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FAQs about Red
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Red algae ID 2/11/18
Hello, I wrote in many months back and you were super helpful identifying some
algae for me. I hope you can help again! I have attached a photo of the reddish
pink tree-like algae that is spreading like wildfire through my tank. I didn’t
see anything like it in your algae ID archives... can you tell me what it is?
<I wish I could... the regular branching... I don't think this is an algae/Thallophyte,
but a very pink Hydrozoan of some sort>
Does anything eat it that I could use to help control the spread? Thank you!
-Sarah
<There are some notable Seaslugs that ingest various Hydropolyps, but I don't
know anything re this particular one. I would remove it from the system, as it
may be producing stinging elements that will bother your other livestock. Do you
have a microscope with a USB connection? I'd like to see some 100-200, 400 time
magnification shots. Bob Fenner>
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Re: Red algae ID 2/12/18
Hi Bob, I don’t have a microscope unfortunately.
<Perhaps a local fish store does, someone from a marine aquarium club>
I have tried some manual removal but ripping it off leaves traces behind
that I cannot remove, and it is widespread, including my tank overflow box
and powerhead. It also grows very very fast.
<Yeeikes! I wish I could tell definitive what this is. I have never
encountered something this shade of pink, nor with the array of branching it
shows>
Is bleaching my tank and starting over my only option to eradicate this
pest?
<It may well be>
Also, can it sting fish or just corals?
<Can't tell w/o testing or microscopic looking. BobF>
Thanks again.
Sarah
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Identification - 2/11/2017
Your image files are too big... have been deleted. Re-size and re-send. B
re: Identification
Sorry, try these
<Hi, Chris
Jordan with you today. You have a beautiful macro-algae in the genus Laurencia,
most likely L. iridescens. I'd be willing to bet you're live rock was in the
Caribbean at some point and picked it up. It's a non-invasive species that I
would be pleased to find in my tank.>
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re: Identification 2/10/17 - 2/11/2017
Thank you Jordan!!
<Anytime>
Good to hear. Will the Nudibranch (that photo bombed my pics, and also a
hitchhiker lol) be an issue with it?
<Haha, didn't see that guy earlier. Looks to be an Elysia crispata, a beneficial
herbivore from the Caribbean. You hit the hitch-hiker jackpot with this rock! It
shouldn't bother the Laurencia as it prefers filamentous Chlorophyta including
the dreaded Bryopsis>
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Red Macroalgae ID? 8/28/15
<Seven plus megs.....?>
This is an algae update, better pictures and more samples, any ideas?
<Maybe a Botryocladia sp. BobF>
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Re: Red Macroalgae ID? 8/28/15
Maybe the high res.? thank you for your time
<Heeeee! Welcome>
Sent from my iPhone
<I can't afford that. B>
James
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Identification
1/5/15
Hi Bob,
<Frank>
I found something at the LFS in which they don't know what it is. They
believe it is some type of algae and it seems to grow fast.. Here is the
best picture i can give you.. Under the actinic lights its bright red.
Thank you again
With flash
<Mmm; appears to be a Rhodophyte... maybe a Halymenia species. I'd
search through Algaebase.org re.
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red algae? 11/2/14
Hi guys,
<Mark>
I have a type of red algae (I think) growing in my tank.
<I do agree>
It spreads readily but doesn't seem to bother anything. It is going
crazy, just about everywhere.
<And beautiful>
It pulls off easily, but it is in nooks and crannies and hard to get the
base. I kind of like it, but it is driving my wife crazy. Is there
anything that will eat it or help to control it?
<A bunch of possibilities. Read here re:
http://wetwebmedia.com/redalgcompfaqs.htm
I have attached a picture.
<I'd offer the excess at local shops... Sell it distally to other
hobbyists... perhaps through Aquabid>
Thanks,
Mark
<Thank you for sharing. Bob Fenner>
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