What is this grass like algae growing on my substrate?

[Chris_Noles]

 

[NashobaTek]

Did you start with live rock? Looks to wide for green hair algae.

 

[Chris_Noles]

Did you start with live rock? Looks to wide for green hair algae.

nope

 

[MaxTremors]

I don’t know, but I’ve got a little bit of it (or something really similar) growing on one of my rocks (live). I’m leaving it for now, as it doesn’t seem to be spreading quickly (it’s grown/spread a little bit).

 

[NashobaTek]

Yeah it doesn't look like gha, I wonder if you got a macro growing from a frag or something.

 

[Chris_Noles]

Yeah it doesn't look like gha, I wonder if you got a macro growing from a frag or something.

It's all over the substrate in my whole tank, I know you asked if I had live rock does this algae look similar to something that comes on live rock?

 

[NashobaTek]

It's all over the substrate in my whole tank, I know you asked if I had live rock does this algae look similar to something that comes on live rock?

It looks like a macro algae to me. Hair algae looks like hair, bryopsis is more like a fern looking algae.
That's why I asked about live rock or from a frag out of someone else's tank

 

[Chris_Noles]

It looks like a macro algae to me. Hair algae looks like hair, bryopsis is more like a fern looking algae.
That's why I asked about live rock or from a frag out of someone else's tank

It honestly might be from rock from my old tank that I put into this currently tank when I was being to the cycle to "kick start" the bacteria in the tank, I only had the rock in there for many 3 days and it was just regular macro rock when I originally bought it

 

[NashobaTek]

@Sharkbait19 @Dcal @BeltedCoyote

What does this look like to you guys?

Get a few more eyes on it.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

I’m not well versed in this stuff other than doing research while slowly pursuing my build. But with my limited experience I agree that it seems like some type of algae.

as far as what specific type I’m not yet your guy. Perhaps a type of macro as others said?

 

[Dcal]

@Sharkbait19 @Dcal @BeltedCoyote

What does this look like to you guys?

Get a few more eyes on it.

no clue but it looks dope

 

[NashobaTek]

no clue but it looks dope

It reminds me of cheato sections in a way, but I've never seen gha that thick looking in the stalk.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Not gha. That’s more thin and hair like.
Looks like some kind of macro like seaweed. That’s about all I know on macro though.

 

[Chris_Noles]

Lights are dim right now I'll get another picture for y'all tomorrow, hopefully I can get rid of it....

 

[Nigel35]

Hey it could be a micro colony of green garden eels! lol Definitely a micro algae I don't think GHA is it

Nigel

 

[NashobaTek]

Hey it could be a micro colony of green garden eels! lol Definitely a micro algae I don't think GHA is it

Nigel

Lol garden eels! Yeah not GHA

 

[Chris_Noles]

It looks like grass growing its so weird lol

 

[Chris_Noles]

Here is a better pic of it

 

[NashobaTek]

Gramma photo bomb!

It still looks like a macro algae to me.

 

[smol_reef]

What does it feel like?