Bright Red algae in my BB reef

Zoom · 05/02/2005, 05:49 PM

What is this?
Is encrusting all over the tank the tangs eat it but is just keeps coming back look at the back of the tank.

Bomber · 05/02/2005, 06:39 PM

Zoomy, what the heck is that!

Got a close up picture? Is it a sheet, hairy, slimy, ??

Zoom · 05/02/2005, 06:55 PM

Is not slimy .
looks like stringy in places.
I try to scrape it off put dos not come off easily.

SeanT · 05/02/2005, 06:57 PM

Try posting this in the Marine Plants forum.

Lunchbucket · 05/02/2005, 06:58 PM

wierd!!

Lunchbucket

Bomber · 05/02/2005, 06:59 PM

No you don't, you leave it right here.

Try to get a picture shot from across it, not down at it. I'm pretty sure what it is, I just want to see if it's hollow looking tubes, or more like hair.

Zoom · 05/02/2005, 07:34 PM

Here is a better pick, looks like cyno but is hard to get it off.

Here is one more at the base of the stag.

Bomber · 05/02/2005, 07:44 PM

Zoom get real close and look at one of the hairs. Are they perfect round circles hooked together in a chain? or are they longer round tubes hooked in a chain?

Zoom · 05/02/2005, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bomber
Zoom get real close and look at one of the hairs. Are they perfect round circles hooked together in a chain? or are they longer round tubes hooked in a chain?

I try I can not see only thing for sure it looks like very short small hair like algae, sorry I even try with the magnifier I can not tell .

Bomber · 05/02/2005, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zoom
Is not slimy .

One more question and we'll have it. If it's not slimy, when you touch it does it crunch? or just feel like stiff hairs?

Zoom · 05/02/2005, 08:15 PM

I just put my hand in the tank, and feels like stiff very short hairs.
I scrape some and feel it in my fingers , thus not disintegrate when I squeeze it between my fingers, I notice is some under the rock and is more like cluster has some body to it and is more easily scraped off.

Bomber · 05/02/2005, 08:21 PM

Anotrichum barbatum

Zoom · 05/02/2005, 08:24 PM

Anotrichum barbatum don't ring no bells.

Zoom · 05/02/2005, 08:39 PM

I try searching for any information to no availability, you know if it will kill any thing, how can I get it out of the tank ?

coralite · 05/02/2005, 08:46 PM

The only fish that I think might be interested in eating that is a foxface or a rabbitfish. if it is like most algaes, it should phase out of your tank at some point. Good luck keeping it under control.

Lunchbucket · 05/02/2005, 09:15 PM

sorry to hijack but man how many marine biology people do we have here are RC...what a resource!!

Lunchbucket

acroconut · 05/02/2005, 10:28 PM

Zoom....you doin' everything right? Cause I thought this kind of stuff wasn't supposed to happen if you went bare bottom.

nyfireman3097 · 05/02/2005, 10:40 PM

i dont think that BB stops these things what it does is with the correct flow it allows for the nutrients to be pushed into the skimmer which should be ran wet and by doing this the skimmer will pul out more nutrient then if you have a SB which will be sucking the nutrients into itself to stive along having a BB doesnt mean you automatically have NO nutrients in your system which will cause alage in your system HTH Please feel free to add to this or correct anything i might be worng about thanx
Nick

Bomber · 05/03/2005, 05:43 AM

BB won't stop this kind - a epiphytic reef crest algae that likes clean water.

Find something that will eat it. My first guess would be blue leg hermits.

JB NY · 05/03/2005, 07:12 AM

I wonder if this is the same stuff. Ignore the tort and look at the rock.

I've had a few discussions with people and a bunch of us seem to have it, BB, DSB doesn't matter. I don't know anyone one has been able to get rid of it. I've got some astreas that seem to eat it, but only off of certain rock.

Other areas they won't touch it at all.

Not sure if anyone is using blue leg hermits. I would think all my snails would be toast if I added a hundred hermits to the tank.

trueperc · 05/03/2005, 07:29 AM

I too have some and have a shallow sand bed, I will be going BB in my upgrade in a couple of months, but would really like to know what I could add to eat that.

Bomber · 05/03/2005, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JB NY
Ignore the tort and look at the rock.

Joe, you're kidding right?

JB NY · 05/03/2005, 07:43 AM

No I'm not kidding.

That's the only algae in my display tank (ok maybe a few valonia too). If I get rid of that stuff, man would I be happy!

Bomber · 05/03/2005, 07:53 AM

Well Doug (the urchin not the one with the reef tank he's named after) eats mine.

chevell · 05/03/2005, 08:36 AM

Go to a deep sand bed , that will get rid of it LOL. Nice looking corals in there btw.

05/02/2005, 05:49 PM	#1
Zoom Premium Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: S.N.J Posts: 5,706	Bright Red algae in my BB reef What is this? Is encrusting all over the tank the tangs eat it but is just keeps coming back look at the back of the tank.

05/02/2005, 06:57 PM	#4
SeanT Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Wilmington, North Carolina Posts: 13,860	Try posting this in the Marine Plants forum. __________________ My tank was cool. Current Tank Info: Barebottom (the tank not me...at least not at the moment).

05/02/2005, 06:58 PM	#5
Lunchbucket Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 12,924	wierd!! Lunchbucket __________________ Trying to lose weight by walking is like trying to bake a cake w/ a cigarette lighter - Lunchbucket - "Nancy-Boy Extraordinaire" - maxxII- Current Tank Info: 58gal Oceanic RR, 2x400w MH (20k XM and 10k XM), Deltec PF601 Ca Rx, Deltec AP701 skimmer, mag950 return, iwaki 55rlt w/ an Oceansmotions 4-way unit, Tunze 7300 and 6000 each w/ controller, fluidized po4 rx

05/02/2005, 08:24 PM	#13
Zoom Premium Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: S.N.J Posts: 5,706	Anotrichum barbatum don't ring no bells. Last edited by Zoom; 05/02/2005 at 08:36 PM.

05/02/2005, 09:15 PM	#16
Lunchbucket Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 12,924	sorry to hijack but man how many marine biology people do we have here are RC...what a resource!! Lunchbucket __________________ Trying to lose weight by walking is like trying to bake a cake w/ a cigarette lighter - Lunchbucket - "Nancy-Boy Extraordinaire" - maxxII- Current Tank Info: 58gal Oceanic RR, 2x400w MH (20k XM and 10k XM), Deltec PF601 Ca Rx, Deltec AP701 skimmer, mag950 return, iwaki 55rlt w/ an Oceansmotions 4-way unit, Tunze 7300 and 6000 each w/ controller, fluidized po4 rx

05/02/2005, 06:39 PM	#2
Bomber 10 & Over Club Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 10,550	Zoomy, what the heck is that! Got a close up picture? Is it a sheet, hairy, slimy, ??

05/02/2005, 06:55 PM	#3
Zoom Premium Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: S.N.J Posts: 5,706	Is not slimy . looks like stringy in places. I try to scrape it off put dos not come off easily.

05/02/2005, 06:59 PM	#6
Bomber 10 & Over Club Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 10,550	No you don't, you leave it right here. Try to get a picture shot from across it, not down at it. I'm pretty sure what it is, I just want to see if it's hollow looking tubes, or more like hair.

05/02/2005, 07:34 PM	#7
Zoom Premium Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: S.N.J Posts: 5,706	Here is a better pick, looks like cyno but is hard to get it off. Here is one more at the base of the stag.

05/02/2005, 07:44 PM	#8
Bomber 10 & Over Club Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 10,550	Zoom get real close and look at one of the hairs. Are they perfect round circles hooked together in a chain? or are they longer round tubes hooked in a chain?

05/02/2005, 08:15 PM	#11
Zoom Premium Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: S.N.J Posts: 5,706	I just put my hand in the tank, and feels like stiff very short hairs. I scrape some and feel it in my fingers , thus not disintegrate when I squeeze it between my fingers, I notice is some under the rock and is more like cluster has some body to it and is more easily scraped off.

05/02/2005, 08:21 PM	#12
Bomber 10 & Over Club Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 10,550	Anotrichum barbatum

05/02/2005, 08:39 PM	#14
Zoom Premium Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: S.N.J Posts: 5,706	I try searching for any information to no availability, you know if it will kill any thing, how can I get it out of the tank ?

05/02/2005, 08:46 PM	#15
coralite registered member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 2,386	The only fish that I think might be interested in eating that is a foxface or a rabbitfish. if it is like most algaes, it should phase out of your tank at some point. Good luck keeping it under control.

05/02/2005, 10:28 PM	#17
acroconut Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Posts: 523	Zoom....you doin' everything right? Cause I thought this kind of stuff wasn't supposed to happen if you went bare bottom. __________________ "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day." Current Tank Info: 75 gal. sps running 2 x 250w HQI 14K AC's, and 2 x 110w URI VHO actinics, 1 Tunze stream and (1) 3/4" sea swirl, Deltec MCE 600 skimmer, small fuge, and 1/10 hp. chiller.30 gal sps and some LPS, 7 gal. mostly various zenias 150g being set up

05/02/2005, 10:40 PM	#18
nyfireman3097 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 866	i dont think that BB stops these things what it does is with the correct flow it allows for the nutrients to be pushed into the skimmer which should be ran wet and by doing this the skimmer will pul out more nutrient then if you have a SB which will be sucking the nutrients into itself to stive along having a BB doesnt mean you automatically have NO nutrients in your system which will cause alage in your system HTH Please feel free to add to this or correct anything i might be worng about thanx Nick

05/03/2005, 05:43 AM	#19
Bomber 10 & Over Club Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 10,550	BB won't stop this kind - a epiphytic reef crest algae that likes clean water. Find something that will eat it. My first guess would be blue leg hermits.

05/03/2005, 07:12 AM	#20
JB NY Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 9,207	I wonder if this is the same stuff. Ignore the tort and look at the rock. I've had a few discussions with people and a bunch of us seem to have it, BB, DSB doesn't matter. I don't know anyone one has been able to get rid of it. I've got some astreas that seem to eat it, but only off of certain rock. Other areas they won't touch it at all. Not sure if anyone is using blue leg hermits. I would think all my snails would be toast if I added a hundred hermits to the tank. __________________ -Joe TOTM Sept 2002 \| Reefland April 2004 \| CORAL Magazine Nov 2007 Featured Tank "Coral Reef Aquarium" 2011 \| Reef Spotlight 2018 Current Tank Info: 270G SPS Tank, 140G sumps, 35G Frag Tank, Ultra Reef Akula UKS-200 Skimmer, Apex, Giesemann Spectra 3x250W MH 4x80W T5, 2xReefbrite Tech 72" Blue LED, Triton Dosing, ARID C30 Algae Reactor, Maxspect Gyre

05/03/2005, 07:29 AM	#21
trueperc Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ottawa, On, Canada Posts: 788	I too have some and have a shallow sand bed, I will be going BB in my upgrade in a couple of months, but would really like to know what I could add to eat that.

05/03/2005, 07:43 AM	#23
JB NY Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 9,207	No I'm not kidding. That's the only algae in my display tank (ok maybe a few valonia too). If I get rid of that stuff, man would I be happy! __________________ -Joe TOTM Sept 2002 \| Reefland April 2004 \| CORAL Magazine Nov 2007 Featured Tank "Coral Reef Aquarium" 2011 \| Reef Spotlight 2018 Current Tank Info: 270G SPS Tank, 140G sumps, 35G Frag Tank, Ultra Reef Akula UKS-200 Skimmer, Apex, Giesemann Spectra 3x250W MH 4x80W T5, 2xReefbrite Tech 72" Blue LED, Triton Dosing, ARID C30 Algae Reactor, Maxspect Gyre

05/03/2005, 07:53 AM	#24
Bomber 10 & Over Club Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 10,550	Well Doug (the urchin not the one with the reef tank he's named after) eats mine.

05/03/2005, 08:36 AM	#25
chevell Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego Posts: 157	dsb Go to a deep sand bed , that will get rid of it LOL. Nice looking corals in there btw. __________________ 150 gallon starphire,iwaki,tunze,aqua logic,korallin,aqua fx,VHO 880 watts,sea swirl,sps,lps,rics. Current Tank Info: 150 gallon reef