Is this a good algae? Also need it ID too

Yuki Rihwa · Oct 28, 2017

Thanks in advance!

Lovemyreef2015 · Oct 28, 2017

Looks like a type of macro algae. Not sure on id though. #reefsquad

jsker · Oct 28, 2017

Now that one is a new one on me

reef lover · Oct 28, 2017

Red dictyota.

Fritzhamer · Oct 28, 2017

It's (in my opinion) a really beautiful algae that is a really invasive pest. The only fish that eat it are huge and it can spread very easily. Marine algaefix has worked for me.

JaimeAdams · Oct 28, 2017

It is pretty stuff. Fairly fast growing. Does not become sexual like calurpa. Now that Pavona on the snail is a concern

jsker · Oct 28, 2017

reef lover said:
Red dictyota.

Good call!!

JaimeAdams said:
It is pretty stuff. Fairly fast growing. Does not become sexual like calurpa. Now that Pavona on the snail is a concern

I think I saw it @WWC for sale, could be wrong, but I have seen it some where.

Yuki Rihwa · Oct 28, 2017

JaimeAdams said:
It is pretty stuff. Fairly fast growing. Does not become sexual like calurpa. Now that Pavona on the snail is a concern

hehehe that's snail is not in my tank, It was offer for free but I don't take what I don't know yet

Yuki Rihwa · Oct 28, 2017

Duplicated post.

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 28, 2017

I have brown dictoya , grows only in fast flow. Only my overflow for years. Never spread fast or spread at all. Stayed contained.

Until I started dosing Tropic marine bio calcium. A b c. Now it's spreading after 2.5 years. I'll be not dosing that anymore. Lol.

JaimeAdams · Oct 29, 2017

jsker said:
Good call!!

I think I saw it @WWC for sale, could be wrong, but I have seen it some where.

It would not surprise me. I have seen it for sale at a few "power house" online livestock sellers web sites. Also locally and at swaps here and there.

Katrina71 · Oct 29, 2017

I like it!

Servo · Oct 29, 2017

Get rid of it! Reef Lover et al are right it’s dictyota and it will get everywhere. It loves to burrow in between corals deep in side. Nothing eats it IME. (Foxface, Naso, urchins, snails etc). Fortunately, this is one of the every rare times that a Reef safe product works. I have successfully gotten rid of it in my tank and a friends system with algefix marine. I have a stocked SPS system and never lost a thing. I ran polyfilters and carbon one week after.