What kind of algae is this?

[MRCORAL]

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It looks like a fern with many leaves.

[graveyardworm]

Hard to tell from the pic, not enough detail. You can browse this page and see if anything matches. The algae page (http://saltcorner.com/sections/guest/algaepage/algaepage.htm)

[Amphiprion]

Most likely Bryopsis. There are some small variants of certain Caulerpacaeans that look similar and grow via stolons.

[MRCORAL]

How do you get rid of it?

[Amphiprion]

If you don't have a lot of it, I would just manually remove it.

[MRCORAL]

2) Bryopsis sp. - Tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean
(2) Bryopsis plumosa - Tropical & Temperate Atlantic Ocean

[MRCORAL]

Of all of them on the page it looks like that. I take it out every 2 weeks and it comes back. I have perfect water all levels. I bought a foxface he does not touch it.

[Amphiprion]

Yep, a very widespread genus.

[MRCORAL]

Any ideas?

[hcahan]

Lettus Neudibranchs will eat it but be able to pass it on to someone as it will die when the algea is gone. good luck

[graveyardworm]

Is it growing on the eggcrate or the rock next to it?

[buzzee]

Very difficult to eradicate.

You have to manually remove it as much as you can.

Any rocks or items that can be removed should be treated with boiling water and replaced.

Im still battling the last few small bits.

Its a complete PITA

[Teremei]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7533687#post7533687 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by buzzee
Very difficult to eradicate.

You have to manually remove it as much as you can.

Any rocks or items that can be removed should be treated with boiling water and replaced.

Im still battling the last few small bits.

Its a complete PITA

Now why boil a live rock and kill all of the poor little good critters that reside in it? That is just unacceptable.

[buzzee]

Coz its the only thing that will kill briopsis.

[ShY]

I Also vote against boiling the rock there are more less drastic form of treatment you can go through first.

[dhoch]

I've been batteling this algae as well here is what I am doing:

1) Pull out manually as much as possible (see melev's reef site for more info on the proper way to do this)

2) Turkey baster. Get that stuff back into circulation where it can be collected/skimmed.

3) Tooth Brush (best used when doing water changes) and removing rocks, but I've done it sometime in tank.

4) increase cleanup crew... Things I've got that eat it: Mexican Turbo snails (some do, some don't, but if they do they really mow it down)... emerald crabs... now these guys really seem to love the stuff, but they are not the voracious eaters that the snails are, and prefer it trimmed down a little so that they can finish it off.

5) good flow (keep that detrius stirred up).

Dave

[toonces]

hi.
i'd like to join your bryopsis owners club.

i have it bad. two weeks ago, i completely broke everything down, took out every rock, and scrubbed them in a bucket of salt water with a heavy brush.

two weeks later and it's coming back.. got a couple of urchins to help, but they don't seem to like it. go figure.

such is life.

[graveyardworm]

Have any of you bryopsis owners read this (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=167632)?

[davidryder]

i would keep it if it's not bothering anything

[MRCORAL]

Hey Dave, I bought a bunch of emerald crabs Had to put them in the sump they were picking at the zoos. Were I took the pick with the eggcrate is not the problem tank. It is in a 55 loaded with live rock.