Cotton Candy Algae

[Kmst80]

Anyone has had this kind of algae? I got a load of live rock 4 weeks ago and 3 weeks later this algae turned up on the rock,there was nothing visible before.
Is this cotton candy algae? And if it is is it a nuisance or not?
From what I read it can take over a tank, but so can caulerpa. If the herbivores eat it o might put it in the fuge.

 

[Subsea]

Take picture with white light.

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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.

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Cotton Candy Algae​

Algae under this heading usually appear as a light pink fuzz. Closer examination will show it is made up of many branches with even more branchlets. The plants are very small, lose form out of the water and sway in the current. Each plant forms from a single holdfast. Callithamnion species and the sporophyte stage of Asparagopsis taxiformis are usual suspects. The pictured specimen is quite good looking, they usually don't have such an aesthetic appeal, and are a dull red or reddish brown

 

[Kmst80]

Take picture with white light.

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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.

www.reefcleaners.org

Cotton Candy Algae​

Algae under this heading usually appear as a light pink fuzz. Closer examination will show it is made up of many branches with even more branchlets. The plants are very small, lose form out of the water and sway in the current. Each plant forms from a single holdfast. Callithamnion species and the sporophyte stage of Asparagopsis taxiformis are usual suspects. The pictured specimen is quite good looking, they usually don't have such an aesthetic appeal, and are a dull red or reddish brown

Thanks, I found that article too after I posted. I'll retake some picks later with whites only, could have thought of that straight away

 

[Kmst80]

Here we go. Looks a bit like tumble weed.

 

[Subsea]

Yes, I have had that algae and it was not an invasion for me.