Anotha' one

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

Hey everyone, just want help with an ID. I'm fighting it okay but I can't really find out exactly what I'm working with.

Brown/red
Mostly slimy
Grows long long, I've seen it 6++ inches growing from my return nozzles
Grows everywhere, sand bed, rocks, glass, you name it.
No notable root structure but does hold on/can't be blown off.
Urchin eats it

I beat bryopsis/dinos after moving the tank and this stuff came right in after.

Could just be red hair algae but it's just different from the other hair algae I've seen before. Like growing in very long strands. Maybe lyngbya as well a type of cyano.

No3 18
Po4 .02 and dosed every day to stop from bottoming out

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Photos under white light? Somewhat hard to tell from the pictures

 

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

Photos under white light? Somewhat hard to tell from the pictures

Here you go! Thanks.

 

[PharmrJohn]

Here you go! Thanks.

Those are still under blue light. We need white light.

 

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

That's as white as they go. Surely that should be visible enough for an ID.

 

[JTP424]

That's as white as they go. Surely that should be visible enough for an ID.

Ehhh still difficult, shine a flashlight on it if you can.

If you can turn lights on in the room/shine a good flashlight on it and turn off the reef/blue lights.

 

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

I actually figured out more whites

 

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

What are we thinking? Bad photos solicited the police around here but nobody wants to actually help.

 

[JTP424]

Dang bro. We get busy. Chillax.
Best guess would be gha.
Don't see as much red in the white light photos.
Whats your CUC look like?

 

[JTP424]

Also meant no hate in my tone. All fun

 

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

My cuc is up and down. A lot of them keep dying, contributing to more algae. I half half a mind to think algae is killing them, it grows into their shells after they die or whatever.

Banded trochus do good I have probably 20. About 10 blue legs. 10 nassarius or so, a tuxedo urchin, lawnmower blennie and a sea hare. Full attack mode, but not much progress. Turbos are the ones that seem to die.

 

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

Also meant no hate in my tone. All fun

Me too lol

 

[JTP424]

Hmmm... if your tank is larger than 50 gallons I'd definitely say you should bulk that up some.
I used that amount on a 15 gallon.

 

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

It's 40g

 

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

I agree but they only thing that eats the long algae is the blennie and the urchin. I don't think the sea hare is much touching it. Not sure what to do

 

[JTP424]

Hmmm... maybe a rip clean?
I would try more cuc too, it seems to solve my algae issues almost every time

 

[reeferforever]

I agree but they only thing that eats the long algae is the blennie and the urchin. I don't think the sea hare is much touching it. Not sure what to do

BHA or GHA

 

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

Hmmm... maybe a rip clean?
I would try more cuc too, it seems to solve my algae issues almost every time

What do you mean rip clean? I have too much coral in there to go upsetting stuff if you mean pull rocks out and scrub everything. Not risking it honestly rather take the slow route. I just bought 20 more blue legs as we speak. I also dosed reef flux yesterday.

 

[xLUGUBRIOUSx]

Thinking about grabbing a ozone set up too. The algae traps detritus and feeds on it for sure. If i can reduce junk in the tank while maintaining nutrients I think it will help. There's for sure turf algae in here. I feel like I have the holy trinity of algae happening lol. Gha/bha/turf plus some others I'm sure. For as bad as it is the tank is thriving though.

 

[JTP424]

Thinking about grabbing a ozone set up too. The algae traps detritus and feeds on it for sure. If i can reduce junk in the tank while maintaining nutrients I think it will help. There's for sure turf algae in here. I feel like I have the holy trinity of algae happening lol. Gha/bha/turf plus some others I'm sure. For as bad as it is the tank is thriving though.

Ooof the tri-fecta.
Hmm ok if no rip clean I'd spend a week or so helping the cuc and just trying to syphon and trim what you can to help them.