Anyone recognize this algae?

[kah]

Good? or Bad?

 

[wax32]

Got a bigger picture?

 

[kah]

here ya go

 

[milomlo]

Well I am new and I don't know at all. But I looked on the hitch hiker thread and it looks like this:
Bryopsis Algae

[hr]
Bryopsis Algae is a type of hair algae that can be very problematic in our home systems. There are very few animals that will eat it and it can grow aggressively. The Fox Face LO and Lettuce Nudibranch are the only two animals I know of that has been known to eat Bryopsis. I got a Fox Face which did an excellent job and keeping it maintained. From what I read it seems to be more dominate in new tank and older tanks, likely due to the nutrients in the system but IME it can become a problem even in low nutrient systems.
You can go here and check it out for yourself https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=163868

 

[wax32]

Probably a good ID there milomlo. I take it the strands are smooth, not fuzzy?

 

[kah]

That's correct they are smooth not fuzzy.

 

[wax32]

I get a little of that in my overflow, I pinched a piece off and my tang ate it. He didn't seem to like it as much as the normal fuzzy hair algae though.

 

[kah]

Here's some more...

 

[wax32]

Yup that's the stuff.

 

[peasly1]

I would take it out ,a little is cool to look at , but it will spread over the whole tank in time

 

[kah]

What's the best way to get it out?
Anything eat it?

 

[zanoshanox]

Tangs!! Yellow tang ate tons of algea in my tank...

 

[peasly1]

IMO, tangs dont eat that alge,maybe a little but i dont think so.I just peeled it off it comes off in big clumps, watch out for britsle worms underneath..

 

[kah]

Thanks... it came off in one clump.
No bristle worms!
This looks alot like the stuff they sell for refugiums.
Anyone want it! haha!

 

[wax32]

My tang would eat it. I gave him another big chunk out of my overflow today.

 

[rtzx9r]

I have a foxface and he will not touch bryopsis - been in there for 3 months together and not yet seen him eat a strand.

 

[wangotango]

Wow talk about a come-back thread.
Try adding Tech-M. There is something in it that will take care of bryopsis.
-Justin