Scanned many threads, still not sure what these are

[ingchr1]

I tried to identify what these are by looking through a bunch of threads but I still can't figure it out.

Any help identifying would be greatly appreciated.

The first photo, in front of the galxea, is in a bunch of places on the rock work.

The second photo is in a few places on the back wall, one place on a rock and on one frag plug. I have been removing it from the plug, probably not all since it comes back.

 

[CuzzA]

Possibly ulva lettuce algae.

 

[ingchr1]

Possibly ulva lettuce algae.

Thank you, did a quick search and it looks like it.

Now just need to identify what's in the first photo.

 

[waleedreef]

I used to have green algae covering my rocks and i think it's green cyano algae and it's much easier than pink.

 

[coralAdd1ct]

Some sort of macro algae. A tang will wipe that out.

 

[ingchr1]

I used to have green algae covering my rocks and i think it's green cyano algae and it's much easier than pink.

Thank you, will look into it. I had not considered what the green was on the rocks.

It's kind of hard to see but there's a couple of wire type stalks in front of the galaxea. Which are spreading throughout the tank. Here's a better photo.

Some sort of macro algae. A tang will wipe that out.

Thank you, are you referring to one or both?

40 gallon AIO, no tangs for me.

 

[ingchr1]

Bumping this back up. Looking for ID on the wire type stalks in the photo in the post above.

 

[ingchr1]

It's kind of hard to see but there's a couple of wire type stalks in front of the galaxea. Which are spreading throughout the tank. Here's a better photo.

Bumping this back up, still looking for an ID. They are continuing to spread.

 

[Rick.45cal]

Bumping this back up, still looking for an ID. They are continuing to spread.

Anymore photos of what it looks like after it’s grown out a little bit? I can tell you what I think it likely is, but you won’t know unless you let it grow a little more

 

[ingchr1]

Appearance stays the same as they grow. Not sure if these photos help. Plucked a couple of longer pieces out. They flattened when grasped.

 

[Rick.45cal]

Appearance stays the same as they grow. Not sure if these photos help. Plucked a couple of longer pieces out. They flattened when grasped.

You’ve stumped me!

 

[Red_Beard]

That looks like the beginnings of caulerpa. I had some Racemosa sneak in on a frag and that is what it looked like before getting the ‘leaves’ on it. I let it grow a bit and pulled it out manually. 6 months and it hasn’t come back.
edit: if I remember right they were like 1.5 inch before it started looking like caulerpa

 

[ingchr1]

I'll let it grow out a bit to see if it changes. Did a water change today and tried to remove what I could. It's fairly well anchored to the rocks and the small size made it difficult to even remove. It seamed to break off rather than come off completely.

I'm fairly certain it came in on a favia frag, that's where I first noticed it.

 

[ingchr1]

Here's a couple of progression photos, if it helps with ID. They're starting to have strings between them.

 

[Red_Beard]

You ever figure out what that thing is/was?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like bryopsis. Pull what you can by hand, reduce white light intensity and liquid Vibrant would definitely get rid of it

 

[ingchr1]

Still haven't ID'd.

I'm fairly certain that was dino starting to grow on it. I just completed a couple of two day lights out. I also did one dose of vibrant a few days ago.

Whatever it is it's still there but hasn't gotten much bigger, still a slight bit of dino as well.

I thought bryopsis, but it doesn't have any fern like structure to it. Just straight stalks.

As for lights, I just changed out my LED for T5 today. Not for this, but other reasons.