Two Odd Algae IDs Needed

[Michael Hull]

Thanks! Just started showing up on my Zoas.

 

[road_runner]

Thanks! Just started showing up on my Zoas.

Look like early signs of bryopsis. Super invasive and hard to get rid off algae.
As soon as you can carefully remove it and make sure nothing go floating while you doing so.
My advice either to take the coral out, clean it outside the tank then put it back. Or turn off power head if you doing it in tank

 

[Michael Hull]

How would you suggest I clean it? Any other thoughts? Just started appearing in the last few days and I've had the those corals in there for ~2 months now.

 

[road_runner]

How would you suggest I clean it? Any other thoughts? Just started appearing in the last few days and I've had the those corals in there for ~2 months now.

I would advice you Google bryopsis and compare its description to what you have, if indeed it it, then plug it out carefully and thoroughly. This can spread really bad if you do not conteol it quickly.

 

[Michael Hull]

After looking at Bryopsis and keeping an eye on it over the last few days, it doesn't seem to be having any fern-like tendencies. It's stalking like chaeto, but obviously not that. I do have a pretty trim hair algae on much of the originally dry rock in the tank... but this does seem a little different than that.

 

[road_runner]

After looking at Bryopsis and keeping an eye on it over the last few days, it doesn't seem to be having any fern-like tendencies. It's stalking like chaeto, but obviously not that. I do have a pretty trim hair algae on much of the originally dry rock in the tank... but this does seem a little different than that.

The role of thumb I follow: if tangs and snails do not eat it, get it out of the system asap.

 

[ZoWhat]

Do you have any Tangs?