Algae identification

[ReefRoss86]

Hello, can anyone help identify what this is in the back of my aio. It looks like single white strands, I tried scrubbing it off but it wouldn't come off.

 

[griss]

Can you get a close up picture?

 

[ReefRoss86]

Can you get a close up picture?

If you click on the picture you can zoom in and see it fairly well but yes I will try taking a better picture tomorrow, during the day.

 

[themagicman]

Looks like a bunch of sponges to me. These come in all different shapes and forms. Maybe some Spirorbid worms too. GL.

 

[griss]

If you click on the picture you can zoom in and see it fairly well but yes I will try taking a better picture tomorrow, during the day.

Zooming in, I would agree it's an algae, but I honestly have no idea what it might be. @vlangel @kharmaguru any ideas?

 

[reeftivo]

looks like filamentous algae

can you take a pic with just white light?

 

[ReefRoss86]

So I tried taking a picture during the day but you can't really see it. I have managed to get a better close up of it though.

 

[ReefRoss86]

I did manage to pull a strand of it out and take a picture. It looks similar to cheato but slightly thinner, breaks apart easier and also the growth pattern looks different.

 

[griss]

I’m not sure what it is, but I have something similar in my tank. It doesn’t seem to bother anything so I’m just leaving it alone.