Help identify growth in tank

[gunner105]

The tank is about 5 weeks old and i just finished my cycle and im about to add a CuC. This started growing about a week ago and i figured its just part of the cycle so ill let it go i just wanna make sure its not something i need to worry about.

 

[gunner105]

its a brown/goldish color if that helps at all

 

[caseybean025]

Don't quote me on it (total noob here), but it kinda looks like when my hair algae had just started.

 

[MMacro]

Looks like bryopsis.
It could also be hair algae.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

It doesn't look anything like Bryopsis to me, I would agree the start of hair algae. Your cuc will take care of most of it and keeping your nitrates and phosphates down will help. This is just all a part of the ugglies that new tanks go through and you will see oh so much more of them. Just remember your tank will mature and they will go away.

 

[Maxxingout]

If it is bryopsis, your cuc will NOT take care of it and will not go away with time on it's own.

 

[joshua_00030]

Hair algae. What CuC members are you adding?

 

[gunner105]

Hair algae. What CuC members are you adding?

What CuC's would u guys recommend for a hair algae problem

 

[cloak]

Check this out.

http://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

HTH.

 

[gunner105]

My phosphates are at 0 right now due to my gfo reactor but since the cycle just ended my nitrates are around 20-30 ppm so im doing a large water change today and if their low enough ill be adding a CuC

 

[gunner105]

Check this out.

http://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

HTH.

reading about how easy it is to get it off rocks im thinking its hair algae since i can wipe it off most of the stuff with my hands or a scrubber with little to no effort