ALgea ID and help!!!

[simonmr]

what can remove this stuff (sea hare?) besides nutrient removal (doing the best I can phosphates 0, nitrates 3) and manual removal (hard to get off rock)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/simonmr/IMG_0507.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/simonmr/IMG_0508.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/simonmr/IMG_0505.jpg

thank you all

[kmk2307]

It looks like a filamentous brown alga. Do you use RO/DI or another type of purified water for your water changes? What kind of herbivores do you have now? I don't know if a sea hare would like this stuff but I'll bet a Diadema urchin, foxface / rabbitfish, or naso tang would. Do you have a refugium? Growing chaetomorpha in a brighly illuminated 'fuge may help outcompete this alga for nutrients.

HTH,
Kevin

[SuperNerd]

Originally posted by kmk2307
Do you have a refugium? Growing chaetomorpha in a brighly illuminated 'fuge may help outcompete this alga for nutrients.


Will a "super skimmer" do the same thing as a fuge in terms of nutrient control and absorption of ammonia?