Macroalgae ID

[weege1]

Hello All,

First thanks in advance to any and all help on this.

Can anyone please ID the Algae in the this pic? Also if you know of a good critter who wil eat this please let me know...

 

[SeanT]

Could you take some out and put it in a bowl with water and get a more clear pic?

 

[weege1]

I will get a new pic up tonight....

 

[weege1]

OK,

I got two new pics that look MUCH better... Please give me an ID if you can....

And

Thanks in advance.... :rollface:

 

[weege1]

-BUMP-

 

[kmk2307]

weege1,

I think I have seen that in a book I have before. I'll dig through it and see what I can find and post again.

Kevin

 

[blowmecius]

Looks like Laurencia (spelling?). I don't know what eats it. Is your tank fairly new? I had it for a while. Kept pulling it off and eventually it went away. Good luck!

 

[kmk2307]

I agree that it looks like Laurencia. Try looking up Laurencia decumbens. South Pacific Reef Plants by Littler and Littler states "Plants in small clumps, to 4 cm high, red to tan, branching mainly from basal areas. Branches cylindrical, arched, to 2mm diameter. Branchlets on outer side of arch, variable in lenght, to .5 mm diameter, 2-3 mm long; tips broadly rounded, tufted with obscure fine filaments extending just beyond the rim of terminal depression or pore. Holdfast disc-like or with creeping base.

Habitat: Often mixed turf communitie, attached to rock or carbonate rubble to 10m deep.
Distribution: Tropical pacific, Indian Ocean, Tropical Eastern Atlantic."

HTH,
Kevin

 

[weege1]

I agree that it looks like Laurencia. Try looking up Laurencia decumbens. South Pacific Reef Plants by Littler and Littler states "Plants in small clumps, to 4 cm high, red to tan, branching mainly from basal areas. Branches cylindrical, arched, to 2mm diameter. Branchlets on outer side of arch, variable in lenght, to .5 mm diameter, 2-3 mm long; tips broadly rounded, tufted with obscure fine filaments extending just beyond the rim of terminal depression or pore. Holdfast disc-like or with creeping base.

Habitat: Often mixed turf communitie, attached to rock or carbonate rubble to 10m deep.
Distribution: Tropical pacific, Indian Ocean, Tropical Eastern Atlantic."

HTH,
Kevin

Kevin, thanks for that info, does the book list anything that will eat this stuff??

 

[kmk2307]

weege1,

That is all it says. Do you test your water? Could excess nutrients be the problem? Diadema urchins eat pretty much everything in the algae world so if you are desperate give one a try. Beware as they can be harmful to some corals and other inverts.

Good luck,
Kevin