What is this grass like algae growing on my substrate?
- Thread starter Chris_Noles
- Start date
- Tagged users None
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2020
- Messages
- 3,038
- Reaction score
- 7,930
Did you start with live rock? Looks to wide for green hair algae.
OP
OP
Chris_Noles
Well-Known Member
nope
MaxTremors
2500 Club Member
I don’t know, but I’ve got a little bit of it (or something really similar) growing on one of my rocks (live). I’m leaving it for now, as it doesn’t seem to be spreading quickly (it’s grown/spread a little bit).
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2020
- Messages
- 3,038
- Reaction score
- 7,930
Yeah it doesn't look like gha, I wonder if you got a macro growing from a frag or something.
OP
OP
Chris_Noles
Well-Known Member
It's all over the substrate in my whole tank, I know you asked if I had live rock does this algae look similar to something that comes on live rock?
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2020
- Messages
- 3,038
- Reaction score
- 7,930
It looks like a macro algae to me. Hair algae looks like hair, bryopsis is more like a fern looking algae.
That's why I asked about live rock or from a frag out of someone else's tank
OP
OP
Chris_Noles
Well-Known Member
It honestly might be from rock from my old tank that I put into this currently tank when I was being to the cycle to "kick start" the bacteria in the tank, I only had the rock in there for many 3 days and it was just regular macro rock when I originally bought it
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2020
- Messages
- 3,038
- Reaction score
- 7,930
BeltedCoyote
Philosopher king of the Memes
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2019
- Messages
- 7,425
- Reaction score
- 36,784
I’m not well versed in this stuff other than doing research while slowly pursuing my build. But with my limited experience I agree that it seems like some type of algae.
as far as what specific type I’m not yet your guy. Perhaps a type of macro as others said?
as far as what specific type I’m not yet your guy. Perhaps a type of macro as others said?
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2020
- Messages
- 3,038
- Reaction score
- 7,930
It reminds me of cheato sections in a way, but I've never seen gha that thick looking in the stalk.
Sharkbait19
10K Club member
Not gha. That’s more thin and hair like.
Looks like some kind of macro like seaweed. That’s about all I know on macro though.
Looks like some kind of macro like seaweed. That’s about all I know on macro though.
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2020
- Messages
- 3,038
- Reaction score
- 7,930
Lol garden eels! Yeah not GHA
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2020
- Messages
- 3,038
- Reaction score
- 7,930
Gramma photo bomb!
It still looks like a macro algae to me.
It still looks like a macro algae to me.
Similar threads
