Glowing red algae

[kiranatraj]

I’m kinda a newbie been reefing since two years and two days ago I changed my lighting spectrum to be a little more blue and I found a red algae that is flouresing kindly help id it and any suggestions on what would eat it.

 

[Subsea]

Welcome to r2r.

It would help if you showed us what you want identified under white light and a close up would help even more.

 

[kiranatraj]

Sry for the cloudiness just did a water change but this is what it looks like under whites I’m pretty sure it’s not cyano and do you think an urchin would clean it up ?

 

[kiranatraj]

Sry for the cloudiness just did a water change but this is what it looks like under whites I’m pretty sure it’s not cyano and do you think an urchin would clean it up ?

Tank is about a year and a half old .
Aquaforest salt 1.020
Nitrate 20 ppm
Haven’t checked phos
Alk 8.3
Dosing 5ml all for reef daily
Lights are sunsun (Chinese brand cuz I live in Asia)
Filtration: no socks or floss only live rock , skimmer and refugium with caulerpa(runs 24/7)
Livestock: Red Sea sailfin
Yellow eye kole
Pair of cinnamon clowns
Pair or three stripe damsels
Pixy hawk
Sri Lankan dottyback
Few nassarius snails
Mostly only soft coral mushrooms, Zoas and palys
Few hammers ,a pagoda cup and a clam

 

[Subsea]

Check out this link and you tell us what you have.​

Also, start a tank thread. Happy Reefing,

Nuisance Algae ID Guide- Reef Cleaners

Nuisance Algae ID Guide. Red Slime, Cyano, Cyanobacteria. Green Film Algae, Film Algae. Green Hair Algae. Green Turf Algae. Bryopsis pennata and B. plumosa. Bubble Algae, Valonia. Lobophora. Blue Green Cyano.

www.reefcleaners.org

Gelidium, Red Wiry Turf Algae​

Many species of short creeping red algae exist so the hobby generally lumps all of them under the heading "Gelidium", (the genus that is home to many of those species), and the common name Red Turf Algae, or Red Wiry Algae.

Manual Removal: Difficult. Macros that have fragile runners and creep along the rock are the hardest to manually remove. Do the best you can. Use a dental pick to remove it if possible. Fragments of the algae can spread though, so make sure to net any pieces that break loose. Yeah I know, it is boring as can be, but if you do it once surgically with a dental pick the problem goes away for good. If you can take the rock out, all the better.

Clean Up Crew: Emerald Crabs, urchins, sea hares, and large turbos.

Your salinity is low. I run 1.026 specific gravity.

 

[kiranatraj]

This might be a better picture

 

[kiranatraj]

Check out this link and you tell us what you have.​

Also, start a tank thread. Happy Reefing,

Nuisance Algae ID Guide- Reef Cleaners

Nuisance Algae ID Guide. Red Slime, Cyano, Cyanobacteria. Green Film Algae, Film Algae. Green Hair Algae. Green Turf Algae. Bryopsis pennata and B. plumosa. Bubble Algae, Valonia. Lobophora. Blue Green Cyano.

www.reefcleaners.org

Gelidium, Red Wiry Turf Algae​

Many species of short creeping red algae exist so the hobby generally lumps all of them under the heading "Gelidium", (the genus that is home to many of those species), and the common name Red Turf Algae, or Red Wiry Algae.

Manual Removal: Difficult. Macros that have fragile runners and creep along the rock are the hardest to manually remove. Do the best you can. Use a dental pick to remove it if possible. Fragments of the algae can spread though, so make sure to net any pieces that break loose. Yeah I know, it is boring as can be, but if you do it once surgically with a dental pick the problem goes away for good. If you can take the rock out, all the better.

Clean Up Crew: Emerald Crabs, urchins, sea hares, and large turbos.

Thank you for the info will add some tuxedo urchins

 

[Subsea]

This might be a better picture

Your tank looks very nice. I might have the same red turf algae as you in 75G set up for 25 years. I tolerate it. Removing rock and spot treating with tooth brush dipped in hydrogen peroxide.

Pardon the dirty glass. I have too many tanks.