Algae ID please

[Bartman]

I've been looking all over for an ID on this stuff but I can't find a reference. It looks like pink cotton candy. I can suck it out at water changes but it grows back pretty fast. Any idea what it is?

[Tangman]

Common name Red Hair algae
scientific name Asparagopsis (sporophyte stage)
to control it: strong biological filtration (nitrite)& hand removal
Herbivores: long spine urchins, seaslugs

[BCOrchidGuy]

Except for the part where you can suck it out I'd say it looks conspicuously close to an Erythropodium sp. but I can't find anything about them being red/pink, only blues and greenish brown. Nasty coral it seems. Let's hope it's the Asparagopsis.

Doug

[Bartman]

Originally Posted by Tangman

Common name Red Hair algae
scientific name Asparagopsis (sporophyte stage)
to control it: strong biological filtration (nitrite)& hand removal
Herbivores: long spine urchins, seaslugs

Thanks for the info. Using the scientific name above I looked for pictures and what I have appears to be Falkenbergia Rufolanosa, which is a form of Asparagopsis. Where did you find the info above?

[Tangman]

This bookhttp://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...ct_ID=lit-apsg

[BCOrchidGuy]

I've been meaning to buy that book for a few years now.

Doug

[Tangman]

Originally Posted by BCOrchidGuy

I've been meaning to buy that book for a few years now.

Doug

Well it's time to get it ,BCOrchidGuy !

[Bartman]

After some hunting around I found this post on RC:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...e&pagenumber=1

[muck]

Mexican Turbo Snails will make short work of that stuff.. (just make sure they are the Mexican variety as the others most likely wont touch it)

[justinl]

what about a foxface? In the RC thread some dude said he had a foxface that munched any kind of algae to no end. I plan to get a foxface anyways so that's why i ask.