Tough Red Hair Algae - Please help!

[Foogoo]

I think this only started with a few strands but now it's completely out of control. I have to admit I'm not big on water testing, but I use RO water and Coralife salt. Does anyone have any experience with this type of algae? It is dark red and very tough, almost like bryopsis except that neither the foxface nor turbos have touched it.

What people have suggested: astreas, tangs, sea hare, tiny hermits, tiny emeralds, long spine black urchin. I'm going to get a DI cartridge asap. If anyone had experience with this type of algae please chime in. It's not like your regular hair algae, this is dark red and very hard to pull out!

With flash:

Without flash (15k SE 250watt XM):

Portion of the tank:

 

[AIMFish]

There's lot's of good suggections here http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=6499457#post6499457

 

[bluenassarius]

i've had experience w/ that algae. when i started collecting algaes over half a year ago.. i picked up a rock that had a little bit of growth of that algae. i ended up taking that rock out and burning it w/ a torch.
from my experience w/ this algae... what would happen with that particular type of algae is when there was no more room for growth, it would break a piece of itself off, float, land another place in the tank and start growing.
you could try buying a cowrie to keep it under control. the only problem with that would be if the cowrie does not eat all of the algae stem that it bites off, it will just spread it more.
if it's really bothering you that much and you can afford it ... i would just buy some new rock and cycle it in a bucket to rebuild. from the looks of it, the algae is already choking some of your corals.
JME hth

oh btw, scrubbing is not gonna help. the algae is rooted in the rock.

 

[henn]

Foogoo,

Could you have the same Redalgae fromhellus?
http://www.reefland.com/forum/reef-aquariums/14695-ughhh-red-algae.html
http://www.reefland.com/forum/reef-aquariums/14974-uuugggghhhh-red-algae-update.html

 

[Foogoo]

henn,

Thanks for the links. Although I do not this that is the same algae (really hard to differentiate them) I did get some ideas from the posts i.e. a lawnmower blenny.

 

[slant77]

did you figure what kind this algae is and how to rid it yet