alage i d please

[u mike]

what type of alage is this. what is best way of getting rid of it

 

[socal57che]

Green hair algae.
Lower the nutrients in your water column...nitrates, phosphates and other dissolved solids.
Is that a giant Majano in your first pic?

 

[spanko]

Take a close look at it. Is it just straight blades like a blade of grass or does it have many little branches like a fern?
Straight blades hair algae, fern like bryopsis.
Here is some bryiopsis.

 

[isthatright]

i've seen lawnmower blennies eat hair algae.

 

[bang guy]

I'm surprised your Urchin isn't taking care of it. They are algae eating machines.

 

[u mike]

Originally Posted by isthatright
http:///forum/post/3221848
i've seen lawnmower blennies eat hair algae.
I put a lawnmower in last week going after everything but what you want them to

 

[spanko]

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/3221858
I'm surprised your Urchin isn't taking care of it. They are algae eating machines.
Would it eat bryopsis?

 

[u mike]

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/3221858
I'm surprised your Urchin isn't taking care of it. They are algae eating machines.
as big as he is you would think all that alage would be gone. no it is up to me once a month taking pieces out & scrubing them.