floridareefer
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In both my 180 gal and my 90 gal reef tanks I've struggled with an unidentified red algae. It's only in the two towers in the 180 gal and I recently added a long-spined sea urchin into one tower at the suggestion of my aquarium shop owner to see if that slows it down. The 90 gal is a much harder problem since it's on the rocks and spreading fast. Yellow tang ate it like crazy but I removed him because he was too aggressive. Within a week of his departure, it's baaaack!
This red algae is soft, scalloped and grows in clumps which can be scraped off. It just attaches to everything and spreads. I can't find out its correct name . . . no one seems to know and I've not seen it in any of my books. Any ideas? I may try the turf algae filter mentioned by Santa Monica to lower nitrates/phosphates in the 90 gal tank which is overfed . . . seahorses.
This red algae is soft, scalloped and grows in clumps which can be scraped off. It just attaches to everything and spreads. I can't find out its correct name . . . no one seems to know and I've not seen it in any of my books. Any ideas? I may try the turf algae filter mentioned by Santa Monica to lower nitrates/phosphates in the 90 gal tank which is overfed . . . seahorses.