Macroalgea?

[Noobie_Reefer]

Saw this stuff growing around my firework cloves. Grows pretty dang fast too. What is it? Has a reddish hue and breaks off easily. Thanks in advance for your help everyone

 

[blaxsun]

Guess it's not coralline. Some ring cowries might take care of it.

 

[Noobie_Reefer]

Guess it's not coralline. Some ring cowries might take care of it.

No not coralline, I mean there is some around it but what I am asking about is the more plant like looking stuff around the cloves. Someone had posted a guide to macroalgea, but nothing seemed to match. Thanks for your replay

 

[blaxsun]

No not coralline, I mean there is some around it but what I am asking about is the more plant like looking stuff around the cloves. Someone had posted a guide to macroalgea, but nothing seemed to match. Thanks for your replay

Yeah, I have no idea what it is (sorry).

 

[Noobie_Reefer]

Yeah, I have no idea what it is (sorry).

No worries. Thank you for looking

 

[JebronLames]

I have the same thing. You can easily pull it out with a tweezer. I still don't know what kind of algae though, but it looks and feels like ulva but brown.

It grows on my zoanthid colony in my tank, and it doesn't grow back after I manually removed them with a tweezer.

 

[Noobie_Reefer]

I have the same thing. You can easily pull it out with a tweezer. I still don't know what kind of algae though, but it looks and feels like ulva but brown.

It grows on my zoanthid colony in my tank, and it doesn't grow back after I manually removed them with a tweezer.

I found a pic of ulva, but ya mine is also brown. Kind of a ruddy brown. Shoot I may just leave it if it’s a good thing. Thanks for the response. Glad to know someone else has seen it lol.

 

[JoJosReef]

Looks to me like dictyota. Can overgrow stuff. Think emeralds are supposed to take care of it.

 

[minus9]

It’s dictyota and can be a problem if not careful with removal. Is the rock it’s on easy to remove? If so, then I would remove it carefully and treat the rock in a container or bucket with saltwater (from water change, etc) api algaefix has worked for others in the past, but do some research here and you should find a solution. It used to be more common when live rock was readily available.

 

[Noobie_Reefer]

Looks to me like dictyota. Can overgrow stuff. Think emeralds are supposed to take care of it.

Sweet thank you so much

 

[Noobie_Reefer]

It’s dictyota and can be a problem if not careful with removal. Is the rock it’s on easy to remove? If so, then I would remove it carefully and treat the rock in a container or bucket with saltwater (from water change, etc) api algaefix has worked for others in the past, but do some research here and you should find a solution. It used to be more common when live rock was readily available.

Dang. No the rock is one of the main structures. Maybe I’ll try the emerald crabs someone suggested. Thank you so much for your reply

 

[sixty_reefer]

Definitely dictoya, this particular species will smooth all rockwork, hydrogen peroxide will kill it, just remember to use activated carbon wile killing it in the tank as it will release toxins into the water column