Please help me id this algea...

[asn-naso]

As the title states, please help me id this algae, and also what should I buy to eat it?


http://www.marinecolorado.org/forums/showthread.php?17569-What-the-*(-amp-!!!&p=220994#post220994

 

[WatercolorsGuy]

Re: Please help me id this algea...

I'm thinking it almost looks like a green cyanobacteria....?

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[asn-naso]

That's what I was thinking, but it seems to hold well to things. If I use a turkey blaster, it doesn't come off that easy, you almost need a toothbrush.

It's also spreading fast, and covering zoa's.

In case it is green cyano, does anything eat it?

 

[WatercolorsGuy]

Re: Please help me id this algea...

There are some crabs, like left handed hermits for example, that will, but not to the level that helps much. Cyano will cover zoas and other living things so I wouldn't let that be a deciding factor in identifying this one. It does resemble cyano to me though. I have watched cyano in my tanks go from red to brown to green before, and of course there are different colors of cyano anyway found in nature and in aquariums. I think red is just more common in marine aquaria.
The standard ... increase flow and reduce nutrients is probably what the solution is.
What were your phosphate levels? Could contribute to your coral issues as well.

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[ReefCheif]

Im leaning towards green cyano as well. Like Mike said above, increase flow and reduce nutrients. I would check po4 before and after cleaning the stuff out, the algea can lock it up nd make it un detectible, hense the test before and after. This will give you an accurate idea of this is your problem. Im assumning it is, I had high po4 beucase of some hair algea, couldnt detect it and a few of my acros and my frogspawn got smoked in no time, frogspawn came back after finding the problem. Ahhh, gotta love reef keeping!