mseepman's 16" starfire nano

Myka · #1 03-20-2009, 08:07 PM

Lookin good!!! The rock is really looking great now! I would try adding various different inverts (shrimp, hermits, snails) to see if you can find one that will munch on that algae. Prob won't find one, but it's a shot in the dark anyway.

Myka · #2 05-20-2009, 03:43 PM

Hey Mark, try Peyssonnelia for that algae. There is at least one species that looks like your algae.

BlueAbyss · #3 05-20-2009, 04:45 PM

It sort of reminds me of Botrycladia algae (spelling?).

mseepman · #4 05-20-2009, 07:49 PM

Thanks to both of you, but I"m pretty sure it's not either of those

Myka, your pics look more like that plating algae that was bothering that one acro.

I'll try to take some more pics to see if anyone else has ideas. It's taking over...probably 20-25% coverage of my rocks now. It comes out when I pic at it in big clumps as if you chopped off a piece of sponge material. It's spongey actually.

One possibility might be Fauchea sp? http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-0...s/image025.jpg

Myka · #5 05-21-2009, 05:06 AM

No hot-linking to that pic....grr

That plating algae was Lobophora wasn't it? I can't remember what it looked like...

BlueAbyss · #6 05-21-2009, 05:51 AM

Was that the golden plating algae? Did I see that on here or NR?

Myka · #7 05-21-2009, 05:52 AM

I don't know if it's "the" golden plating algae, but it is kinda golden.