Algae identification

[Maho.B]

Hello, does anyone know what type of algae this is? It's almost a little feather like, grows in tuft's. During water changes I try to pull it off, it's fairly soft and hard to get a good grip, whatever I pull off grows back within a few days. Is it just a form of hair algae?

 

[cloak]

Looks like Bryopsis.

 

[Maho.B]

Looks like Bryopsis.

Thanks. A quick about Briopsis leads me to believe it's probably the last type of algae I want in my tank!

 

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Thanks. A quick about Briopsis leads me to believe it's probably the last type of algae I want in my tank!

Best bet is to completely remove anything it’s growing on from the system if it’s just starting or contained before it becomes a bigger problem. Not much eats it, and while fluconazole definitely works really well short term, it could come back.

Breaking the stalks can cause it to spread by fragmentation

 

[Maho.B]

Best bet is to completely remove anything it’s growing on from the system if it’s just starting or contained before it becomes a bigger problem. Not much eats it, and while fluconazole definitely works really well short term, it could come back.

Breaking the stalks can cause it to spread by fragmentation

Thank you for the reply and information, I've stumbled upon the wormhole of using fluconazole so I'm trying to wrap my head around that and make sure I don't have any inhabitants it would harm. Thank you