please help identify

Discussion in 'Algae' started by oldfishkeeper, Mar 12, 2015.

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  1. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    I got some close pictures of the algae that's been plaguing my tank. Is it just brownish hair algae? I did have some cyano mixed in with it but now the cyano (at least the reddish cyano) is gone. Anyway, any thoughts on this would be helpful.
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Who is in your cuc? Urchin, Abalone...a couple remedies come to mind.
     
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    DSC reef Giant Squid

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    I battle with that each month mindy. It seems to be a type of gha. Now that my all in one pellets are in full effect it doesn't spread and I'm slowly winning the war. I still have to break out the scrub brush every now and then though
     
  5. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    ok, I was thinking that's what it is - when it had darker brown and red in it - it looked to have had some cyano mixed in. It's a pain in the **tt :( and so unsightly. Corailline, I have two fighting conch, urchin, emerald, several hermits and various snails.
     
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    DSC reef Giant Squid

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    Just give it time and keep fighting. I have a few patches of gha on a few rocks and no matter what I do it comes back only in those spots. I now tell myself that I'm simply giving the rock a hair cut instead of fighting algae because it doesn't spread. Lol. BTW, the green star polyps are looking nice. I just fragged some from the reef into the 125.
     
  7. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    well, if your meticulous tank has it - I can certainly deal with it :) just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something or that I was identifying it incorrectly.
     
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