Algae identification

Wesps · 01/12/2018, 05:18 AM

Hi all,
I’m hoping someone might be able to help to identify this algea I’m getting on my glass and power heads?
The tank was purchased second and was neglected for a while, at that stage I didn’t realise that live rock could hold so much phosphate. I battled to get it down but my reading are all within range these days.
It’s been running now for 9 months but this algae just won’t budge!

101010 · 01/12/2018, 05:52 AM

Had similar algae outbreak in my new tank, so I added Seachem Phosguard and I can see them slowly disappearing. Remove as much as you can manually.

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Wesps · 01/12/2018, 06:06 AM

It’s strange because I’ve been testing 0.00 on my Hanna for over 3 months. I just replace my GFO and I’m stepping up regular water changes. How did you remove manually? Every time I scrape it just floats all over the tank

mcgyvr · 01/12/2018, 07:55 AM

Lyngbya?
https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

101010 · 01/12/2018, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Wesps

It’s strange because I’ve been testing 0.00 on my Hanna for over 3 months. I just replace my GFO and I’m stepping up regular water changes. How did you remove manually? Every time I scrape it just floats all over the tank

Algae in Second pic looked like hair algae, probably this is something else in case it's not filamentous.

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jlmawp · 01/12/2018, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Wesps

How did you remove manually? Every time I scrape it just floats all over the tank

Turn off your powerheads when you scrape it off, then siphon out anything floating in the water column. You could also wait until it all settles on the bottom and siphon that as well.

JTJreef · 01/13/2018, 09:32 AM

Appears like a green hair algae/ Dino mix. An additive called Vibrant has worked very well for me. Taken care of green hair, green brush, cyano, etc. They have additives for fish only and reef tanks. Just make sure to get the right one. The fish only additive is a lot stronger could shock the system by stripping nutrients to quickly

outy · 01/13/2018, 01:09 PM

I just had a bad infestation of this. It looks like the brown hair algae that I have always had to some extent.

Mine grew to about 1" long

I used fluconazole and its cleaning it up now as I type. I have heard good things about vibrant as well but never tried it. generally if clean water is not helping fluconazole works

outy · 01/13/2018, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mcgyvr

Lyngbya?
https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

Good question, mine is more hair like and even growth, less the stuff on the back glass and powerheads, on my rocks its like hair and does not pull off.

Even a bristle brush has to be used aggressively to remove mine.

01/12/2018, 07:55 AM	#4
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Lyngbya? https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide __________________ Who me?

01/12/2018, 05:52 AM	#2
101010 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 86	Had similar algae outbreak in my new tank, so I added Seachem Phosguard and I can see them slowly disappearing. Remove as much as you can manually. Sent from my ASUS_Z00ED using Tapatalk

01/12/2018, 06:06 AM	#3
Wesps Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 7	It’s strange because I’ve been testing 0.00 on my Hanna for over 3 months. I just replace my GFO and I’m stepping up regular water changes. How did you remove manually? Every time I scrape it just floats all over the tank

01/13/2018, 09:32 AM	#7
JTJreef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Carolinas Posts: 52	Appears like a green hair algae/ Dino mix. An additive called Vibrant has worked very well for me. Taken care of green hair, green brush, cyano, etc. They have additives for fish only and reef tanks. Just make sure to get the right one. The fish only additive is a lot stronger could shock the system by stripping nutrients to quickly

01/13/2018, 01:09 PM	#8
outy Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: auburn CA Posts: 4,021	I just had a bad infestation of this. It looks like the brown hair algae that I have always had to some extent. Mine grew to about 1" long I used fluconazole and its cleaning it up now as I type. I have heard good things about vibrant as well but never tried it. generally if clean water is not helping fluconazole works