Can anyone Id this algae?

[Yates273]

I have been battling this algae for a while now in my 120 mixed reef. It grows everywhere including sandbed. Tank is approx 7 months old. Seems like it came after I beat Dinos. I keep pulling it out each week with my water changes and it grows back. Some areas it comes right off the rocks and others it has a good hold on the rocks. I thought it was lyngba since Reef Flux Rx had no effect on it. It is driving me nuts. Dinos were easier to deal with. It keeps growing on my frags and I have to brush it off. My nitrates are currently at 26 and my phosphates are at .08. I have Mexican turbos a Foxface and a pin cushion urchin who don’t seem to touch it. I also have Chaeto which is growing fine Can anyone identify this without a microscope so I can plan my attack. I just hope it’s not Lyngba. Please let me k ow if you need any other info.

 

[blaxsun]

Some of it looks like green hair algae, but it's really hard to tell from the images. Are you able to upload any under whiter light?

 

[AydenLincoln]

Some of it looks like green hair algae, but it's really hard to tell from the images. Are you able to upload any under whiter light?

I agree with this!

 

[Yates273]

Are these pictures any better. I’m getting really annoyed by this stuff. I keep pulling out and it keeps coming back. I need this gone. Would anyone suggest Vibrant. I know it’s an algaecide but I’m so frustrated right now with this.

 

[MaxTremors]

Is it sort of stiff and difficult to pull out or is filamentous and easy to pull out? Is it feathery (sort of like an air fern)? It looks like GHA, but could also be bryopsis. If your nutrient levels are in range, stable, and even somewhat balanced,

I would try fluconazole (Reef Flux). For GHA it can take up to two months of treatment (bryopsis takes 10-14 days), but IME it does work. If you want specific instructions, you can search here, or when you are ready to start it I can walk you through it.

 

[Tropheus57]

Si difficile a arracher probablement bryopsis, part avec du fluconasol mortel a long terme pour SPS. Mais je crois que ça ressemble plus a un algue filamenteuse facile a enlever(les tangs les adorent). J'ai déjà eu les deux : La bryopsis a détruit plusieurs de mes SPS tandis que l'autre est plutôt un algue d'un nouveau cycle( j'ai enlevé a la main les grosses quantités et les tang ont broutés le reste sur les roches et ailleurs.

Translation:
If hard to pull out probably bryopsis, leave with fluconasol long term killer for SPS. But I think it looks more like thread algae that is easy to remove (tangs love them). I've had both: The bryopsis destroyed several of my SPS while the other is more of a new cycle algae (I removed the large amounts by hand and the tangs grazed the rest on the rocks and elsewhere.

 

[Yates273]

Some areas of rock very easy to pull out other areas it’s somewhat rooted in. I did one treatment of Reef flux and didn’t do anything. Guess I should have done another. It does not look like a fern at all. All filamentous like hair algae. Figured since the reef flux didn’t work it may have been Lyngba but it’s green and well let’s just say I have no clue. I’m all ears if you have a treatment regiment to get rid of. O would assume you wouldn’t recommend Vibrant? If not guess I have to try reef flux again. Thanks
Nitrates are at 27.4
Phosphates are at .08

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Top crown snails will eat it. Like a fancy turbo or large troches hths
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[Yates273]

Si difficile a arracher probablement bryopsis, part avec du fluconasol mortel a long terme pour SPS. Mais je crois que ça ressemble plus a un algue filamenteuse facile a enlever(les tangs les adorent). J'ai déjà eu les deux : La bryopsis a détruit plusieurs de mes SPS tandis que l'autre est plutôt un algue d'un nouveau cycle( j'ai enlevé a la main les grosses quantités et les tang ont broutés le reste sur les roches et ailleurs.

Translation:
If hard to pull out probably bryopsis, leave with fluconasol long term killer for SPS. But I think it looks more like thread algae that is easy to remove (tangs love them). I've had both: The bryopsis destroyed several of my SPS while the other is more of a new cycle algae (I removed the large amounts by hand and the tangs grazed the rest on the rocks and elsewhere.

I have a yellow tang, fox face and a 2 barred rabbit fish they don’t touch it.

 

[Tropheus57]

J'ai un tang jaune, un visage de renard et un poisson lapin à 2 barres, ils ne le touchent pas.

Souvent ils s'attaquent aux jeunes pousses. pour les plus longues tu les arrachent a la main si tu n'est pas patient. La fin du cycle amènera la disparition de l'algue et par la suite essaie de maintenir le NO3 dans les normes selon ce que tu gardes dans ton bac. Bonne chance.

 

[Yates273]

Souvent ils s'attaquent aux jeunes pousses. pour les plus longues tu les arrachent a la main si tu n'est pas patient. La fin du cycle amènera la disparition de l'algue et par la suite essaie de maintenir le NO3 dans les normes selon ce que tu gardes dans ton bac. Bonne chance.

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