What snails will eat this type of algae?

guitaris70 · Oct 6, 2016

What snails will eat this algae and also what type of green algae is this?

ahiggins · Oct 6, 2016

Its hard to say if thats bubble algae growing in there along with the algae on the rocks...do you have a clearer picture?

Snookster · Oct 6, 2016

looks like green cyano - does it blow off?

guitaris70 · Oct 6, 2016

No it won't blow off and those look like bubbles in that picture but it's sand here's a bit of a clearer one

ahiggins · Oct 6, 2016

no way! Theres a green form of cyano?!
Totally unrelated, I saw some orange coraline at the LFS yesterday lol

ahiggins · Oct 6, 2016

Hmm, it doesnt look like any sort of hard to treat algae...
What snails are in your CUC right now? or do you not have any?

guitaris70 · Oct 6, 2016

I have a bunch not sure what kind tbh and my tank has no measurable nitrates or phosphates so idk how it's surviving

guitaris70 · Oct 6, 2016

I have a variety of snails and 25 or so blue legged hermits

donnievaz · Oct 6, 2016

If you can't brush it off it's probably coralline.

Macdaddynick1 · Oct 6, 2016

Torchus will take care of it in a day or two unless its the algae that changes the color of your rock , then your best option is either 1 or 2 zebra crabs, or tuxedo urchin.

themcnertney · Oct 6, 2016

Thats blue-green cyano from the looks of it. I'd treat it like red cyano. Lots of threads on here.

guitaris70 · Oct 6, 2016

donnievaz said:
If you can't brush it off it's probably coralline.

Green coralline is a thing?

donnievaz · Oct 6, 2016

guitaris70 said:
Green coralline is a thing?

Yup
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1905131

guitaris70 · Oct 6, 2016

Thanks, and I have 4 T5 HO but it's not growing on my tank walls yet and I have some purple areas on rocks starting to grow too which won't blow off so that's gotta be purple coralline