Algae ID Please

BetterMetalReef · 02/24/2014, 05:49 PM

Hello all, I was wondering if I could get some help IDing an algae!

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!

ReeferBill · 02/24/2014, 05:53 PM

Kind of looks like cyano with red gracillia

02/24/2014, 05:49 PM	#1
BetterMetalReef Will work for Corals Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Arlington, MA Posts: 57	Algae ID Please Hello all, I was wondering if I could get some help IDing an algae! 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! __________________ Dual 50 gallon tank system in the works. Current Tank Info: Working on it.

02/24/2014, 05:53 PM	#2
ReeferBill Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,906	Kind of looks like cyano with red gracillia __________________ I never realized I had to be a Chemist and a Marine Biologist to maintain a Reef Aquarium!