Is this good algae? ID PLEASE

[-=James=-]

Thanks Myka. I have looked at your links a few times.

When you say lower nutrients, do you mean less feeding? I have no fish or anything and wont have any for another couple months. I have a few crabs, large turbo snail, brittle stars/worms. Could I buy some more inverts to help?

Also, what do you think about putting rocks with hair algae (not pictured) in a tub and letting it sit in the dark for a week or so? I am in the process of doing that but not really seeing any results. I do see some little worms and polyps at night too.

[Myka]

Lower nutrients:

~ Check your feeding (and rinse frozen food before feeding)
~ Good skimming
~ Regular water changes
~ Carbon, GFO, etc
~ Carbon source dosing (vodka, Zeovit, Fauna Marin, etc)
~ Check water flow (maybe your rockscape needs improvement, or more powerheads)
~ Check bioload
~ Be sure liverock can handle the livestock load

You need to cook the rocks for a lot longer than a week or two to kill the hair algae. Probably more like 4-6 weeks, probably longer if you want to leech the phosphate and nitrate out too.