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graveyardworm
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I had some red turf which was almost identical, and I had a turbo snail clean it up. Avoid The Mexican Turbos and get a Pacific Turbo if possible.
piercho
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The second shot has the appearance of Gelidiopsis, or at least what many reefers call Gelidiopsis - a "red wire algae". Gelidium can be similar, as well. But both are palatable and I would think a large tang would show interest in either of those.
The first shot has the appearance of a short turf that is common in many SPS tanks - sort of. That alga is usually deep red but was more yellowish/brownish in my tank under 6500K. It generally does not prove to be a problem but most SPS reefers don't like it anyway. Here is a a picture of stuff similar to yours in JB NY's tank. JB talked about his in this old SPS forum thread .
Put the two together and what do you have? - I don't know. Red algae are hard for me to even venture a guess at and when I try an algae key many of the identifiers are at a cellular level - microscopic. My best guess would be genus Gelidiopsis due to the strong filaments and deep red color and growth habit seen in the second picture.
Diadema sestosum urchin has been dependable to graze all red algae I've encountered in my tank except Asparagopsis known as "cotton candy" algae. Tuxedo urchins and rock boring urchins have not. Diadema is a very thorough and fast-growing urchin and liable to sample coral when it begins to outgrow the tank, IME. It also will graze red coraline algae down to bare, white rock.
The first shot has the appearance of a short turf that is common in many SPS tanks - sort of. That alga is usually deep red but was more yellowish/brownish in my tank under 6500K. It generally does not prove to be a problem but most SPS reefers don't like it anyway. Here is a a picture of stuff similar to yours in JB NY's tank. JB talked about his in this old SPS forum thread .
Put the two together and what do you have? - I don't know. Red algae are hard for me to even venture a guess at and when I try an algae key many of the identifiers are at a cellular level - microscopic. My best guess would be genus Gelidiopsis due to the strong filaments and deep red color and growth habit seen in the second picture.
Diadema sestosum urchin has been dependable to graze all red algae I've encountered in my tank except Asparagopsis known as "cotton candy" algae. Tuxedo urchins and rock boring urchins have not. Diadema is a very thorough and fast-growing urchin and liable to sample coral when it begins to outgrow the tank, IME. It also will graze red coraline algae down to bare, white rock.
