Help id this macro on a frag plug

[Jake_the_reefer]

I just kicked dinos butt in my 10g and got the nutrience elevated and now I noticed this weird microalgae growing on my zoa plug. Any ideas?

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

I can take better pics

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

I think better pics will be necessary due to its size. Always tough to get the little stuff.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

I think better pics will be necessary due to its size. Always tough to get the little stuff.

This is the best I could get

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

I'll also add I have chaeto in my fuge that sometimes leaks into the display. However this algae is directly connected to the plug so it's probably not chaeto

 

[Heabel7]

Not much help but I have what looks like that in my reef and it couldn’t get identified at a few different local shops. It’s very stubborn, won’t die off, but my cleaners do eat it.

 

[CubsFan]

I’ve got this macro in my tank. It came on my tbs rock. I’m not sure what it is, but when it starts sprouting, it looks similar to what you have. It’s a red macro, but has some greenish tint to it depending on how it’s doing. It comes and goes.

 

[CubsFan]

pic with less blue

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

It looks like a green filamentous algae. Not sure of the exact name. Trochus, cerith, and astrea snails have eaten it in my tank.

That red macro is gracilaria parvisipora.

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[cristata.reef]

The algae on the frag plug is a type of Chlorodesmis sp.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

The algae on the frag plug is a type of Chlorodesmis sp.

That might be it! I just pulled a handfull of this stuff out of my aio filtration section last night

 

[Davis Hill]

Did you figure out what it was / how to get rid of it? I have the same thing in small amounts on some zoa frag plugs.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Did you figure out what it was / how to get rid of it? I have the same thing in small amounts on some zoa frag plugs.

I don't recall if I scrubbed it off or it just naturally died off. And no it was never pinpointed on what it was

 

[Davis Hill]

I don't recall if I scrubbed it off or it just naturally died off. And no it was never pinpointed on what it was

Got it. Thank you. I have been doing 50% peroxide dips the past few weeks and it gets most off, but still leaves a few strands.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Got it. Thank you. I have been doing 50% peroxide dips the past few weeks and it gets most off, but still leaves a few strands.

Im pretty sure I used a wire brush to take it off then a spot treat with 3% peroxide

 

[Davis Hill]

Im pretty sure I used a wire brush to take it off then a spot treat with 3% peroxide

I might try the wire brush. I bought a gun cleaning brush someone mentioned, but that hasn't done much. Today I started spot treating with a q-tip and pure peroxide.

 

[Davis Hill]

An update that I never figured out what exactly the algae was, but Reef Flux Fluconazole got rid of it after two weeks. After one week not much seemed to have changed, but after 2 weeks it was gone. The wire brushing would only cut it down but it would grow back for me.