brown coraline type algae

jjoos99 · 08/16/2016, 06:58 PM

I have recently noticed that I have some brown colored algae that is growing on my glass that is just like coraline. Same round patches and crusty texture. I am also starting to see some black slime algae growing in my sump. Not sure if they are related but thought that I would add it to my post. My last phos test was .09 I really dont get colored coraline and my sps have slow growth lately also. I used chemiclean last year and it did a great job on the red slime that I was having but a month after the treatment I started to experience rtn and lost several prized pieces so I will shy away from ever using that again. Any ideas as to what might be going on?
thanks
Jeff

SeaCucumberFan · 08/30/2016, 01:25 AM

Pics??

C.Eymann · 08/30/2016, 02:08 AM

Need pics, but it sounds like a lobophora type of algae by the way you describe it.

jraker · 08/30/2016, 05:33 PM

From what you are describing, I would agree that is sounds like lobophora.

jjoos99 · 08/30/2016, 07:14 PM

took this pic tonight. Is there any concern with this type? Is there any relation between it and the black slime I have been getting in my sump?
thanks
Jeff

jraker · 08/30/2016, 07:57 PM

I wouldn't think there would be a correlation, or any concerns with the species. Maybe you should put some snails in your sump to help with the algae?

08/16/2016, 06:58 PM	#1
jjoos99 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dayton Ohio Posts: 796	brown coraline type algae I have recently noticed that I have some brown colored algae that is growing on my glass that is just like coraline. Same round patches and crusty texture. I am also starting to see some black slime algae growing in my sump. Not sure if they are related but thought that I would add it to my post. My last phos test was .09 I really dont get colored coraline and my sps have slow growth lately also. I used chemiclean last year and it did a great job on the red slime that I was having but a month after the treatment I started to experience rtn and lost several prized pieces so I will shy away from ever using that again. Any ideas as to what might be going on? thanks Jeff

08/30/2016, 02:08 AM	#3
C.Eymann Cnidaria lover Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Winterpark FL Posts: 1,483	Need pics, but it sounds like a lobophora type of algae by the way you describe it. __________________ "I glue animals to rocks" Current Tank Info: 80gal build in the works

08/30/2016, 05:33 PM	#4
jraker Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1,421	From what you are describing, I would agree that is sounds like lobophora. __________________ "I glue animals to rocks" Current Tank Info: 36 gallon reef, 65 gallon Caribbean Biotope macroalgae and seagrass tank

08/30/2016, 07:57 PM	#6
jraker Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1,421	I wouldn't think there would be a correlation, or any concerns with the species. Maybe you should put some snails in your sump to help with the algae? __________________ "I glue animals to rocks" Current Tank Info: 36 gallon reef, 65 gallon Caribbean Biotope macroalgae and seagrass tank

08/30/2016, 01:25 AM	#2
SeaCucumberFan Moved On Join Date: May 2016 Location: Sleman, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Posts: 858	Pics??