Anyone know what this is

[Shanephillips27]

Anyone know what this algae is I’m thinking brown hair algae. I’m currently in a 72 hour blackout will that get rid of it?

 

[road_runner]

Anyone know what this algae is I’m thinking brown hair algae. I’m currently in a 72 hour blackout will that get rid of it?

72 hours is so long. Why? This look like green hair algae and diatom black out is not the fix.
What's your parameters?
Your system age?
Your dosing?
Your filtration and equipments?

 

[Shanephillips27]

Tanks been running since February.
Phosphate 0.07 nitrate 10 ppm calcium 435 dkh 12 magnesium 1100 aquamax fc 80 protein skimmer, refugium with both Chateo and calurpa and chemipure blue pretty dialed in on everything except for magnesium

 

[Shanephillips27]

Would vibrant reef cleaner help?

 

[road_runner]

Tanks been running since February.
Phosphate 0.07 nitrate 10 ppm calcium 435 dkh 12 magnesium 1100 aquamax fc 80 protein skimmer, refugium with both Chateo and calurpa and chemipure blue pretty dialed in on everything except for magnesium

I have not used vibrent and my openion of it is that it's one of these snake oil thing that some say works some say it doesn't. I do not use chmeichal in my treatments anyway.
How old is your system?
Are you dosing anything like carbon dosing?
Do you run activated carbon?
What test kit you use for po4 testing?

I would bring down your no3.
Bring up your mag to 1350
Weekly water change and clean the algae when you do water change if you can.
Add good activated carbon preffrably in a reactor.
Mindful feeding so you reduce nutrients and uneaten food
Add cuc if you have not yet. Urchins are very good with algae and diatom.
Add snails if you have not yet.
It should clear up eventually once your system mature more.

 

[road_runner]

Can you get a better picture of the algae?
What's the color?
Is it like hair or like snot?
Does it have bubbles?
Does it come during day and disappear at night?
Does it float in the water column?
Is it on rock and sand or only rock?

 

[Shanephillips27]

Tank has been running since February I have all of the above u mentioned except for a reactor Hanna checker for phosphate the rest are Red Sea the algae is hairy like and brown color. No snot or bubbles

 

[road_runner]

Tank has been running since February I have all of the above u mentioned except for a reactor Hanna checker for phosphate the rest are Red Sea the algae is hairy like and brown color. No snot or bubbles

Hanna ULS?

 

[road_runner]

Your urchins do not eat the hair algae?
This look like a hair algae, but can you just take a good picture?
Even if you can scrape some put of the water and take a picture as well

 

[Shanephillips27]

Hannah ultra low phosphate yes

 

[Shanephillips27]

I don’t have urchins just everything else cleanup wise