What type of alge is this and what will eat it!i a

[Willbiker]

Hi all. Can anyone advise what will eat this type of algae? The strands are thick, like gsp.

I have a one spot fox face in quarentine which I hope will eat it but my turbo snails and hermits don't touch it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[LAA]

They look kinda like tentacles or something. Not sure tbh

 

[ScottB]

My One Spot will eating anything green. Best utility fish IMO.

That is some pretty novel looking algae I must say. Hopefully somebody will come along with an ID.

 

[Timfish]

Is it real rigid and stiff? If so my guess would be very young Valonia aegagropila, a sister species to Valonia ventricosa, aka bubble algae

 

[Willbiker]

Is it real rigid and stiff? If so my guess would be very young Valonia aegagropila, a sister species to Valonia ventricosa, aka bubble algae

Blows about in the current quite freely. Would an emerald crab eat it i wonder ? Hopefully my fox face will eat it but he's not coming out of quarentine for 4 weeks and I'm concerned about my frags getting smothered!

 

[ScottB]

Blows about in the current quite freely. Would an emerald crab eat it i wonder ? Hopefully my fox face will eat it but he's not coming out of quarentine for 4 weeks and I'm concerned about my frags getting smothered!

Whoa! I am pretty sure this is a pic of bryopsis. Up close, can you see a "fern-like" structure?

That would need a VERY hungry foxface. But more likely fluconazole.

 

[LAA]

In that pic looks almost like hair algae. Astrea snails and mollies eat that.

 

[BostonReefer300]

My One Spot will eating anything green. Best utility fish IMO.

That is some pretty novel looking algae I must say. Hopefully somebody will come along with an ID.

Agreed---what the heck is that---and I hope I don't get it!