What is this?

[Steve Maxwell]

I'm in the beginnings of a fallow period for velvet on top of the tail end of a battle with bryopsis. After removing my fish from the DT other algae have started growing and a couple of these have popped up (the green, see-through growth:

 

[twilliard]

?is that a family of the sea lettuce?

 

[Steve Maxwell]

?is that a family of the sea lettuce?

If it is maybe I should get a manatee ;)

 

[Baby Ray]

If it is maybe I should get a manatee ;)

That is the only logical solution

 

[Nihilus]

It looks kind of like Ulva IMO.

 

[Maritimer]

Agreed; Ulva, AKA sea-lettuce. Had a bunch during fallow, now ... I don't. Don't know whether it's a water chemistry thing, or my kole tang, starry blenny and coral beauty angel just ate it all.

~Bruce

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I had a little bit of Ulva in my growout tank. O.o

 

[reefeqmover]

I feel like it's in the Nori that I feed and that's why I've found it in my system

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I should say mine didn't grow out of control, as maybe that picture depicts. I wanted it to do that. There were three heavy feeders in there, so it helped with nutrients and hiding spots. It wasn't a 'regular" display tank.