Is this Bryopsis?

[fishy11254]

Hello I just set up my first saltwater Aquarium, and got a big Algae outbreak. Is it bryopsis or gha? What should I do about it?

 

[sixty_reefer]

It looks like it

 

[kevgib67]

At first I thought yes but looking closer I don’t think so. The little hair like appendages are to thin and less fern like unless they’re different types that I’m not aware of.

 

[fishy11254]

Any idea what it could be?

 

[56longroof]

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/bryopsis

Looks like there is more than one variety. I just eradicated a bryopsis outbreak with Reef Flux. It took about 14 days but it worked really well. It even took care of the dictyota algea that was starting.

 

[fishy11254]

Is there anything that will eat it?

 

[56longroof]

Is there anything that will eat it?

Not much. I have a sea hare that was eating it and I think there is another nudibranch that might.