Wondering what kind of alge this is.

[randomfishdude]

Just wondering.
It started growing on my gha frag rack I put in my "refugium".

Never seen it before in the tank.

It's the long tube looking things.

 

[musel101]

Just wondering.
It started growing on my gha frag rack I put in my "refugium".

Never seen it before in the tank.

It's the long tube looking things.

Hard to tell with the pictures is it some kind of macroalgae possibly

 

[randomfishdude]

Here some better pics

 

[Idech]

Never mind, I don’t know.

 

[randomfishdude]

To me it looks like anthelia or pulsing xenia, not macro algae.

That's the refugium coral... the lucky ones that didn't get experimented on.

 

[Outlaw Corals]

Just get yourself a algae scrubber, problem solved

 

[Idech]

That's the refugium coral... the lucky ones that didn't get experimented on.

Yeah, I realized it and edited my answer but you were faster than me.

 

[musel101]

Here some better pics

Bryopsis pennata and B. plumosa​

 

[randomfishdude]

Bryopsis pennata and B. plumosa​

Bruh..

 

[musel101]

Here some better pics

 

[musel101]

 

[randomfishdude]

Acually I don't think it's bryopsis.
It seems too big.
This stuff is quite big and branches.
I thought byprosis was smaller although larger than gha.

Almost like cheo? I have no experience with macro.

 

[musel101]

Acually I don't think it's bryopsis.
It seems too big.
This stuff is quite big and branches.
I thought byprosis was smaller although larger than gha.

Almost like cheo? I have no experience with macro.

One more option

 

[musel101]

When did it start?

 

[randomfishdude]

A week or 2 ago?
It's not anywhere else in the tank.
There is a uv between refugium and tank partly why my refugium just consists of gha. Lol.
And a very very very very very very........ powerfull cuc.

 

[randomfishdude]

That could be it.

 

[musel101]

If you manually removed it, does it grow back pretty fast? Do you have any tangs in the tank that take interest in it?

 

[musel101]

That could be it.

I hope so. It sucks having to identify algae. I had pink cotton candy algae, one time. It looked cool until it took over my tank.

 

[randomfishdude]

I have no clue honestly. First time I've seen it. Im shure it's in there. I have a 5" sailfin and 5" foxface .
I grabbed the rock (frag rack) it's on because it was covered in gha and put it in the refugium when I started it a month ago.

So I'm assuming it's a bad thing and not a good cool macro?.

 

[musel101]

I have no clue honestly. First time I've seen it. Im shure it's in there. I have a 5" sailfin and 5" foxface .
I grabbed the rock (frag rack) it's on because it was covered in gha and put it in the refugium when I started it a month ago.

So I'm assuming it's a bad thing and not a good cool macro?.

It doesn’t look very appetizing for sure. Does it seem to have grow really fast in those two weeks wondering how it spreads around the tank.