What kind of algae is this????

mochaclownlover · Jan 31, 2018

I've had this tank up and running for a little over five months now and the past two have involved battling this algae. I have looked all over the internet,but can't find out what this stuff is, it's very soft and slimy. The only inhabitants in the tank is a small molly miller blenny, four BTAs, three hammer coral, a frogspawn coral, an encrusting monty, and an unknown piece of SPS. Everything looks and acts fine.
My current tank parameters:
Ammonia-~0.1
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
pH-8.0

sfin52 · Jan 31, 2018

How old is system. Are you running gfo or other phosphate and nitrate reducing agents. Does it look like snot with a bunch of air bubbles.

mochaclownlover · Jan 31, 2018

The tank is over five months old and I used live rock from my current setup to seed the tank. I am running GFO and carbon in the sump. It doesn't look like snot, but it's squishy, fairly dense and quite slimy. There are a few air bubbles here and there, but not that many over all.

sfin52 · Jan 31, 2018

Possible hair algea and new tank ugliest l

mochaclownlover · Jan 31, 2018

Don't think it's hair algae

cracker · Jan 31, 2018

Are Your po4 & No3 levels real low? The 1st pics look green The later look brown. Does it sluff off & breakup real easy?

mochaclownlover · Jan 31, 2018

Some of the pics were taken at night while some were with lights on. Forgot to mention that. It comes off pretty easily with a toothbrush and feels like jell-o.