What type of algea is this?

[kilnakorr]

Just because I'm curious; Can anyone tell me what algae this is?

It's a new tank, 2 months old and light has been on for a month or so.
Had diatoms until about 3 days ago.
It seems to only grow on the rocks, so far.

 

[BaysEndReef]

Hi! Have a look at this thread. It might give you some answers!

Bright Green Algae-neon

Have this covering all my rocks and some on sand bed. I tried blowing it off with baster and nothing. Tried scraping it with tip of baster, nothing. Tank numbers are all within normal ranges. No test kit for phos. yet but I've got a bag of chemi clean and purigen and 2 carbon in media rack. Tank...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[kilnakorr]

Hi! Have a look at this thread. It might give you some answers!

Bright Green Algae-neon

Have this covering all my rocks and some on sand bed. I tried blowing it off with baster and nothing. Tried scraping it with tip of baster, nothing. Tank numbers are all within normal ranges. No test kit for phos. yet but I've got a bag of chemi clean and purigen and 2 carbon in media rack. Tank...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks for the link.
Hard to say if that is what I have going on. Would have been nice if the 'article' had pictures.
Anyway, I'll just let them be. Can't decide if this green algae looks better or worse than the pure white rocks XD