What type of algae is this? (Pics Inside)

KromiX · 08/03/2010, 07:10 PM

what type of algae is in my tank? or different types, I'm trying to get a positive ID so I can read about it and go about removing it properly and efficiently...

Also if you have suggestions on removing it, let me know!

its too short and too hard to remove by hand, i tried....

I have since I noticed it order a BRS Reactor and am running Carbon and GFO, I have a skimmer skimming wet, tank is a 40 Breeder, 6x39W T5 lights, paramaters are in check and all corals (including SPS) are doing excellent.

Here is 1 shot with no flash, and the rest with flash:

Thanks for looking!

wilsonreefs · 08/03/2010, 07:13 PM

looks like hair algae to me...

Carl

KromiX · 08/03/2010, 07:15 PM

thats what I had thought, but it seems so so short to be hair algae??? and some of it looks brown, some looks green, looks extra green with camera flash....

Reefman29 · 08/03/2010, 07:18 PM

Hair alage for sure. You have high nitrates and phosphates. The test kit won't read any because the algae is absorbing them. Reduce feeding and photoperiod.

Frick-n-Frags · 08/04/2010, 05:45 AM

looks pretty hairy to me too. there are some short turflike green algae like Cladiella(i think) but none of those pics are sharp enough to get down and dirty with the ID.

greech · 08/04/2010, 08:39 AM

Looks like green turf alage to me. I have it as well but not in a large mat like that. I had a flame tail blenny that ripped it off the rocks and ate it but unfortunately the blenny also decided he liked acans as well. My mexican turbos and tuxedo urchin are currently keeping it in check but its still exists in small patches here and there. My phosphates and nitrates are non-detect. I only have 2 fish in a 40 breeder and do weekly 20% WC's and it's still there. Honestly though it does not bother me in it's current state and it seems to be a constant food source for thr urchin. I have read sea hares will eat it as well. Obvioiusly, something that eats it doesn't solve the problem but so far I have not been able to find a solution so I am doing what I can.

Uncle Salty 05 · 08/04/2010, 09:19 AM

Looks like bryopsis to me.
Where is your Mg level?

KromiX · 08/04/2010, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Salty 05

Looks like bryopsis to me.
Where is your Mg level?

Im actually working on getting it up, its around 1200, trying to get it up, where should I bring it up to?

greech · 08/04/2010, 09:44 AM

Doesn't look like bryopsis to me...

Uncle Salty 05 · 08/04/2010, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KromiX

Im actually working on getting it up, its around 1200, trying to get it up, where should I bring it up to?

I think you need to be between 1500 to 1600 for bryopsis.

Uncle Salty 05 · 08/04/2010, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greech

Doesn't look like bryopsis to me...

That is Caulerpa.

KromiX · 08/04/2010, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Salty 05

That is Caulerpa.

Well based on the picture's name, it could be bryopsis? Bryopsis_plumosa_c.jpg

Uncle Salty 05 · 08/04/2010, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KromiX

Well based on the picture's name, it could be bryopsis? Bryopsis_plumosa_c.jpg

Whatever you say chief.

dcombs44 · 08/04/2010, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Salty 05

That is Caulerpa.

+1. Picture is feather caulerpa.

0rbital · 08/04/2010, 10:02 AM

Bryopsis can look like feather caulerpa. Just depends what type you have. That looks like hair algae to me in the OP pic.

http://www.hawaii.edu/reefalgae/inva...is_pennata.htm
"Broypsis pennata forms soft, feathery clumps attached to basalt rocks and rubble on shallow reef flats, in tidepools, and in lower intertidal habitats of coastlines with low wave action. "

KromiX · 08/04/2010, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Salty 05

Whatever you say chief.

Wasn't sayin you were wrong, you know more than I do, just saying its a possibility with the name on the picture?

Well I don't think I have bryopsis? it doesnt really looks anything like any of the pics I've seen of bryopsis????? Looks more like a turf algae or hair algae??

08/03/2010, 07:10 PM	#1
KromiX V.I.P Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 1,092	What type of algae is this? (Pics Inside) what type of algae is in my tank? or different types, I'm trying to get a positive ID so I can read about it and go about removing it properly and efficiently... Also if you have suggestions on removing it, let me know! its too short and too hard to remove by hand, i tried.... I have since I noticed it order a BRS Reactor and am running Carbon and GFO, I have a skimmer skimming wet, tank is a 40 Breeder, 6x39W T5 lights, paramaters are in check and all corals (including SPS) are doing excellent. Here is 1 shot with no flash, and the rest with flash: Thanks for looking!

08/04/2010, 05:45 AM	#5
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	looks pretty hairy to me too. there are some short turflike green algae like Cladiella(i think) but none of those pics are sharp enough to get down and dirty with the ID. __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

08/04/2010, 08:39 AM	#6
greech Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 3,133	Looks like green turf alage to me. I have it as well but not in a large mat like that. I had a flame tail blenny that ripped it off the rocks and ate it but unfortunately the blenny also decided he liked acans as well. My mexican turbos and tuxedo urchin are currently keeping it in check but its still exists in small patches here and there. My phosphates and nitrates are non-detect. I only have 2 fish in a 40 breeder and do weekly 20% WC's and it's still there. Honestly though it does not bother me in it's current state and it seems to be a constant food source for thr urchin. I have read sea hares will eat it as well. Obvioiusly, something that eats it doesn't solve the problem but so far I have not been able to find a solution so I am doing what I can. __________________ ~Graham Current Tank Info: Tank: 40 breeder; 20H sump w/SWC 120; Sicce 3.0 return; Vortech MP-10; Sundial T5, DIY Actinic LED (3W Cree). Livestock: Pair of Black & Whites; Midas Blenny; Firefish; Yasha/pistol; Black Leopard Wrasse; LPS and SPS

08/04/2010, 09:19 AM	#7
Uncle Salty 05 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 3,799	Looks like bryopsis to me. Where is your Mg level? __________________ In all that I endure, of one thing I am sure. Knowledge and reason, change like the season. A jester's promenade. - Kerry Livgren Current Tank Info: 180 gal reef tank with dual attached refugiums 20 long and 10 gallon. Plus 55 gallon True Percula breeding tank.

08/04/2010, 09:44 AM	#9
greech Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 3,133	Doesn't look like bryopsis to me... __________________ ~Graham Current Tank Info: Tank: 40 breeder; 20H sump w/SWC 120; Sicce 3.0 return; Vortech MP-10; Sundial T5, DIY Actinic LED (3W Cree). Livestock: Pair of Black & Whites; Midas Blenny; Firefish; Yasha/pistol; Black Leopard Wrasse; LPS and SPS

08/03/2010, 07:13 PM	#2
wilsonreefs Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Jonesboro, Ar Posts: 284	looks like hair algae to me... Carl

08/03/2010, 07:15 PM	#3
KromiX V.I.P Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 1,092	thats what I had thought, but it seems so so short to be hair algae??? and some of it looks brown, some looks green, looks extra green with camera flash....

08/03/2010, 07:18 PM	#4
Reefman29 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 610	Hair alage for sure. You have high nitrates and phosphates. The test kit won't read any because the algae is absorbing them. Reduce feeding and photoperiod.

08/04/2010, 10:02 AM	#15
0rbital Moved On Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 690	Bryopsis can look like feather caulerpa. Just depends what type you have. That looks like hair algae to me in the OP pic. http://www.hawaii.edu/reefalgae/inva...is_pennata.htm "Broypsis pennata forms soft, feathery clumps attached to basalt rocks and rubble on shallow reef flats, in tidepools, and in lower intertidal habitats of coastlines with low wave action. "

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