What type of algae is this (pic attached)

smaz · Dec 29, 2019

Hi,
I am new to saltwater, my tanks (29g) is established, I had seahorses in this tank for around 3 months. I am seeing some sort of light brown algae (I guess that's an algae). I googled a lot but couldn't find any algae which looks like that. Want to know if this is something harmful to the tank and how to get rid of them. I have like 7 or 8 of these so far.
Thanks for your help in advance.

SCReef'n · Dec 29, 2019

Welcome. That’s an aptasia anemone. They have to be either manually removed or killed with things like kalk paste. Plenty of threads here for getting rid of them

Magellan · Dec 29, 2019

Welcome to R2R! Those are aptasia, and yes they are not welcome in reef tanks.

smaz · Dec 29, 2019

Magellan said:
Welcome to R2R! Those are aptasia, and yes they are not welcome in reef tanks.

Thanks so much for the quick response. It's much easier for me to find a solution for this problem now.
As I am new to this forum as well, just wanted to check if I need to create a new thread for another issue- seeing some tiny bugs and not sure if I need to get rid of them as well?

smaz · Dec 29, 2019

SCReef'n said:
Welcome. That’s an aptasia anemone. They have to be either manually removed or killed with things like kalk paste. Plenty of threads here for getting rid of them

Thanks so much for your help

SCReef'n · Dec 29, 2019

Unfortunately there are lots of tiny bugs that show up in our tanks. Can you take a picture?

TheShrimpNibbler · Dec 29, 2019

smaz said:
Thanks so much for the quick response. It's much easier for me to find a solution for this problem now.
As I am new to this forum as well, just wanted to check if I need to create a new thread for another issue- seeing some tiny bugs and not sure if I need to get rid of them as well?

Look up amphipods and munnid isopods. If that’s what you have, they’re harmless.