jungle growing in my tank

[jlfnjlf]

This plant like thing came on a mail order frag I got some time ago, and now it has taken off. I am thinking I have an issue with Phosphates in the thank with a bloom like this.

http://jlfnjlf.smugmug.com/photos/117636143-L.jpg

I am addressing the water chemistry, but I do not know how to remove it from my tank. Does anyone know how to deal with a weed like this?

Thanks,

John

[xia]

How big is the rock? If you don't have anything too special on it, just save what you and can, take out the rock, and scrub it clean.

[Avalanche Wolf]

boiling it will also kill off anything on it

[pbetito]

A yellow or purple tang among others oughta solve the problem :D ! I would definitely move the rock into the sand bed until you figure it out though so it doesn't spread to other rocks.

[jlfnjlf]

It is on a 20+ pound rock with several other corals. This is the bigest rock in the tank.

[Elite]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8780995#post8780995 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pbetito
A yellow or purple tang among others oughta solve the problem :D ! I would definitely move the rock into the sand bed until you figure it out though so it doesn't spread to other rocks.

My tangs and Angels don't eat those. I have to remove them manually. Regularly WC helps too.

[Avalanche Wolf]

I do know my Coral Beauty is keeping my allgee on the rocks looking great and a great looking fish as well.

[Sparkss]

looks like hair algae.. our sailfin tang and foxface do a great job of keeping our tanks clean of it. Beware, it can reach plague proportions faster than you think and can spread to other locations.

[DarkDevil]

well it looks more like byrosis(sp?), coz hair algae doesn't look like a leaf like those in the pic. Anyways, my sea bunny took care of all the hair algae/byrosis, well basically all the green micro algae. try the bunny if the yellow tang or foxface doesn't like it, worth a try, right?

[Nu2SW]

Ya not hair algea, something else. I have hair algea in my nano which I am fighting.

[Brian Prestwood]

Hey John

I think that's bryopsis. One of the prettier pest algaes. Not much eats it. I wouldn't worry about a few small patches.

[dots]

Even if its on a big rock......I would take it out a deal with it once and for all.........

[duec22]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8789880#post8789880 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Brian Prestwood
Hey John

I think that's bryopsis. One of the prettier pest algaes. Not much eats it. I wouldn't worry about a few small patches.

Yeah, looks like bryopis...From what I know there isn't much out there that eats it. Maybe a sea hair. I had a couple patches of it untill I started running Rowaphos....kind of just went away after that.

[jlfnjlf]

I added a Coral Beauty to the tank this week, and it is all gone only a few hints are left.

[saltycreefer]

Doesn't look like Bryopsis to me. Looks like it is growing up from runners, like a caulerpa species. Check out the new growth on the edges.