Any Ideas?

[NewMariner]

Hi,

I have this nuisance algae in my tank and Im not quite sure what it is........do you have any ideas? I thought at first it was bryopsis, but its not real feathery.....

 

[GACDIVER]

Does it spread and grow fast? I think I may have had the same stuff.

The stuff that I had would grow out in "tufts" and then as a tuft got long enough it would fluff off and where ever it would hang up on a rock it would gain a foot old there.

I just assumed that it was a type of hair alge but I never did get an ID on it. All I know is that it is a PITA to get rid of.

Hope it works out for you.

sean

 

[NewMariner]

Yea actually it does spread and grow fast.....It does grow into big "hair balls" the hair balls seem to get dislodged and floats around to a new spot...wherever it lands it starts getting a foothold........It also just spreads on nearby rocks like GSP does..........

I really hate this stuff and want to get a hold of it...but either people call it bryopsis, or they dont know.........I dont think its bryopsis as its not feathery.......

 

[GACDIVER]

The stuff that I have had is really airy like in form. It does not seem to form the seperate pinnules as seen in these links. as yours like that close up?

Nothing I tried, fish or invert, seemed to eat it.

http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/algae_page/bryopsis.htm

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=167632

 

[NewMariner]

I know now its not bryopsis........Some people think its just hair algae but I havent found anything to eat it......