What sort of algae is this?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

What to do now?

fry it up it tastes delicious lol

h2o2 dip

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by reefwars

fry it up it tastes delicious lol

h2o2 dip

Na I prefer chicken fry that I am making for dinner :P

Its on the sand, how can I do peroxide dip :P Maybe a nudibranch or something? I am definite that it came from some frags and not just grew out of high nutrients. I had some bubble algaes (came from frags too LOL) and they have died off but these buggers keeps on popping up so I am guessing its out competing the chaeto.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Na I prefer chicken fry that I am making for dinner :P

Its on the sand, how can I do peroxide dip :P Maybe a nudibranch or something? I am definite that it came from some frags and not just grew out of high nutrients. I had some bubble algaes (came from frags too LOL) and they have died off but these buggers keeps on popping up so I am guessing its out competing the chaeto.

dude its like 5 strands lol....... pluck it out , you can add a nudibranch but its gonna take you about a month to find a lettuce nudi and maybe he will starve before he finds that tiny amount.

honestly reach in and pull it , if its not there it cant feed, keep on it and it stays gone

nutrients are feeding it and its not out competing your cheato as bryopsis needs very little nutrients to survive

cheers

denny

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by reefwars

dude its like 5 strands lol....... pluck it out , you can add a nudibranch but its gonna take you about a month to find a lettuce nudi and maybe he will starve before he finds that tiny amount.

honestly reach in and pull it , if its not there it cant feed, keep on it and it stays gone

nutrients are feeding it and its not out competing your cheato as bryopsis needs very little nutrients to survive

cheers

denny

I have some more strands around the tank (all on the substrate and few big patches on the back). I did remove it few days back but they popped back up! I will be plucking those out tomorrow when I do the regular water change.

Ah! I guess its getting enough nutrient to survive then I guess. Skimmer didn't HELP

[reefwars]

it really needs very little nutrients, how do you test your phosphates and where are they at?

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by reefwars

it really needs very little nutrients, how do you test your phosphates and where are they at?

API lol. I don't really test but the last time I did, the kit showed color fainter than 0.0 (one decimal place). BTW I did notice that for the last few weeks, I have to clean my tank glass like every two days or something. No die off or anything. Don't know where its all coming. I even have cut down feeding to only once a day and added a remora. Weird

[Midway]

From what I know, skimmers do not take nutrients out of the water column, they take food out of the water before it breaks down and turns into nutrients. When food breaks down and turns into nutrients, then algae consumes it and that's how algae grows out of proportion in some tanks. You just need the algae concentrated in a place of the system to help out with high nutrients.