Clownfish lying in moss?

[saltbeginner]

Hello! I have a 30 gal that is about two months old, and I have a pair of clown fish that are well acquainted with each other and I can establish the genders by now. I have started to notice that the male is getting a darker tint of orange on the top of him, and he lies in "moss" all the time. (I do not know if it is moss or algae yet, and I would be more than happy to send a picture of the stuff.) I would just like to know whats up then I will be on my way.

(P.S. I am battling cyanobacteria right now and its starting to get a little better.)

 

[samnaz]

The "moss" is probably algae. we'll need a photo to ID.

 

[saltbeginner]

It says the photo was not as expected. Could it be algae? Because I used to have some moss balls in there for shrimp but the fell apart somehow. Could it have grown on rock?

 

[samnaz]

only way to know for sure is to see a photo of it. can you post a photo for us?

 

[saltbeginner]

im sorry for the delay. i had run a aaron

 

[samnaz]

that's green hair algae (GHA) or maybe bryopsis? perhaps an expert can chime in with their opinion...

one things for sure, it's algae.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Looks like GHA to me to, I have seen bryopsis in the past and it looked more like a fern to me.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Pretty new tank and starting to go through some uglies.

 

[saltbeginner]

thank you guys for all the help!