Is this bryopsis?

silicon_dt · 08-04-2004, 02:02 AM

http://doods.stvleaze.net/movies/algae.JPG

This is a new tank, been up about 2 weeks. This stuff just started growing like crazy out of one of my rocks. Since the rock was small I tossed it. It also was growing on the right hand side of my tank in the sand. Since the tank is new, I simply sucked it all up with a siphon.

There was still some peices that floated off. Is this stuff going to take over my whole tank? I just added the cleanup crew. My fighting conch seems to eat the stuff.

Any help is appriciated.. Thanks!!!

Spanky · 08-04-2004, 09:33 AM

Looks like derbesia to me. That's the other "hair algae".

If you're going to cycle your rocks with the lights on, you're going to grow algae. Next time get a good algae eating crew in place as soon as your nitrites are zero.

Spanky · 08-04-2004, 09:37 AM

correction now that I found my glasses

Looks like bryposis on the rocks and derbesia on the sand.