it started as brown algae...what is it?

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[dakota's dad]

as my tank cycled and the brown algae started i thought it was ok but over the last few days this has grown from the original algae. any ideas as to what it is?

[dakota's dad]

it is growing at a rate of about 1 1/2-2 inces a day

[Ed]

bryopsis,  You can try to pull it out by hand.

[dakota's dad]

does anything eat it?

[angelscrx]

Snails will eat it.  What kind of a clean up crew do you have?  Continue with the water changes and testing your water. Don't over feed and you should be able to get it under control.  I get it on my sea swirls where the snails can't get to it so I put a snail on each one and they work on it.

[luvnsalt]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:
i AM HAVING HORRIBLE AWEFUL TERRIBLE FLASHBACKS!!!!! THAT IS THE CRAP THAT I EVENTUALLY HAD TO START ALL OVER BECAUSE OF!!! DO NOT, I REPEAT....DO NOT LET IT KEEP GOING OR YOU WILL HAVE NIGHTMARES! AND, I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH MY GOOD FRIEND ANGEL....NOTHING....NOTHING....NOTHING.....EATS IT!!! THAT I EVER FOUND ANYWAY! AND I HAVE CRABS AND SNAILS, AND EMERALDS, AND.......

[angelscrx]

Dashia my friend your tank was different :lol:   You had meat eating snails and crabs not vegetarian!  

Alas it was true it seems that nothing worked in her tank.  Not turbo snails, astreas, hermits, or emeralds.  Not even microwaving teh rocks worked in her tank. :shock:

Then her tank was special.

[dakota's dad]

i added a yellow tang today and he has not stopped eating. i have a few snails (25-30). not enough. i am waiting on the reeftopia order. 100 more snails, 6 scarlet hermits, 4 emeralds, and a horseshoe crab.

[angelscrx]

i am waiting on the reeftopia order. 100 more snails, 6 scarlet hermits, 4 emeralds, and a horseshoe crab.

That should help big time.  My astrea snails tear it up on the rocks.  The back glass I have to scrape because it looks like a different type of algae and I don't think they are too keen on it.  But they work everywhere else.

[dakota's dad]

the tang woke up hungry. he has almost cleared a 1' sq. area.

[dakota's dad]

the algae in the pic tonight is about half the size it was in that pic. the tang is going town.    sorry dashia but i found something that is doing a number on it. i noticed on your tank info that you have a yellow tang. i wounder if what i have is a little differant.

[Rico]

If it is only on a few small rocks, take them out and nuke em in the microwave.  That will guarantee killing it and then critters like their algae cooked better than raw. :lol:

Rico

[dakota's dad]

the rock in the pic weighs 45 lbs. it wont fit. it is all over my tank. in the substrate and on every rock. the tang is doing a good job on it.

[angelscrx]

If it is only on a few small rocks, take them out and nuke em in the microwave.  That will guarantee killing it and then critters like their algae cooked better than raw. :lol:

Rico

Dude get a bigger microwave JK

[dakota's dad]

it would have to be a big microwave thats a big rock. :lol: