HELP

[noobtanks63]

so I've had a 55 gallon for over a year now, everything going great! learned alot and my fish seem happy. havnt had any problems. so 2 months ago I started a nano 8 gallon tank. I ordered live rock online, let it cycle with stat smart and proceeded to add a blue damsel. everything seemed fine so I added some mushrooms, pulsing xenia, and I a red bamboo that my hermit crabs tore apart, but the rock that the bamboo cam with had a feather duster attached to it and yesterday I noticed this growing on the feather worms body, idk what it is or if it's bad for my tank. can anyone help identify it. thank you

 

[ThRoewer]

It's a red macroalgae, possibly a Botryocladia species (red grape algae) like this: https://www.reefcleaners.org/aquarium-store/botryocladia-red-grape

 

[Fred2482]

Not 100% sure, looks like red grape algae. Or maybe botryocladia pyriformis

 

[vetteguy53081]

Grape= harmless but can be evasive. Tangs will eat this

 

[andrewey]

Looks like a red macroalgae to me.

 

[ThRoewer]

...Tangs will eat this

Tangs love it!
I had a nice bush of it and when I added a little clown tang he ate all the grapes on his first day in the tank.

 

[noobtanks63]

It's a red macroalgae, possibly a Botryocladia species (red grape algae) like this: https://www.reefcleaners.org/aquarium-store/botryocladia-red-grape

thank you!

 

[noobtanks63]

Tangs love it!
I had a nice bush of it and when I added a little clown tang he ate all the grapes on his first day in the tank.

thanks! will definitely need to find a small enough tang for an 8 gallon, the sailfin and naso i have r way too big

 

[ThRoewer]

...will definitely need to find a small enough tang for an 8 gallon,...

That would even be too small for a tang larva...

 

[andrewey]