myevilfriend
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I was given a rock of a TON of zoo's, and there's a little patch of what I'm almost positive is chaeto growing in the middle of some of the zoo's. Is that safe to leave IN the tank, or should I get rid of it?
Chaeto in tank?
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myevilfriend
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No :/ I've tried many times to get some shots but you can't tell what it is in pictures, especially since a random feather duster also popped up next to it. The best way I can describe it is very soft light green fluff. It's not a very big amount, it's almost like fluffy grass growing under and around about 6-7 medium zoo's.
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jstdv8
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if it looks like fuzzy grass its hair algae, if its hard and stringy it could be cheato
novahobbies
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...could be bryopsis also.
novahobbies
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doubtful.
myevilfriend
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I pulled some up and it does look more like hair algae now, definitely soft to the touch, almost crumbles in my hand like cotton candy. Any good way of getting it out without disturbing the zoo's?
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jstdv8
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IBEW41 is right, you don't want that in your tank. Its in there becuase its eating excess nutrients left over by food or another source.
they eat phosphates and nitrates. remove the source and the problem will eventually go away. phosphates will get absorbed by the LR though and once you remove the source of the phos or have a GFO reactor or scrubber or something to remove the phos and trates it still takes a while to get allt he phos out of the rocks that will leach back out and allow the hair algae to live for a while longer.
they eat phosphates and nitrates. remove the source and the problem will eventually go away. phosphates will get absorbed by the LR though and once you remove the source of the phos or have a GFO reactor or scrubber or something to remove the phos and trates it still takes a while to get allt he phos out of the rocks that will leach back out and allow the hair algae to live for a while longer.
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jstdv8
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yes the hair algae sucks bad stuff, thats what makes it grow.
It will grow right over corals and kill them
It will grow right over corals and kill them
myevilfriend
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well the only reason I have it is because it came on the rock that I got. I can easily get rid of it if I need to, just wanted to verify if it's bad or not first. I only have a 58 gal so a tang is out of the question, but is there any other invert or fish that would eat it that I could put in my tank, without having to actually kill it? I'm just worried about harming the zoo's or the feather dusters that are I guess right around it now, is all.
myevilfriend
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oh and I am using ro water from the grocery store and all my water tests are right on, like I said the only reason it's there is because it came on the rock that I got. figured I'd answer that to help any advice that may be coming my way 