Algae ID please
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At 2 months young, your tank is going thru a normal phase. Get a few janitors on your clean up crew. It really doesn’t matter what specific nuisance algae you have, the solution is the same. Get a balanced crew of janitors. Almost everything eats green hair algae.
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So far I have 5 blue leg hermets, 1 emerald, nassarius snails, astraea snails, cerith snails…. Nothing has touched it
Sounds like they may already have excess food.
However:
Different algae can adjust their chemistry to be noxious to predatation by herbivores & omnivores In a process called gene expression in which crosstalk between bacteria in surface film and bacteria in the biomass respond to enviromental pressures,
If you don’t like the green on your rocks, then get a toothbrush and scrub it off. Sometimes, you must become the janitor. However, at 2 months, I would allow my tank to continue cycling.
Would you take a full tank picture with white light.
PS: Also, welcome to r2r.
As a new member and a new reefer, I suggest you start a tank thread to be a journal to keep up with details. It also allows others to be specific with recommendations. I looked at your other threads; if you have not found a flower anemone then check out
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A tooth brush wasn’t doing anything to the green. Actually it was a brass brush I used to try and get the hair off the one rock first
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Wow! Those prices are crazy cheap!As a new member and a new reefer, I suggest you start a tank thread to be a journal to keep up with details. It also allows others to be specific with recommendations. I looked at your other threads; if you have not found a flower anemone then check out
<head> <title>Macroalgae For Marine Reef Aquariums: Orange Encrusting Sponge
www.live-plants.com
I see both film algae and beginning of green Hair algae.
Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet ?
What is your phosphate level?
Is tank at or near a window?
Best recourse is to reduce white light intensity and number of hours of white lighting and add some snails such as :
Astrea
cerith
turbo grazer
trochus
A Pencil urchin
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Yes, rodi water. Phosphate was0.03
I was told turbo and trochus take over your tank with babies
Who told you snails would overrun your tank? I find that hard to believe that as slow moving as snails are, they couldn’t be easily removed by hand. Doesn’t pass the reality test.
If it takes a brass brush to remove the algae, then it is neither Cynobacteria or GHA.
If rock can be removed from tank, then use peroxide with a brush to remove offending algae.
Nuisance Algae ID Guide- Reef Cleaners
Nuisance Algae ID Guide. Red Slime, Cyano, Cyanobacteria. Green Film Algae, Film Algae. Green Hair Algae. Green Turf Algae. Bryopsis pennata and B. plumosa. Bubble Algae, Valonia. Lobophora. Blue Green Cyano.
I've never heard of too many turbo or trochus especially not with them taking over with babies. I'm always excited to see the occasional trochus babies i sometimes get in my tank, they're amazing! Even seeing the egg trial when they spawn around the full moons is a joy. A CuC that repopulates itself is way better than your wallet doing that job.
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