ID red turf algae please
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DensityMan
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IME you should exterminate that with extreme prejudice, but I say that only because I am fighting something that looks very much like what I was asking about here a couple months back: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=306253
See if the brnchiong looks similar, the color is variable and the growth-shap of a mature colony is much different than what the immature colony/fragments look like...
See if the brnchiong looks similar, the color is variable and the growth-shap of a mature colony is much different than what the immature colony/fragments look like...
TiGs
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For sure it's a pain in the butt to remove. The algae I have has real thin branches. In the second pic I posted you can kind of see the size of this algae by looking at the zoos or the blue ric on the same rock.
i know that a blue tang and Sohal tang will eat the stuff I have because I gave a few pieces of coral infested rock away and those two fishes I mentioned loved the stuff. unfortunalty I only have a 10g tank. So far i've been putting some of the infested rock in a bucket of saltwater in the darkness starving the algae from light. But some of my corals I cant remove and really dont want to get rid of them.
Maybe a emerald crab will munch them along with my bubble algae.
i know that a blue tang and Sohal tang will eat the stuff I have because I gave a few pieces of coral infested rock away and those two fishes I mentioned loved the stuff. unfortunalty I only have a 10g tank. So far i've been putting some of the infested rock in a bucket of saltwater in the darkness starving the algae from light. But some of my corals I cant remove and really dont want to get rid of them.
Maybe a emerald crab will munch them along with my bubble algae.
Splendid Warrior
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These are Gelidiopsis or Wiry Algae. Since your tank is not big enough for tangs, you should try having a Diadema Spiny Urchin to solve your problem.
LostIslandCorals
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Well Splendid was correct about the Red Algae. But In small tanks that type of Aglae will take over if you don't help rip it out. If you try a Tuxedo Urchin they might do the job. If you don't have any hard corals or clams you might consider a blenny. Or just take the rock out. I see that rock all the time.[edited]
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Agu
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I'm having a problem with the same alga. Not sure density man has a correct ID though ? Anybody else have this alga ? Any recommended critters that will eat it ? I won't bother with an urchin as I have enough coraline to keep one happy for years before it'll attack anything else 
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xcreonx
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I had a common red hermit crab (probably 3 inches) in my old tank that would attack any algae, especially macros, that i put in. I don't know if it would work for you, but they're cheap (i got mine for like $6) and they are easy to remove when the jobs done.
That being said, he also ate a few hairy mushrooms before i caught him in the act. Now he's in another tank by himself. So, be careful if you have other things in there he may have a taste for.
That being said, he also ate a few hairy mushrooms before i caught him in the act. Now he's in another tank by himself. So, be careful if you have other things in there he may have a taste for.
jasonross
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they say theses " sea monsters" will eat any algea.. I am ordering one for my canyo.
http://www.blowfishaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=BA&Category_Code=INV
http://www.blowfishaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=BA&Category_Code=INV
I guess I'm the only one but I'm actually trying to get algea growing in my main tank. I've had 3 different verieties disapear in the last 2 weeks, I've removed several crabs including an emerald I thought where the "problem". I had a red varieity that looked very close to what you have only larger.
Last night I caught one of my turbos eating the last of a huge pile of ulva and my grapevine was totally gone, both added yesterday.
The 4 I have are large about the size of a golf ball, I believe called "mexican turbo snails". I'm going to move mine because of the macro eating so I would try them if I where you. They are cleap $1.99 and 1 won't add much bioload for a 10g.
Last night I caught one of my turbos eating the last of a huge pile of ulva and my grapevine was totally gone, both added yesterday.
The 4 I have are large about the size of a golf ball, I believe called "mexican turbo snails". I'm going to move mine because of the macro eating so I would try them if I where you. They are cleap $1.99 and 1 won't add much bioload for a 10g.
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