Predator Needed

[reefswimatl]

Help! I have an established reef tank with no algae problems...except for one.
Pink-colored, looks like balls of cotton.

The best I can tell, it is ;
Asparagopsis
Bonnemaisonia Hamifera
or Spermothamnion Repens

Nitrates and Phosphates are at zero due to Elos Filtra-M (Zeolite).

This stuff won't DIE. Web search reveals no known natural predators. Any ideas, or experience on eliminating this stuff would be greatly appreciated!

 

[notireef]

It's red cotton ball algae....heard mexican turbos can help but not 100% on that.

 

[derek_s]

NotiReef;352274 wrote: It's red cotton ball algae....heard mexican turbos can help but not 100% on that.

2nd that, I have heard similar but not positive of it.

 

[notireef]

http://www.aquatouch.com/algae.htm">http://www.aquatouch.com/algae.htm</a>

also heard globe urchins might help....good luck.

 

[zesty]

Yep Thats it! T, we will have to try the Turbo snails see if they work mate!

 

[texhorns98]

I have a blob or two of this stuff on one of my corals. I also have about 5 or 6 Mexican turbos. They never seem to have much interest in it at all!

 

[notireef]

Best way to handle it is to siphon it out. I have very lazy turbos....they wont touch nuisance algae.

 

[fish scales2]

Asparagopsis is the species and the only snail that will eat is the Turbo fluctuosa.

Here is a link