Red algae help

[xpcgamer]

Guys My levels for Nitrate,Nitrites,Ammonia and Phosphates are zero. It started to grow once my tank got really settled(Over a year in the last tank and once I moved it all into a diffrent tank after 4 months it started again) I am running 150 Watt MH 14k with 2 24" Atinic T5's. Lights are on from 3pm to 10PM. I am running a small fuge filled with live rock rubble,live sand and Chaeto. Fuge has a 7000k 9 watt bulb that I run on a reverse schedule than the main lights. Corals and fish are all happy. What is this growing. It grow regardless of good flow of weaker flow. I think its either Red algae / Rhodophyta or S. complanata. I got these names from the Algae slide show. I hope its not bubble algae. How do I get rid of it. Will a Coral Beauty or other Pygmy angel eat this? I heard Blue Hippo tangs will eat it. I need to know what and how to remove it. When I do it manually it will grow back after a few days.

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[JCR's Reef]

I doesnt look like its a bad algae. Its more of a red Macro algae (grape kelp?) that most fish will eat. I dont know what it is for sure though. I have some that grows in my refugium and I feed it to my Naso. Your tank is a little small if you have the 24 for most bigger algae eating fish. You could try astrea snail, emerald crabs, and maybe a coral beauty will eat it.

 

[Tazbader]

I would borrow a kole tang for about a week and everything will be fine.......

 

[sfarid123]

I am battling the same problem in my 55 reef. Its called "Red Valonia"
I have bought 2 emeralds and they dont even touch the stuff. I am currently manually pulling them out and siphoning to prevent spors from spreading.
My LFS told me to try a red sea sailfin tang, but I'm not sure if I'll try it since my tank is too small for it.
Please let me know what works for you.

thanks

 

[zeblisik]

It dosn't look like a bubble algae to me, it looks like its growing in clumps ..or does it? Do the spheres grow, get bigger, translucent and explode, sending out its spores to colonize other areas?
It dosn't look like red grape (Botryocladia) either, since it grows in long strands like some caulerpa.
From these pictures it looks something like laurencia; it certainly does look like a rhodophyta.
Do you have any grazing fish?

Are you harvesting your cheato? is your cheato growing at the same rate as this red algae?

It must be easy removing it by hand? You can try using the old siphon-toothbrush technique. attach a toothbrush to a hose, remove what you can get with your hand without letting any get away or explore and then scrub and siphon with the tool. this is the prescribed method for bubble algae.

If its not bubble algae can you send me some?