[PICS & VIDEO updated] : Help me identify this algae?

Rameez Akhtar · Dec 9, 2021

Can someone please help me identify this nuisance alage I am having for the last 2 months now.
I have an established 5year old SPS dominant system. My Nitrate is between 0-5ppm and my PO4 is 0.04 checked with Hanna URL checker.
All the inhabitants of the tank are doing good.

VIDEO:

vetteguy53081 · Dec 9, 2021

Green hair algae
Pull as much as you can by hand and reduce or turn off white lights and add some snails such as:
Turbo grazer
Astrea
Cerith
Nassarius

even a pin cushion urchin to maintain control

Rameez Akhtar · Dec 9, 2021

Uploaded the video in my channel

vetteguy53081 said:
Green hair algae
Pull as much as you can by hand and reduce or turn off white lights and add some snails such as:
Turbo grazer
Astrea
Cerith
Nassarius

even a pin cushion urchin to maintain control

Oh! Thank you so much for the quick reply.

Since it's already an established tank i already have all those snails and 2 tuxedo urchins...
I was having confusion between filamentous cyano algae and GHA.... Since it's kind of slimy... And also blows off from the rocks if i hit them with a turkey baster..
Does GHA blow off like that?

vetteguy53081 · Dec 9, 2021

Rameez Akhtar said:
Uploaded the video in my channel

Oh! Thank you so much for the quick reply. Since it's already an established tank i already have all those snails and 2 tuxedo urchins...
I was having confusion between filamentous cyano algae and GHA.... Since it's kind of slimy... And also blows off from the rocks if i hit them with a turkey baster..
Does GHA blow off like that?

Gha generally clings but if weakened as it has no roots like bryopsis can separate