Algae Id and a way to kill it

[niloc16]

as it says above this is my next battle. it grows in a tight nest i believe it calcium based, its not slimy and pulls off in bunches. it smothers out sps. any help on how to get rid of it would be awesome. thanks guys

[Snappy]

Colin,
It looks like dictyota, tough to tell for sure from the picture but if it is a Naso Tang will make short work of it. Rabbit fish are said to eat it as well.
Good luck.

[niloc16]

they dont touch it at all. i heard that turbo snails are suppose to attack it and i have i think 12 in the tank but i have yet to see them get it

[Jason McK]

Looks like a light version of something TomR had. Try PMing him

J

[untamed]

I think that's a type of coraline algae. I've never seen spread like that though. I think it is attractive, as long as it doesn't get out of control. It is calciferous, so it doesn't grow very quickly.

I have never seen that get out of hand. I'm willling to bet that you don't need to worry. Remove whatever you need to by hand, but I bet it doesn't go wild like hair algae or anything.

[niloc16]

it is definitely a fast grower and spreads quickly and easily. i've been fighting this since before the dino outbreak.

[christyf5]

Ditto on the coralline algae. I believe there is a pic/id in Calfos reef inverts book but I don't have it handy.

[Joe Reefer]

I dont think its dictyota, that stuff tends to be more brown. At least from what I have seen. I sometimes get fuzzy stuff like that growing on my back glass not sure what it is either. My scopas picks at it but never really cleans it all up.

[Joe Reefer]

Here is a picture of dictyota. This is the brown variety but there is other colors out there.