I have this growing in two places on my LR.
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I don't know, it could be.
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Look up Gelidum and see if the description and pics match. If it is, some consider it a nuisance because it keeps growing ( almost looks like a ground cover) and will cover the rock. I had some and just pulled the rock because I didn't want the hassle and I had too much rock in my tank any ways. I've read that urchins can help, but I don't have any positive experience. Or you could always try the go to, Hydrogen Peroxide- H2O2.
I don't know the specie of macro, but I agree with Ben above here, that it can become a nuisance. It's really coarse and "turfy" and it can be difficult to remove.
An urchin probably will eat it, along with most other algae, but they also eat coralline algae so you have to decide if the trade-off is worth it.
It's a shame - it's a pretty colour, but it can become problematic.
Jenn
An urchin probably will eat it, along with most other algae, but they also eat coralline algae so you have to decide if the trade-off is worth it.
It's a shame - it's a pretty colour, but it can become problematic.
Jenn
Thank you all for the replies. I think I will try the H2O2 approach. I would like to use a syringe instead of removing the rock and dipping. I have looked around but I did not find a very detailed description of how to do this. I am assuming I use straight 3% H2O2 in a syringe and just squirt the pink hair growths. Any ideas about how many cc's to use per growth?
I don't think h202 will have much effect when it dilutes in the tank .
I had a rock with some really tuff astro turf tufts on it and I tried several things to kill it .
I had a container with 1/2 tank water 1/2 h202 I read about doing that in a thread somewhere and I think i just through some algaecide in for good measure .
It worked but there was no life on the rock it was just an experiment .
I recall the h202 causing bubbles on the algae and I let it sit a wile also I manually removed as much as I could with tweezers but it was like pulling teeth.
Eventually I turned that rock in to rubble glued a few frags to it and later gave them away the algae never returned.
Be forewarned this will kill everything in and on the rock I had Bristols and serpent stars , trigger pods you name it all floating in the mix its for this reason I say dip rather than nuking your reef
I had a rock with some really tuff astro turf tufts on it and I tried several things to kill it .
I had a container with 1/2 tank water 1/2 h202 I read about doing that in a thread somewhere and I think i just through some algaecide in for good measure .
It worked but there was no life on the rock it was just an experiment .
I recall the h202 causing bubbles on the algae and I let it sit a wile also I manually removed as much as I could with tweezers but it was like pulling teeth.
Eventually I turned that rock in to rubble glued a few frags to it and later gave them away the algae never returned.
Be forewarned this will kill everything in and on the rock I had Bristols and serpent stars , trigger pods you name it all floating in the mix its for this reason I say dip rather than nuking your reef
In http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82513&highlight=h2o2">this thread</a> I documented my results with 2 parts tank water to 1 part 3% h2o2.
I dipped 6 undesirable zoa frags and 1 favia as a test. All the algae was killed, lost no corals.
In the DT, the only concern I would have is the oxygen level shooting up really fast. IDK if that can cause problems.
Before I knew it, this stuff had spread so much that spot treating was out of the question. Almost every rock had some growing on it. I researched a little more and I read Mexican turbo snails will eat red hair algae. I added 4 and they started eating it immediately. After 3 days, I don't see any sign of the algae.
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