Algae ID needed

[Fishn28]

This has been growing in my tank for a few months now. Sometimes I can battle it back for a week or 2 but it always come back.

Testing always comes back at 0 nitrate and phos but I’m assuming fits because the algae is absorbing all of it.

 

[Dan_P]

This has been growing in my tank for a few months now. Sometimes I can battle it back for a week or 2 but it always come back.

Testing always comes back at 0 nitrate and phos but I’m assuming fits because the algae is absorbing all of it.

Looks like some sort of filamentous algae that gets categorized under the name hair algae.

 

[Fishn28]

Looks like some sort of filamentous algae that gets categorized under the name hair algae.

So maybe GHA? My tang and lawnmower blenny don’t seem to eat it

 

[Dan_P]

So maybe GHA? My tang and lawnmower blenny don’t seem to eat it

Might not be the kind it eats or it’s covered with something that makes it unappetizing.

 

[Fishn28]

Might not be the kind it eats or it’s covered with something that makes it unappetizing.

Thanks. I had some cyano a few weeks ago that’s gone now maybe that’s why they aren’t interested in it