what kind of algae is this? (pics)

[reefgeek84]

It looks like hair algae kind of, but not at the same time...it has small braches coming off of it... It looks like a leaf with the viens, minus the leafy part... hopefully these pics help.
http://www.reefbucket.com//files/37/algae%200021.jpg
http://www.reefbucket.com//files/37/algae%2000311.jpg
http://www.reefbucket.com//files/37/algae%200031.jpg

[reefgeek84]

would a tang control it?

[Amphiprion]

Bryopsis sp. A tang may or may not even touch it.

[Travis L. Stevens]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7659072#post7659072 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
Bryopsis sp. A tang may or may not even touch it.

Agreed. This is one nuisance algae that can be difficult to control

[blide]

Yes... Bryopsis and you most likely have some traceable nitrates and maybe some phosphates.

[reefgeek84]

anything else that will take care of this...

Phospahtes show-0.0 I have a skimmer, and a UV, I use RO/DI water with a TDS reading of 000.

Edit---

Trites are 0.00 Trates are 0.00. I use Seachem to test.

[reefgeek84]

bump

[brians_224]

Hi
Thanks for posting the great photos. I think I may be suffering from this as well.

How much flow do you have? How do you maintain alk/ca?

[reefgeek84]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7659246#post7659246 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by brians_224
Hi
Thanks for posting the great photos. I think I may be suffering from this as well.

How much flow do you have? How do you maintain alk/ca?
I am running around 1100 GPH in my 50gal corner w/ a pressure rated pump... Alk and Calcium is maintained by regular water changes...All my SPS are small so they are not using up alot of it and I just checked them and everything is well.

[brians_224]

I noticed an improvement when I switched to Randy's two part over kalkwasser. I attribute it to better PH maintenance.

[reefgeek84]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7659329#post7659329 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by brians_224
I noticed an improvement when I switched to Randy's two part over kalkwasser. I attribute it to better PH maintenance.

Thank you...anyone else want to chime in.

[Travis L. Stevens]

Just because your nitrates and phosphates are undetectable doesn't mean that they aren't there. You could be getting additional nutrients from heavy bioloads, heavy feeding, or even the liquid frozen food is frozen in. I would pull off as much of that as possible and take a turkey baster and blow at your rocks. This will blow off detritus that the algae is growing on/around and keep it suspended in the water column to be taken out by your skimmer.

[reefgeek84]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7659403#post7659403 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis L. Stevens
Just because your nitrates and phosphates are undetectable doesn't mean that they aren't there. You could be getting additional nutrients from heavy bioloads, heavy feeding, or even the liquid frozen food is frozen in. I would pull off as much of that as possible and take a turkey baster and blow at your rocks. This will blow off detritus that the algae is growing on/around and keep it suspended in the water column to be taken out by your skimmer.

Ok, I will do this. However, I thaw my frozen food rinse it twice with RO/DI water. I feed only every other day and have only one fish. So apparently I am getting them from somewhere, but do not know where, I do my best to reduce all chances...it is a fairly new tank, but I want to try and control it before it gets out of hand.

[Travis L. Stevens]

Good! Now that's great husbandry in the making. The problem though is that you said that you have a fairly new tank. How new is it? There is a chance that the rock still has some die off inside of it, but you have enough bacteria to keep things undetectable. Then the algae would just be growing on the largest sources.

[menard]

One fish I know of eat bryopsis, Lo uspi Foxface. Add this one in the tank and watch'em graze.:D

[meschaefer]

Manually remove it. I get it in my tank at times, but it rarely stays around as I keep my nutrient levels low.


If it is growing at any signficant rate, then you have higher nutrient levels than your test kits are showing. This happens when the algae uptakes the nutrients so fast, that they are never present long enough in the water colum to get picked up by a test kit.

[reefgeek84]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7659575#post7659575 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis L. Stevens
Good! Now that's great husbandry in the making. The problem though is that you said that you have a fairly new tank. How new is it? There is a chance that the rock still has some die off inside of it, but you have enough bacteria to keep things undetectable. Then the algae would just be growing on the largest sources.
About 3 months old. I went through my dino cycle and that has pretty much gone away, but I have this now...I talked to a local guy and he used prodibo and got rid his stuff so I am going to try that.