What algae is this and how do I get rid of it

[Max H.]

I’ve had this algae in my tank for a few months and have no idea what it is and how to get rid of it. I think it’s Dino’s but I’m not sure

 

[blaxsun]

Dinos.

 

[Max H.]

Dinos.

What inverts can get rid of it?

 

[taricha]

that's a picture of a green filamentous algae: GHA (derbesia) and bryopsis being the most common types. They can get covered by other cells like diatoms and dinos and look more brown sometimes.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Definitely not Dinos. That looks like typical green hair algae. The simplest way to get rid of it is manually removing most clumps and letting the inverts deal with the rest (and crab or snail, or even a blenny will eat it)

 

[shakacuz]

an urchin and pitho crab would make easy work of this

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Tiger Conch went to town on my algae ...even long gha

 

[aggrofish]

an urchin and pitho crab would make easy work of this

Urchin 100% my pitho crab puts GHA on its heads and burries itself in the sand.

 

[Hallowhead]

I added two urchins, and my GHA is growing faster, not saying they're not eating it, but they're more concerned with the abundant amount of coralline algae I have