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Hello

can someone help me identify this green algae?

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Thx !

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Hello

can someone help me identify this green algae?

sorry for pic quality..

Thx !

algue1.jpg algue2.jpg algue3.jpg
Pics are Extremely Blue making it hard to determine. Please retake Under white lighting
 
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Assorted macro. Some of that emerald crabs will eat. Tangs some. Urchin will keep it mowed down if you pluck it out. I like it. Good for your tank if managed. There's several guys here that can be specific with identity. Good luck!
I have 2 emerald crab and 1 mespilia urchin.. they don't touch this algae..

30 galon so.. no tang :/
 
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Some looks like paspaoids. halimeda and others cactus algae often found in carribean sandbeds.
 

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Some looks like paspaoids. halimeda and others cactus algae often found in carribean sandbeds.
Personally, I am not seeing any Caulerpa paspaloides, though I have found that Udotea can sometimes grow rather "feathery." It's definitely all calcareous green macroalgae (which is generally desirable), though it seems to be a single species.
 

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who could eat this calcareous algae? a sea slug?

thx for your help
You will find most of these leafy species are either non-consumable by cleaner crew or contain toxins to prevent them form being a meal. You may have to cut away with a paring knife and utilize a dental pick or small crochet needle to pull remaining. If anything would eat root structure, likely an urchin
 

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Personally, I am not seeing any Caulerpa paspaloides, though I have found that Udotea can sometimes grow rather "feathery." It's definitely all calcareous green macroalgae (which is generally desirable), though it seems to be a single species.
My quote- looking on a phone- I specified looks like.
 

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Correct. The areas I pulled by the root are collateral damage now as urchins pass. Same with crabs. Once it forms a lobe or leaf it's gonna grow. Put one of those rocks in the sump and let it grow.
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As long as there are roots. It will continue to grow
 

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Hi, have you managed somehow the outbreak of that algae? I have exactly the same and nothing works in my case. After toothbrushing it spreads over the tank :loudly-crying-face:
 

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