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BetterMetalReef
02/24/2014, 05:49 PM
Hello all, I was wondering if I could get some help IDing an algae! :rollface:

I've pasted two pics below. In short, I just set up the tank, after having it fully cycled for 1 month I switched on the lights and this stuff started popping up everywhere. On the rocks, in the sand bed, everywhere. Tank was seeded with a number of live rocks, Chaeto, Gracilla and Ulva. Ammonia, Nitrite and Phosphate are all zero. Nitrate was last at 2.5 and falling.

The algae in question definitely appears to have a Y-branching going on, but it doesn't really look like any pics I've seen of Dictyota. The chateo and gracilla I seeded the tank with didn't take to the cycling too well, broke apart and was spread equally throughout the tank. Wondering if it may be gracilla seedlings?

Any thoughts? Thanks!

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/cjmorrison6/photo2_zpsfb78b55c.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/cjmorrison6/photo1_zps7b72751f.jpg

ReeferBill
02/24/2014, 05:53 PM
Kind of looks like cyano with red gracillia