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04-06-2008, 04:54 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 315
|  Algea Question, Sorry no pics
Not sure if we can ID without pics, but I will try and get a pic.
What I have is on the undersides of live rock is a fuzzy hair like growth. Right now it appears clear. It is fairly new and looks very light , delicate and flows with the water. It is not on the tops of the rock, just on the undersides.
Can we guess at the kind ? Hair Algae maybe. Are there other algaes that are hair and fuzzy like ?
I know its tough without pics but this is hard to capture. I will keep trying though.
\Cheers
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Tank Stuff:
46Gal, 1 AC110, CPR Skimmer, VA Reactor, CL t5 ho 4 x 60 w w/lunar lights , 50 lbs LR, 60lbs LS
FISH:
1 Coral Beauty, 1 Flame Angel, 1 Flame Hawk, 1 Clown Goby, 1 Damsel, 2 Chomis, 1 Black Sailfin Blenny, 1 Royal Gramma
CORAL:
Mushrooms, Anemone, Feather Dusters
INVERT:
hermits different kinds, 2 turbos, 4 Nassarius Snail , Bumblebee, Banded Coral Shrimp, 2 Emeralds, 1 Sally Lightfoot
Params:
Temp 78, PH 8.3, Alk 2.9, Ca 480, Sg 1.023, Dkh 10, Mg 1400, Am .15, N2 .5, N3 10, P4 .05 | 
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04-06-2008, 05:28 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Most likely hair algae......
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5.5 gal, 72w of pcs, 2 leds, rio nano skimmer, 40 gal hob filter, 50w visi-therm heater, 5pds lr, 1 inch live sand bed, 1 australian black perc clown ,1 porcelain crab, , 1 pep shrimp, 1 lge turbo , 3 cerith, 1 astrea, 1 nassaruis snails, neon grn bali slimer acro, purple acro, millipora's, feather duster, monti's, duncans, grn polyps, shrooms, zoa's, blue clove polyps, purple death pallys and grn star plyps. | |
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04-06-2008, 07:36 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Wisconsin Age: 29
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Originally Posted by double2mk  Not sure if we can ID without pics, but I will try and get a pic.
What I have is on the undersides of live rock is a fuzzy hair like growth. Right now it appears clear. It is fairly new and looks very light , delicate and flows with the water. It is not on the tops of the rock, just on the undersides.
Can we guess at the kind ? Hair Algae maybe. Are there other algaes that are hair and fuzzy like ?
I know its tough without pics but this is hard to capture. I will keep trying though.
\Cheers | I agree..hair algae. Suck it up while you toothbrush it! It works great for me. If you have a third hand it helps one person suck the other scrub.
Zak
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55 Gallon Glass Aquarium; 20L Sump; 1-24W & 18W Turbo Twist UV Sterilizer-(sump); Coralife Super Skimmer 65(sump); 260 W Compact Fluorescent Lighting; 2-Power heads; 41 lbs live rock; 2-Ocellaris Anemonefish; 1-Fire Goby; 1-Pacific Blue Tang; 2-Banggai Cardinalfish; 1-Green Mandarin; 40 Blue Hermit Crabs; 20 stripe/brown Hermit Crabs; +50-Astrea Snails; +30-Black Snails; 2-Bubble Anemones; 1-Yellow Hand Coral; 3- Types of Polyps; (many many)-Green Strip Mushroom; | |
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04-07-2008, 08:13 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Mar 2008
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I had the same stuff, my zebra hermit scarfed it down.  _________ 12g Nano Livestock:Black and White Ocellaris, Six Line Wrasse, Scooter Blenny, Feather Duster Cleanup:8 Astrea Snails, 3 Red Hermits, Zebra Hermit, 22 lbs Fiji LR, 20 lbs LS 40g reef
30 lbs Fiji LR. More to come after the cycle :-P  | |
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04-07-2008, 09:11 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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I disagree, hair algae doesnt grow underneath anything, it needs light to grow. Its probably some kind of sponge. The only thing that I have ever seen growing underneath LR are sponges. IMO Luna
P.S. A pic would be best. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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04-07-2008, 02:53 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 315
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I am going to stock up on my cleaners again, now that snowflake is gone. He did quite a number on the cleaners.
In the meantime, here is the best I can do with the pic. http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...k/100_6458.jpg
The fuzzy growth is directly above the Shrimp along the edge of the rock.
Now the tops of the rocks are clean, this is all underneath or on the very edges. This is the longest piece, about 1" long
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04-07-2008, 03:25 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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What color is it? If its a white or lite biege, its a sponge. | |
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04-07-2008, 04:22 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69 What color is it? If its a white or lite biege, its a sponge. | Yes, White or beige. | |
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04-07-2008, 04:31 PM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Originally Posted by double2mk Yes, White or beige. | Im pretty sure thats a sponge. | |
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