Algae ID (1 Viewer)

[nightster]

Have a couple spots of this algae popping up in different areas of the tank. I know I have gha but I'm asking about the thicker single green strand. Thanks!

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[Tstew32]

Have a couple spots of this algae popping up in different areas of the tank. I know I have gha but I'm asking about the thicker single green strand. Thanks!

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Looks like it could be bryopsis. I’ll let other confirm as well.


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[Erin]

Not exactly sure what we're looking at... can you circle the spots you're wondering about?

 

[nightster]

Sorry, I should have done that to begin with.

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[Erin]

No idea. Is that the only piece? Do you have macro in your sump?

 

[nightster]

I used to have cheato in a reactor but took it down months ago. Yea popping up in a couple different spots. I'll try to get more pictures later today.

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[Erin]

I used to have cheato in a reactor but took it down months ago. Yea popping up in a couple different spots. I'll try to get more pictures later today.

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I’d suggest manual removal at this point. Could have come in on a frag or snail... Increase whatever nutrient export system you already use (what did you replace the cheato reactor with?) and consider decreasing your photoperiod. If it was not recently introduced, it’s been there all along just waiting for an opportunity to grow.

 

[nightster]

Here is another picture, this one is on my overflow.

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[Cody]

Is it slimy or more grainy like hair algae?

 

[Reefahholic]

There’s so many species of algae it would be hard to say without looking at it under a scope. I’ve never seen that kind of algae over run a tank so it’s obviously not very common. I’d still manually remove it or any algae that is not being used to manage nutrients in the sump.

 

[nightster]

Is it slimy or more grainy like hair algae?

It's thick, I wouldn't say slimy though. Next time I pull some I'll take a picture out of the water on a white background.

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