Algae ID

darkwaterdevil · 03/31/2010, 11:46 AM

any ideas it started growing after the cycle was done and the hair algae was gone

darkwaterdevil · 03/31/2010, 02:13 PM

no one?

khaosinc · 03/31/2010, 03:48 PM

have any calupra in your sump? looks like a start of it to me.

darkwaterdevil · 03/31/2010, 04:07 PM

no none. dont even have a sump its only a 14 gal biocube

darkwaterdevil · 03/31/2010, 04:10 PM

it has rigid edge like a sawblade

Metal7fold22 · 03/31/2010, 04:11 PM

yeah looks like calurpa to me too...leave it there..good for your tank...though it might grow fast and you will have to cut it...my tank did this too..i started a 29 gallon bout 8 months ago and i had calurpa growin out f nowhere and i never had it before ha..so it grew out of nowhere which was awesome..i also have like 3 or 4 other types of algae growin out of nowhere too...have to cut it down like every few weeks cuz it grows out of control...

darkwaterdevil · 04/01/2010, 11:27 AM

from all the pics of different kinds of calurpa i dont think it looks like that

03/31/2010, 02:13 PM	#2
darkwaterdevil Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: shrewsbury, ma Posts: 454	no one? __________________ 14g biocube, 20 lbs live sand, 7 to 10 lbs live rock 5 blue leg hermits assorted snails, mated pair black & white clowns, Crocea Clam Frogspawn, Pink Torch, Tiny polyp GSP, Radioactive dragon eye zoas, Orange Zoas Pink Zoas, Chalice, Trumpet, Green Birdsnest, Blue Clove, Blue Favia

03/31/2010, 03:48 PM	#3
khaosinc The cyborg reefer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NW Washington state Posts: 2,345	have any calupra in your sump? looks like a start of it to me. __________________ Disclaimer: I have not yet figured out how to install a breathalizer on my computer. Current Tank Info: It's all torn down... someday I might rebuild.

03/31/2010, 04:07 PM	#4
darkwaterdevil Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: shrewsbury, ma Posts: 454	no none. dont even have a sump its only a 14 gal biocube __________________ 14g biocube, 20 lbs live sand, 7 to 10 lbs live rock 5 blue leg hermits assorted snails, mated pair black & white clowns, Crocea Clam Frogspawn, Pink Torch, Tiny polyp GSP, Radioactive dragon eye zoas, Orange Zoas Pink Zoas, Chalice, Trumpet, Green Birdsnest, Blue Clove, Blue Favia

03/31/2010, 04:10 PM	#5
darkwaterdevil Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: shrewsbury, ma Posts: 454	it has rigid edge like a sawblade __________________ 14g biocube, 20 lbs live sand, 7 to 10 lbs live rock 5 blue leg hermits assorted snails, mated pair black & white clowns, Crocea Clam Frogspawn, Pink Torch, Tiny polyp GSP, Radioactive dragon eye zoas, Orange Zoas Pink Zoas, Chalice, Trumpet, Green Birdsnest, Blue Clove, Blue Favia

04/01/2010, 11:27 AM	#7
darkwaterdevil Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: shrewsbury, ma Posts: 454	from all the pics of different kinds of calurpa i dont think it looks like that __________________ 14g biocube, 20 lbs live sand, 7 to 10 lbs live rock 5 blue leg hermits assorted snails, mated pair black & white clowns, Crocea Clam Frogspawn, Pink Torch, Tiny polyp GSP, Radioactive dragon eye zoas, Orange Zoas Pink Zoas, Chalice, Trumpet, Green Birdsnest, Blue Clove, Blue Favia

03/31/2010, 04:11 PM	#6
Metal7fold22 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: California Posts: 94	yeah looks like calurpa to me too...leave it there..good for your tank...though it might grow fast and you will have to cut it...my tank did this too..i started a 29 gallon bout 8 months ago and i had calurpa growin out f nowhere and i never had it before ha..so it grew out of nowhere which was awesome..i also have like 3 or 4 other types of algae growin out of nowhere too...have to cut it down like every few weeks cuz it grows out of control...