What sort of algae is this? - Page 2

mrhasan · #11 02-09-2013, 01:42 AM

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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 · #12 02-09-2013, 01:46 AM

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

mrhasan · #13 02-09-2013, 01:49 AM

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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 · #14 02-11-2013, 05:37 AM

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.

canadianbudz604 · #15 02-11-2013, 09:47 PM

Didn't u say that u use tap water? Ppm will be up more right now with all the crap weather that's been around, maybe this is the cause of access nutrients.

jagermaier · #16 02-12-2013, 01:01 AM

It almost looks like a spaghetti worm?

mrhasan · #17 02-12-2013, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jagermaier

It almost looks like a spaghetti worm?

Yah spaghetti worms tentacles do look like that :P One of them fell into the vicious grip of my tweezers when I was pulling out the algae today :P