feathery algae id?

fighton03 · 01/28/2007, 02:56 PM

I'm starting to get algae on my new rock in a cycling tank. Never seen it before, nothing else is in the tank yet. It looks like tiny green single feathers. I could not get a picture, my camera can't pull that off. They are about 1/4 to 1/2 an inch long and wispy. Should I be concerned?

pugbreath13 · 01/28/2007, 03:04 PM

No, your hermits should take care of it.

alan214 · 01/28/2007, 03:06 PM

It sounds a little like feather caulerpa but the dimensions are a bit small unless it's just now sprouting. If that's what it is, it's not too big of a deal. FC can take a strong foothold sometimes so is probably not a good thing to have in your display tank. It's fine in a refugium, though.

fighton03 · 01/28/2007, 03:08 PM

It is just starting to come out. I don't have any hermits in yet. If it is caulerpa, should I start getting cleanup crews in, or just banish the rock to the fuge? I have some hermits in my other tanks that I can transplant. The parameters are pretty good. Tank has been running for about a month.

alan214 · 01/28/2007, 03:11 PM

I'd banish the rock to the fuge.

BrokeColoReefer · 01/28/2007, 03:18 PM

I had some feathery algae as well, the "feathers" are super fine, nothing seems to want to eat it. My foxface has finally started muching at it, after a week of not feeding my tank.

alan214 · 01/28/2007, 03:23 PM

From my experience, all you can do is harvest it. Even that leaves roots and other remnants.

BrokeColoReefer · 01/28/2007, 03:29 PM

it even has much finer feathers then bryopsis. Its slowly browning out and is going away, and like i said my fox face is muching on it, he probably likes it as much as i like eating a whole onion raw. *yuk*

fighton03 · 01/28/2007, 03:33 PM

I'm not planning on having any fish in there for another 3-4 weeks. Don't want to rush the process. I plan on having a foxface in the tank when fish start to go in. Is it going to go crazy in the mean time? Should I take more imediate action?

01/28/2007, 02:56 PM	#1
fighton03 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: baytown, tx Posts: 331	feathery algae id? I'm starting to get algae on my new rock in a cycling tank. Never seen it before, nothing else is in the tank yet. It looks like tiny green single feathers. I could not get a picture, my camera can't pull that off. They are about 1/4 to 1/2 an inch long and wispy. Should I be concerned?

01/28/2007, 03:06 PM	#3
alan214 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Colony, TX Posts: 1,258	It sounds a little like feather caulerpa but the dimensions are a bit small unless it's just now sprouting. If that's what it is, it's not too big of a deal. FC can take a strong foothold sometimes so is probably not a good thing to have in your display tank. It's fine in a refugium, though. __________________ I live really close to the airport. The other day I was walking across the living room and the stewardess told me to take my seat. Current Tank Info: 73G FOWLR

01/28/2007, 03:11 PM	#5
alan214 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Colony, TX Posts: 1,258	I'd banish the rock to the fuge. __________________ I live really close to the airport. The other day I was walking across the living room and the stewardess told me to take my seat. Current Tank Info: 73G FOWLR

01/28/2007, 03:18 PM	#6
BrokeColoReefer Hermit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mountains of Boulder County. Posts: 2,289	I had some feathery algae as well, the "feathers" are super fine, nothing seems to want to eat it. My foxface has finally started muching at it, after a week of not feeding my tank. __________________ Stay fishy my friends. Current Tank Info: 300 gallon built in plumbed to the basement. 30 gallon surge for flow, GEO protein skimmer, litermeter 3's for continuous water change (1 gallon per day), calc reactors, kalk reactors, 600w MHx2, 6" DSB, 1000 lbs of live rock (300 display, 700 sump)

01/28/2007, 03:23 PM	#7
alan214 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Colony, TX Posts: 1,258	From my experience, all you can do is harvest it. Even that leaves roots and other remnants. __________________ I live really close to the airport. The other day I was walking across the living room and the stewardess told me to take my seat. Current Tank Info: 73G FOWLR

01/28/2007, 03:04 PM	#2
pugbreath13 Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The former United States Posts: 466	No, your hermits should take care of it.

01/28/2007, 03:08 PM	#4
fighton03 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: baytown, tx Posts: 331	It is just starting to come out. I don't have any hermits in yet. If it is caulerpa, should I start getting cleanup crews in, or just banish the rock to the fuge? I have some hermits in my other tanks that I can transplant. The parameters are pretty good. Tank has been running for about a month.

01/28/2007, 03:29 PM	#8
BrokeColoReefer Hermit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mountains of Boulder County. Posts: 2,289	it even has much finer feathers then bryopsis. Its slowly browning out and is going away, and like i said my fox face is muching on it, he probably likes it as much as i like eating a whole onion raw. yuk __________________ Stay fishy my friends. Current Tank Info: 300 gallon built in plumbed to the basement. 30 gallon surge for flow, GEO protein skimmer, litermeter 3's for continuous water change (1 gallon per day), calc reactors, kalk reactors, 600w MHx2, 6" DSB, 1000 lbs of live rock (300 display, 700 sump)

01/28/2007, 03:33 PM	#9
fighton03 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: baytown, tx Posts: 331	I'm not planning on having any fish in there for another 3-4 weeks. Don't want to rush the process. I plan on having a foxface in the tank when fish start to go in. Is it going to go crazy in the mean time? Should I take more imediate action?