What is this algae?

wgregww · Mar 4, 2023

What kind of algae is this and what will eat it to keep it under control? It’s almost translucent looking, comes off fairly easy. Looks like when you were a kid and blew dandelions.

Daenion · Mar 4, 2023

Check the following thread:

White fuzzy algae looks like cotton

Hey everyone, I noticed this weird white fuzzy looking algae stuff that almost resembles cotton. I've done some searching and it seems like no one can agree on what this is. Algae? Bacteria? Fungus? I've tried scrubbing it off with a toothbrush and it does come off but not entirely. I'd like to...

www.reef2reef.com

Usually white mucus like stuff on rocks are identified as bacterial blooms. However that picture is not the best and no tank parameters and history it is hard to say exactly what it is.

wgregww · Mar 4, 2023

Daenion said:
Check the following thread:

White fuzzy algae looks like cotton

Hey everyone, I noticed this weird white fuzzy looking algae stuff that almost resembles cotton. I've done some searching and it seems like no one can agree on what this is. Algae? Bacteria? Fungus? I've tried scrubbing it off with a toothbrush and it does come off but not entirely. I'd like to...

www.reef2reef.com

Usually white mucus like stuff on rocks are identified as bacterial blooms. However that picture is not the best and no tank parameters and history it is hard to say exactly what it is.

Thanks for the link. Basically nobody knows what it is. Hopefully it will go away on its own like it did for some others.