algea left is red slime cyano, some of my hermits eat it though, I yanked most of my chaeto to try and give bryopsis more nutrients but its just feeding the red slime, unfortunate.

lossman · 02/14/2006, 04:42 PM

Opcn, want some of mine??? I have a really lovely patch growing on a bivalve.

The tunicate is finally clear, the other areas are not spreading, nor are they receding. I did notice that all the green ha is on one half of my tank. The other half has none. Water flow and light seems to be identical on both halves, at least in many spots. Not sure why the ha likes the right side of the tank better than the left.

XeniaMania · 03/04/2006, 11:16 PM

You can see bits of the algae in this image. My tank at one point was covered with it, like dense patches. I bought a sailfin tang which didn't help much, nor did my Atlantic Blue. I decided to become a tang and manually removed as much as I could since they were dense patches they came off easily. I have a micron sock on my intake so it catches whatever's flying around and I hope it catches the spores too since feeding plankton in my tank clogs my micron sock. I have since then lowered my nitrates down to near 0 if not 0, and phospates are undetectable. The growth has gone away in some areas but high light areas still continue to be a problem area. But they do seem to be dying I installed a mesh screen on my intake part to see what's collected when I do nothing, and that gets clogged overnight. I am gradually seeing less and less, so I believe my refugium is finally gaining the upper hand.

Me No Nemo · 03/09/2006, 09:41 PM

Well, I finally found a natural solution. I purchased a Hawaiian Sea Hare. In just 2 days he has completely desimated a bryopsis nightmare I had in my 125 gallon. I've been battling this for months now. I do feed alot...my tank is full of hundreds of sps frags and under the shelve it was like an over grown lawn. This guy is not for the feint of heart or small of tank. He's a monster (rightly named Godzilla). I will be sharing him with my customers who have the same problem as I am now feeding him Nori banded to a rock. He's about as big as an individual coke bottle and surprisingly moves through the tank without wreaking much havoc. I would not suggest this though for a tank under 100 gallons as his size would probably be a problem. GL, Marcye

aquaholic33 · 03/28/2006, 02:19 PM

me no nemo can you show me a pic of the sea horse? I would love to see what he/she looks likes

Paul B · 03/28/2006, 04:18 PM

I trhink you mean "sea Hare"
Here is mine.
It's the thing right in the center that looks like a rock.
Paul

Opcn · 04/05/2006, 12:50 PM

Interestingly enought I aclimated two sailfin Mollies and they went gang busters on all the filimentous and slime algeas in my tank for a few days, then slowed down, I have been feeding thwem high protein sources to balance out the massive veggie load they took in and they are starting to pick up again (they are small, only 2.5 and 3 inches, still growning and need protein to do so)

XeniaMania · 04/05/2006, 01:05 PM

I got a Red Sea Sailfin tang aka Desjardini Tang, and it's been mowning the stuff down..

GSchiemer · 04/05/2006, 02:30 PM

We're talking about Bryopsis algae folks. Sailfin mollies, sailfin tangs and most sea slugs will NOT help control Bryopsis algae.

Greg

XeniaMania · 04/05/2006, 02:41 PM

Most will not, but I happen to have one that likes the stuff..

Shoot, mine even likes the brown algae/diatom pieaces that come off the tank when I'm scraping.

XeniaMania · 04/07/2006, 08:51 PM

This is for the non-believers that a Sailfin tang and low Nitrate/Phosphate combo won't work. These results were acheived in 2 months. No snail, no hermits in my tank.

GSchiemer · 04/07/2006, 09:00 PM

That sure looks like Bryopsis in the picture. Sometimes Bryopsis just crashes and dies back for no apparent reason. It's either that or you really do have the one and only Sailfin Tang that eats Bryopsis.

XeniaMania · 04/07/2006, 09:01 PM

LOL...maybe I am 1 lucky reefer...but if you look above, I did also have another sailfin previously who didn't touch it, so ya, hopefully some of you can get lucky too and I mean it in a fishy way...

alrha · 04/08/2006, 07:11 PM

didnt you also add Seachem's deNitrate to your tank?

XeniaMania · 04/08/2006, 08:11 PM

Yes I do run Denitrate to control my nitrate levels, but my most recent posts were more about my Sailfin eating bryopsis, it won't even touch caluerpa, I think I need to culture Bryopsis for it..lol

alrha · 04/08/2006, 11:18 PM

lol, i'm sure you'll be able to find donors

XeniaMania · 04/09/2006, 01:05 AM

Rock cleaning service...lol "Tang will clean your rocks for frags.."

Lunchbucket · 04/17/2006, 09:52 PM

hmm...i can't figure out what iwll get rid of it in my tank

Lunchbucket

XeniaMania · 04/17/2006, 10:04 PM

If you were local, my Sailfin provides rock cleaning service for frags. It's true, I contracted the help of my tang..

Lunchbucket · 04/17/2006, 10:10 PM

only bad part is it is in a 58gal

Lunchbucket

shoddyk · 04/28/2006, 01:40 PM

How does the Fiji Rabbitfish (Siganus uspi) do with corals in the tank. I am starting to get a little hair algae in my 125 reef and want to kill it before it spreads. I have lots of zoa's, softies, and lps corals.

HowardW · 05/03/2006, 10:48 AM

Not sure if this is true or not, but I've read that the aggressive use of carbon for several weeks or more can sometimes slow down its growth and prevent it from taking over your tank.

RonD · 07/13/2006, 10:05 PM

as this thread is loaded with info I am still in the middle of reading but it made me fear my my life.. here is a picture of some algae that is hanging in my display, off of a loc line.. its only in the one spot in the tank and I have cut it back but I was wondering if its a nasty that perhaps i should be killing rather that culturing??? thanks for any help

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...m/IMG_1126.jpg

12/27/2005, 05:53 PM	#102
lossman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 2,341	We have 4 spots of hair algae growing in our 150g. One is on this giant tunicate. It looks like a beard. Sorry for the poor pictures but my camera just does not do justice to this (either that or I am just a rotten photographer.) The other just showed up yesterday on this bivalve. Again, just a little beard. The other two areas are at the back of the tank behind a rock and in between two rocks in the middle of the tank. None of the rocks are small enough to remove from the tank so I have just been plucking it. We have lots of macro both in the fuge and in the main tank so I'm hoping that the good macro will outcompete the hair algae and it will not get any worse. __________________ Research and learn BEFORE you act !!!, or you'll surely regret it. :) Current Tank Info: 150 gal TBS

02/14/2006, 04:42 PM	#104
lossman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 2,341	Opcn, want some of mine??? I have a really lovely patch growing on a bivalve. The tunicate is finally clear, the other areas are not spreading, nor are they receding. I did notice that all the green ha is on one half of my tank. The other half has none. Water flow and light seems to be identical on both halves, at least in many spots. Not sure why the ha likes the right side of the tank better than the left. __________________ Research and learn BEFORE you act !!!, or you'll surely regret it. :) Current Tank Info: 150 gal TBS

03/09/2006, 09:41 PM	#106
Me No Nemo Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 2,337	Well, I finally found a natural solution. I purchased a Hawaiian Sea Hare. In just 2 days he has completely desimated a bryopsis nightmare I had in my 125 gallon. I've been battling this for months now. I do feed alot...my tank is full of hundreds of sps frags and under the shelve it was like an over grown lawn. This guy is not for the feint of heart or small of tank. He's a monster (rightly named Godzilla). I will be sharing him with my customers who have the same problem as I am now feeding him Nori banded to a rock. He's about as big as an individual coke bottle and surprisingly moves through the tank without wreaking much havoc. I would not suggest this though for a tank under 100 gallons as his size would probably be a problem. GL, Marcye __________________ “Life is life's greatest gift. Guard the life of another creature as you would your own because it is your own. On life's scale of values, the smallest is no less precious to the creature who owns it than the largest...” ( Dr. Lloyd Biggle Jr.) "In among the branches of the corals, like birds among trees, floated many beautiful fish, radiant with metallic greens or crimsons...." J. Beete Jukes 1842-46 Current Tank Info: 215 Oceanic, Dart Pump, Vortech MP 40's, ATI Powermodule 10x80 watts, 46 gallon freshwater planted tank, 3,500+ gallon backyard pond, 12 gallon mantis tank

03/28/2006, 02:19 PM	#107
aquaholic33 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: clayton north carolina Posts: 121	me no nemo can you show me a pic of the sea horse? I would love to see what he/she looks likes __________________ If you can't fit in your tank it's to small. Current Tank Info: 180 gallon with a 90 gallon sump filter setup.Running 2 tidepoolII 1 magnum w/micron filter. As for fish I have 1 yellow tang/3 hippo tangs/1 yellow eye tang/purple tang,siz line wrasse

04/08/2006, 07:11 PM	#116
alrha Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 756	didnt you also add Seachem's deNitrate to your tank? __________________ - Albert -------------- To most people solutions mean finding the answers but to chemists solutions are things that are still all mixed up... Current Tank Info: Design phase for 1200 gal Reef

12/12/2005, 07:19 PM	#101
yourreeftank Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 83	I bought 100 mexican turbos and it was gone in a week.

02/14/2006, 03:42 PM	#103
Opcn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Picard, Dominca, Caribbean Posts: 591	reaching way back high flow isn't really contributing to bryopsis spread, but high flow keeps algea clean and brings in nutrient rich water, just like how it helps chaeto. Personally I wish I had bryopsis, I all but whiped it out with hermits nerite and astrea snails and a letuce nudi, now I'm worried about everyone starving as the only algea left is red slime cyano, some of my hermits eat it though, I yanked most of my chaeto to try and give bryopsis more nutrients but its just feeding the red slime, unfortunate.

03/04/2006, 11:16 PM	#105
XeniaMania Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,627	You can see bits of the algae in this image. My tank at one point was covered with it, like dense patches. I bought a sailfin tang which didn't help much, nor did my Atlantic Blue. I decided to become a tang and manually removed as much as I could since they were dense patches they came off easily. I have a micron sock on my intake so it catches whatever's flying around and I hope it catches the spores too since feeding plankton in my tank clogs my micron sock. I have since then lowered my nitrates down to near 0 if not 0, and phospates are undetectable. The growth has gone away in some areas but high light areas still continue to be a problem area. But they do seem to be dying I installed a mesh screen on my intake part to see what's collected when I do nothing, and that gets clogged overnight. I am gradually seeing less and less, so I believe my refugium is finally gaining the upper hand.

03/28/2006, 04:18 PM	#108
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	I trhink you mean "sea Hare" Here is mine. It's the thing right in the center that looks like a rock. Paul

04/05/2006, 12:50 PM	#109
Opcn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Picard, Dominca, Caribbean Posts: 591	Interestingly enought I aclimated two sailfin Mollies and they went gang busters on all the filimentous and slime algeas in my tank for a few days, then slowed down, I have been feeding thwem high protein sources to balance out the massive veggie load they took in and they are starting to pick up again (they are small, only 2.5 and 3 inches, still growning and need protein to do so)

04/05/2006, 01:05 PM	#110
XeniaMania Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,627	I got a Red Sea Sailfin tang aka Desjardini Tang, and it's been mowning the stuff down..

04/05/2006, 02:30 PM	#111
GSchiemer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 879	We're talking about Bryopsis algae folks. Sailfin mollies, sailfin tangs and most sea slugs will NOT help control Bryopsis algae. Greg

04/05/2006, 02:41 PM	#112
XeniaMania Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,627	Most will not, but I happen to have one that likes the stuff.. Shoot, mine even likes the brown algae/diatom pieaces that come off the tank when I'm scraping.

04/07/2006, 08:51 PM	#113
XeniaMania Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,627	This is for the non-believers that a Sailfin tang and low Nitrate/Phosphate combo won't work. These results were acheived in 2 months. No snail, no hermits in my tank.

04/07/2006, 09:00 PM	#114
GSchiemer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 879	That sure looks like Bryopsis in the picture. Sometimes Bryopsis just crashes and dies back for no apparent reason. It's either that or you really do have the one and only Sailfin Tang that eats Bryopsis.

04/07/2006, 09:01 PM	#115
XeniaMania Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,627	LOL...maybe I am 1 lucky reefer...but if you look above, I did also have another sailfin previously who didn't touch it, so ya, hopefully some of you can get lucky too and I mean it in a fishy way...

04/08/2006, 08:11 PM	#117
XeniaMania Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,627	Yes I do run Denitrate to control my nitrate levels, but my most recent posts were more about my Sailfin eating bryopsis, it won't even touch caluerpa, I think I need to culture Bryopsis for it..lol

04/08/2006, 11:18 PM	#118
alrha Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 756	lol, i'm sure you'll be able to find donors __________________ - Albert -------------- To most people solutions mean finding the answers but to chemists solutions are things that are still all mixed up... Current Tank Info: Design phase for 1200 gal Reef

04/09/2006, 01:05 AM	#119
XeniaMania Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,627	Rock cleaning service...lol "Tang will clean your rocks for frags.."

04/17/2006, 09:52 PM	#120
Lunchbucket Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 12,924	hmm...i can't figure out what iwll get rid of it in my tank Lunchbucket __________________ Trying to lose weight by walking is like trying to bake a cake w/ a cigarette lighter - Lunchbucket - "Nancy-Boy Extraordinaire" - maxxII- Current Tank Info: 58gal Oceanic RR, 2x400w MH (20k XM and 10k XM), Deltec PF601 Ca Rx, Deltec AP701 skimmer, mag950 return, iwaki 55rlt w/ an Oceansmotions 4-way unit, Tunze 7300 and 6000 each w/ controller, fluidized po4 rx

04/17/2006, 10:04 PM	#121
XeniaMania Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,627	If you were local, my Sailfin provides rock cleaning service for frags. It's true, I contracted the help of my tang..

04/17/2006, 10:10 PM	#122
Lunchbucket Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 12,924	only bad part is it is in a 58gal Lunchbucket __________________ Trying to lose weight by walking is like trying to bake a cake w/ a cigarette lighter - Lunchbucket - "Nancy-Boy Extraordinaire" - maxxII- Current Tank Info: 58gal Oceanic RR, 2x400w MH (20k XM and 10k XM), Deltec PF601 Ca Rx, Deltec AP701 skimmer, mag950 return, iwaki 55rlt w/ an Oceansmotions 4-way unit, Tunze 7300 and 6000 each w/ controller, fluidized po4 rx

04/28/2006, 01:40 PM	#123
shoddyk Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 568	How does the Fiji Rabbitfish (Siganus uspi) do with corals in the tank. I am starting to get a little hair algae in my 125 reef and want to kill it before it spreads. I have lots of zoa's, softies, and lps corals.

05/03/2006, 10:48 AM	#124
HowardW Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Aurora, IL Posts: 1,763	Not sure if this is true or not, but I've read that the aggressive use of carbon for several weeks or more can sometimes slow down its growth and prevent it from taking over your tank. __________________ Florida live rock addict

07/13/2006, 10:05 PM	#125
RonD Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 721	as this thread is loaded with info I am still in the middle of reading but it made me fear my my life.. here is a picture of some algae that is hanging in my display, off of a loc line.. its only in the one spot in the tank and I have cut it back but I was wondering if its a nasty that perhaps i should be killing rather that culturing??? thanks for any help http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...m/IMG_1126.jpg __________________ If I had a clue... I'd be sitting on the floor playing with it. My vid's http://www.youtube.com/user/rondev Current Tank Info: 210 Gal Display, 220 Gal frag tank, 300 gal sump, Sequence Hammer head Pump, Reeflo Orca 250 Skimmer, 2x400w MH. Tit. Heaters, 200+ lbs Jakarta LR and an empty wallet :)